{"id":82218,"date":"2017-06-27T21:26:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T01:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=82218"},"modified":"2017-06-27T17:51:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T21:51:16","slug":"mohawk-valley-nine-urge-governor-to-address-vernon-downs-relief-in-special-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=82218","title":{"rendered":"Mohawk Valley Nine urge governor to address Vernon Downs relief in special session"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>The Mohawk Valley Nine, a bipartisan coalition of state legislators representing Herkimer, Madison and Oneida counties, released the following statement in response to the Governor\u2019s plans to convene a special session in Albany:<\/p>\n

With a special legislative session on the horizon, the time is now for the Governor to address the outstanding issue of relief for the Vernon Downs racino. Vernon Downs will close this fall if a relief package is not approved based upon warning notices that have already been sent out, and this may be our last chance to act.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Three hundred good jobs are at stake in the Mohawk Valley right now, and every day that goes by without resolution is another day of distress for these workers and their families. The Governor frequently speaks about fighting to protect middle class jobs in upstate New York, so securing relief for Vernon Downs by leveling the playing field to compete with other similar business interests is the perfect opportunity for the Governor and the Legislature to demonstrate this commitment.<\/div>\n
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We understand there are other priorities the Governor wants to address, but we are respectfully calling upon the Governor to also include the future of Vernon Downs in any package of matters he plans to take up in an extraordinary session.<\/p>\n

The Mohawk Valley Nine is comprised of the following legislators:<\/p><\/div>\n

Senator James L. Seward (R\/C\/I\/Ref \u2013 Oneonta) \u2013 co-chairman
\nAssemblyman Bill Magee (D \u2013 Nelson) \u2013 co-chairman
\nSenator Joseph A. Griffo (R\/C\/I \u2013 Rome)
\nSenator David J. Valesky (D \u2013 Oneida)
\nSenator Jim Tedisco (R\/C\/I\/Ref \u2013 Glenville)
\nAssemblyman Marc Butler (R\/C\/I\/Ref \u2013 Newport)
\nAssemblyman Ken Blankenbush (R\/C\/I \u2013 Black River)
\nAssemblyman Anthony Brindisi (D \u2013 Utica)
\nAssemblyman Brian Miller (R\/I \u2013 New Hartford)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mohawk Valley Nine, a bipartisan coalition of state legislators representing Herkimer, Madison and Oneida counties, released the following statement in response to the Governor\u2019s plans to convene a special session in Albany: With a special legislative session on the horizon, the time is now for the Governor to address the outstanding issue of relief […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82219,"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-82218","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-lo6","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Vernon-Downs.jpg?fit=491%2C391&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82218","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=82218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}