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Albany, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo says he's reexamining the state's approach to casino gambling, and is looking at whether and how gaming in New York should be expanded. Capitol Correspondent Karen DeWitt reports...
Cuomo says there's been a piecemeal approach so far to expansion of casino gambling, and he says the state has to "take a step back" and "come to grips" with the entire issue of gaming.
"That question is an important question for the state," said Cuomo. "Is it a constitutional amendment? I don't know, but it's a topic that we are looking at actively."
Currently, the state's constitution limits gambling to native Americans on tribal lands within the state's boundaries.
A spokesman for Oneida Indian nation, which operates the Turning Stone Casino and resort in Central New York, says rather than pursue a lengthy political process to change the constitution, the state would do better to work with the tribes already operating gambling venues in New York.
In Albany, I'm Karen DeWitt.