WPCNR VOICE OF WHITE PLAINS. July 29, 2004: The answer to New York State's budget crisis short of an upswing in the stock market and the economy, is legalized gambling.(It made Connecticut a tourist destination and saved Atlantic City.)
The Governor's office is pushing strongly towards legalizing casinos throughout the state. Should the legislature approve casino gambling throughout the state, Westchester County would surely want one. Where would it go? Glen Island in New Rochelle? Tarrytown? The Yonkers waterfront? Or, perhaps even at a hotel about to be built in White Plains? Would the city consider placing a casino-hotel-convention center at Mamaroneck and Main? Would developers consider a casino-hotel-convention palace at the head of M & M? A pipe dream? How does Mr. and Mrs. White Plains feel about casinos? (It could be called the Quarropus Moon. Register your feelings on casino gambling in our whimsical poll at the right.
