MONTICELLO, NY-Empire Resorts Inc. reports its construction manager for its casino resort project to be built at the former Concord Resort property here has inked a project labor agreement with local union trades.
The Hudson Valley Building & Construction Trades Council and LP Ciminelli, Inc., the construction manager for the proposed casino, hotel and harness racetrack to be built by Empire's subsidiary, Monticello Raceway Management, Inc., signed the PLA that is expected to create approximately 1,200 full-time-equivalent union jobs during construction. The project has yet to obtain regulatory approvals and financing.
“This agreement represents a significant leap forward for this project, and is further proof that Empire is living up to its word to build union in Sullivan County,” says Todd Diorio, president of HVBCTC. “Empire and MRMI have proven to be committed partners to both labor and the community. We expect this project will create hundreds of good paying local union construction jobs without having to wait for the multiple legislative and referendum uncertainties associated with the legalization of table games.”
Empire's CEO Joseph D'Amato adds, “A PLA with the HVBTC is important for a project as complex and vital to the community as ours. It is another example of our willingness to work together with local union labor to bring good jobs with benefits to Sullivan County. This PLA, along with the Labor Peace Agreement we signed in August 2012 with the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, underscores our commitment to being union built and staffed.”
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