Real Estate In-Depth, John Jordan, March 5th, 2021 YONKERS—A group led by business and labor organizations in Westchester and the Bronx have formed an alliance called “A Sure Bet for New York’s Future” in support of a full gaming license and access to mobile sports betting for Empire City Casino in Yonkers by MGM Resorts. A full-scale casino license, complete with retail and mobile sports betting and live table games, will create thousands of new, family-sustaining union jobs, while generating millions in additional annual wages and tax revenue that would directly benefit local communities, the alliance stated. A spokesman for […]

Yogonet, 3/8/2021 A group of 32 businesses, community organizations and labor groups have come together under the banner “A Sure Bet for New York’s Future” to support a full gaming license and access to mobile sports betting for MGM’s Empire City Casino in Yonkers, New York. The alliance staged a virtual news conference on Thursday featuring its co-chairs John Ravitz, executive vice president and COO of the Business Council of Westchester; Lisa Sorin, president of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce; and Thomas Carey, president of Westchester Putnam Central Labor Body. The three co-chairs sent a letter to Gov. Andrew M. […]

The Yonkers Times, 3/7/2021 A Sure Bet for New York’s Future” Alliance Launches & Calls on Governor and Legislature to Support a Full Gaming License and Access to Mobile Sports Betting for Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts in Yonkers. “A Sure Bet for New York’s Future” announced the creation of the new local alliance in support of a full gaming license and access to mobile sports betting for Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts and touted its benefits for Yonkers, the Bronx, and the greater Westchester region. Nearly 30 businesses, community organizations, and labor groups in Westchester and the […]

The rapidly transforming healthcare sector will continue to create job growth and stimulate Westchester County’s economy. That was a major theme of a highly informative and engaging panel discussion by healthcare leaders at the Business Council of Westchester’s State of the Economy series this week. The panelists described how the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated changes that were already underway in healthcare, particularly the shift to outpatient care, lower costs, hyper-local offices and home care. “We are all starting to feel—with the rollout of the vaccine, the extension of those eligible and the rates going down—that healthcare is at the top of […]