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Exec Blasts NY Democrats

ALBANY, New York – As reported by the Albany Times-Union: "The leader of a Catskills gambling company Tuesday blasted Assembly Democrats for "playing '60 Minutes' " and stymieing economic development in a blighted upstate region.

"The comments of Empire Resorts Chief Executive Robert Berman came during the second of a series of hearings on Gov. George Pataki's proposed bill to allow up to five Sullivan County casinos in the Catskills.

"Deals between five tribes and Pataki's Indian affairs lawyers would settle land claims over some 300,000 acres in six counties in exchange for the Catskills gambling rights.

"…Berman's outburst followed accusations by an Oneida leader against all the development companies proposing to partner with tribes on casino projects, particularly Empire Resorts, which is teaming with the Cayuga Tribe of New York and the Seneca-Cayuga of Oklahoma. p>"Under questioning from Assemblyman James Brennan, D-Brooklyn, into financial arrangements and the backgrounds of Empire Resorts investors indicted on tax fraud charges, Berman blew up…"

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