{"id":73741,"date":"2016-10-03T14:30:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T18:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=73741"},"modified":"2016-10-03T15:11:46","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T19:11:46","slug":"becker-cuomo-tells-madison-county-residents-to-drop-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=73741","title":{"rendered":"Madison County: Cuomo tells residents to drop dead; Valesky, Magee weigh in"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"seal\"<\/a>After veto, Madison County remains the only county in New York to host a casino gaming facility but not\u00a0receive host community benefits<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

(UPDATED Oct. 13\u00a03:08 p.m.) On Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed Senate Bill S.5670A and Assembly\u00a0Bill A7844 (AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the sharing of revenue from gaming\u00a0devices located within the county of Madison), which would have provided Madison County with its fair\u00a0share of revenue for any gaming facility located in Madison County.<\/p>\n

Currently, Madison County is the\u00a0only county in New York state to host a casino gaming facility but not receive host community benefits.<\/p>\n

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John M. Becker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe Governor constantly touts his commitment\u00a0to Upstate New York, but I guess that does not include Madison County,” said Madison County Board of Supervisors Chairman John M. Becker. “I am not sure why our residents\u00a0are being treated differently than every other county\u2019s residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more than two years now, Madison County, following the Governor\u2019s Office direction, has worked to\u00a0address this glaring disparity. Initially, the County was directed by the governor\u2019s office to meet with the state Gaming Commission on drafting a supplemental agreement that ultimately went\u00a0nowhere; subsequently, the County was instructed by the governor\u2019s office that the disparity needed to\u00a0be addressed through the budget process.<\/p>\n

Finally, when the issue was not addressed during the budget\u00a0process, the governor\u2019s office decided the county needed legislation to correct this wrong. Madison\u00a0County, with the support of Senator David Valesky and Assemblyman Bill Magee, passed this legislation in both\u00a0houses 183-5.<\/p>\n

“After all of our good faith efforts, undertaken at the direction of the governor\u2019s office, the\u00a0decision was to veto,” Becker said. “In the veto message, Gov. Cuomo has now instructed us once again to go back\u00a0to the budget office.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not sure why Madison County residents\u00a0continue to get the run around from the Governor\u2019s Office,\u201d said Board Vice Chairman Daniel S. Degear.<\/p>\n

“Sadly, in recent weeks, it\u2019s become clear that too many decisions made in\u00a0Albany are not based on the merits,” Becker said. “We aren\u2019t looking for a billion; we are just looking for our fair share.\u201d<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After the above press release was received from Madison County, Sen. David J. Valesky and Assemblyman Bill Magee issued a statement regarding the veto of S.5670A, “An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to the sharing of revenue from gaming devices located within the county of Madison.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIt goes without saying that we are most disappointed with the recent veto of Madison County gaming legislation that was overwhelmingly approved by both the Senate and Assembly earlier this year,” read the joint statement. “Madison County now hosts casino gaming within its borders but does not receive host community benefits – a situation this legislation would have rectified; however, we are encouraged that the governor has directed his budget director \u2018to review and explore a revenue sharing formula that would provide Madison County with an appropriate portion of the revenue generated from such gaming devices.\u2019<\/p>\n

“In this regard, we look forward to continuing to work with the Madison County Board of Supervisors and the governor\u2019s office to bring about a long-term solution that best serves Madison County residents.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After veto, Madison County remains the only county in New York to host a casino gaming facility but not\u00a0receive host community benefits (UPDATED Oct. 13\u00a03:08 p.m.) On Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed Senate Bill S.5670A and Assembly\u00a0Bill A7844 (AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the sharing of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-jbn","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/seal.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}