CENTRAL CITY — Bob Powe likes to sit on his front porch in the mornings, coffee in hand, and watch from his house on Casey Street as the sun slowly skirts the ridgeline across Gregory Gulch. The ...

The downstate New York casino approval process is coming down to the wire. On Thursday, MGM Empire City in Yonkers is expected to do what three Manhattan proposals could not-- hit the jackpot. Video ...

Empire City Casino has been cleared to vie in a shrunken field of competitors for a state license that would spur a $1.7 billion expansion of the Yonkers operation. A five-member committee that ...

The mayor of Yonkers says New York already has a winning pair of downstate casinos and thinks the state gaming commission should not wait until the December deadline to award licenses and cash in.

In a stunning about-face, MGM Resorts announced Tuesday it was pulling its bid to operate a casino in Yonkers. The announcement is particularly surprising because the company had only two weeks ago ...

Empire City Casino's quest for an upgraded license and $1.7 billion expansion has gotten better odds with the fizzling of three New York City casino proposals that were competing with it. The Yonkers ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The first two downstate casino proposals to receive Community Advisory Committee approval advanced in separate votes in Yonkers and Queens on Thursday. Unlike three Manhattan casino ...