Battle Over Sands Casino Between Hofstra, Nassau County Continues
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has continued to accuse Hofstra University President Susan Poser of stymying the development of the Las Vegas Sands Casino.
Both Hofstra and Hard Rock categorically denied any kind of collusion. However, in a press conference on Thursday, Blakeman, accompanied by fellow politicians and pro-casino labor leaders, revealed screenshots of text messages which he claims were between Poser and Robert McBride. In these text messages, Poser purportedly wanted to help Steve Cohen, owner of the New York Mets, get a lease for Hard Rock’s proposed Citi Field-adjacent casino.
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Ryan Stanton, executive director of the Long Island Federation of Labor AFL-CIO and a casino ally, asserted that a casino will keep Nassau afloat.