The media has been busy reporting on the NY state of the state speech given by Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier this month. CBS NewYork reported:
The state of the state speech was the governor’s wish list, things — some big and some small — that he would like to see happen on his watch. And even though the state is broke, Cuomo is dreaming big.
“Let’s build the largest convention center in the nation, period,” Cuomo said to applause.
That’s right. Cuomo wants to attract shows, conventions and tourism dollars by building a massive hotel and convention center at Aqueduct racetrack — and he’s willing to spend $4 billion to attract a private developer to do it – probably the same company that built the recently opened Aqueduct racino.
“It will be all about jobs, jobs, jobs … tens of thousands of jobs building the number one convention center in the country,” Cuomo said.
In a conversation with Doug Ducate last week, he weighs in on the discussion. Here is what he has to say:
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