Hikind says ‘don’t put casinos near kids!’
Wants gambling facilities built away from Catskills
The state’s voters approved the expansion of casino gambling in New York in November and with the state’s Gaming Commission mulling where to build the new gambling facilities, one Brooklyn lawmaker has been outspoken as to where he doesn’t want to see the slot machines, blackjack tables and roulette wheels.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Borough Park-Midwood) is urging the New York State Gaming Commission to steer clear of the Catskills.
Hikind said the commission should take into consideration that thousands of families and children spend summers in the Catskills at long-established camps, bungalows and summer homes.