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Suspect On Loose: 2 Women Followed Home From Casino, Robbed In Hudson Valley, Police Say Suspect On Loose: 2 Women Followed Home From Casino, Robbed In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Suspect On Loose: 2 Women Followed Home From Casino, Robbed In Hudson Valley, Police Say Police are searching for a suspect who followed two women home from a casino in Westchester and robbed them in their driveway as they were about to leave their car.  The incident happened on Tuesday, June 13 around 3:30 p.m. in the area of Valentine Street in Yonkers, when two senior women aged 86 and 83 were returning home from Empire City Casino and were accosted in their driveway as they were about to get out of their vehicle, according to Yonkers police Detective Lieutenant Dean Politopoulos. According to Politopoulos, the suspect displayed a handgun and then grabbed both…

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by Ben Crnic
Lifestyle
Lucky Winner: Man Wins $925K Jackpot At Hudson Valley Casino Lucky Winner: Man Wins $925K Jackpot At Hudson Valley Casino
Lucky Winner: Man Wins $925K Jackpot At Hudson Valley Casino A lucky Westchester County man has won the largest jackpot of the year at a popular casino in the county.  Walter from Yonkers, who did not release his last name, won a $925,488 jackpot at Empire City Casino after betting $20 on the IGT Wheel of Fortune Triple Stars slot machine, according to an announcement by the casino from Tuesday, Nov. 15.  The win is the largest jackpot that has been given out so far in 2022 by the Yonkers casino but is not the largest available, as a prize over $1 million is still obtainable from the same slot machine, casino officials said.  "We…

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by Ben Crnic
News
COVID-Related Layoffs Affect Thousands In Hudson Valley COVID-Related Layoffs Affect Thousands In Hudson Valley
Covid-related Layoffs Affect Thousands In Hudson Valley Thousands of workers in the Hudson Valley have been laid off amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Nearly a dozen companies in the Hudson Valley were forced to lay off or furlough more than 2,500 employees, according to information from the New York State Department of Labor’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN). Employers in Westchester, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, and Orange counties all made filings, according to the Department of Labor. The largest reported to the state labor department is MGM Yonkers, doing business as Empire City Casino, …

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by Zak Failla
Business
MGM Gets Official OK To Buy Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway MGM Gets Official OK To Buy Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway
MGM Gets Official OK To Buy Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway MGM Resorts has officially been given the green light to purchase Empire City Casino and the adjacent Yonkers Raceway. The New York State Gaming Commission announced on Monday that it has approved the licenses to allow MGM to purchase the businesses for $850 million. The deal was originally expected to be approved earlier this month, but a vote was delayed before MGM could officially purchase the casino and racetrack from the Rooney family, which has owned it since the early 1970s. According to reports, MGM is likely looking to add a hotel and new entertainment facilities at the site,…

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by Zak Failla
Business
$850M MGM Deal For Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway On Hold 'Until Further Notice' $850M MGM Deal For Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway On Hold 'Until Further Notice'
$850M MGM Deal For Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway On Hold 'Until Further Notice' MGM Resorts International's planned acquisition of Empire City Casino and Yonkers Raceway has been abruptly postponed. The New York State Gaming Commission was expected to approve the sale on Thursday, Jan. 3 at an 11 a.m. meeting, but announced late Wednesday The commission said the meeting was "postponed until further notice." Just days earlier, the commission had announced the meeting would be streamed live in this public notice. In May, Empire City Casino announced that it entered into an $850 million agreement with MGM Resorts to take over the racing and gaming property. No rea…

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
Arrests Made In Casino Winner Car-Bump Robbery Arrests Made In Casino Winner Car-Bump Robbery
Arrests Made In Casino Winner Car-Bump Robbery Two men were in custody after authorities said they robbed a casino gambler by bumping his car from behind on Route 208 in Wyckoff and claiming they were police officers. The driver told police he’d left the Empire City Casino in Yonkers around 5:30 a.m. Sept. 2 and was headed north on the highway when his vehicle was struck from behind near Cedar Hill Avenue. One of two men who got out of the other car “identified himself as a law enforcement officer and instructed him to place his hands on the trunk of his vehicle,” Wyckoff Police Chief David Murphy said. “They then held him while they r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
MGM Resorts Buys Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway For $850 Million MGM Resorts Buys Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway For $850 Million
MGM Resorts Buys Empire City Casino, Yonkers Raceway For $850 Million This story has been updated. MGM Resorts International and MGM Growth Properties LLC announced that MGM Resorts has entered into an agreement to acquire the Empire City Casino's race track, Yonkers Raceway, and the casino for $850 million.  MGM Resorts and MGP have entered into an agreement whereby MGP will acquire the developed real property associated with Empire City from MGM Resorts and lease it back to a subsidiary of MGM Resorts, after which a subsidiary of MGM Resorts will operate the property, it was announced on Tuesday morning, May 29. "We are excited to announce the additio…

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by Jon Craig
News
Four From Hudson Valley Win $13M In NY Lottery Four From Hudson Valley Win $13M In NY Lottery
Four From Hudson Valley Win $13M In NY Lottery Four Westchester residents will need a large wallet to carry their giant checks when they are presented with their combined winnings of $13 million from recent Lottery games by Yolanda Vega. The four, who won on three separate tickets, will receive their checks at Empire City Casino in Yonkers at 1 p.m. Thursday, the New York Lottery said. The lucky winners include a Cortlandt woman, who took the guaranteed $7 million top prize from the March 19 Cash 4 Life drawing; a pair of friends from Yonkers who split the $5,000,000 top prize on a Set for Life scratch-off ticket, and an Elmsford woman …

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Missing Westchester Woman Found Safe Missing Westchester Woman Found Safe
Missing Westchester Woman Found Safe Update: The 67-year-old woman last seen at the Empire City Casino in Yonkers on Monday night was safely located in the Bronx by the NYPD on Tuesday afternoon, the New York Public Safety Department said.  She was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.  Original report: A Missing Person Alert has been issued related to the disappearance of a 67-year-old Westchester woman. Martha Rivera is a 5-foot-5, 160-pound white female with blonde hair and green eyes, wearing a brown coat, black/white turtleneck, black pants and tan shoes. She was last seen at the Empire City Casino on in Yonkers a…

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