Dollars, Deception and Desperation

Proposal One on the back of Tuesday's ballot, amending the state's constitution to allow casino gambling to expand, passed by 57% of the vote.

In a lobbying triumph for the gambling industry, at least seven Vegas-style casinos will go up in what Governor Andrew Cuomo calls an effort to create jobs in economically-depressed upstate New York.

What Cuomo doesn't acknowledge is that the gambling