New York state’s gambling czar says nothing has been preordained by the Gaming Facility Location Board, the state panel tasked with picking which among four remaining downstate casino-gambling proposals will be awarded one of three full-scale casino licenses up for grabs.
“ Everybody’s on the same starting line,” Brian O’Dwyer, chair of the state gaming commission, said of the protracted process, which is expected to wrap up in December.
Last week, the last among eight competing proposals went before community advisory committees, and four emerged as finalists: the MGM Empire City in Yonkers, Bally’s Bronx, and Queens contenders Resorts World New York City and Metropolitan Park.
