2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 13 - Destination Resort Gaming › Title 2 - Facility Determination and Licensing: Upstate Gaming Facilities › 1313 - Form of Application.

§  1313.  Form  of  application. 1. The commission and the board shall
prescribe the initial form of the application for gaming licenses  which
shall require, but not be limited to:
(a) the name of the applicant;
(b)  the  mailing address and, if a corporation, the name of the state
under the laws  of  which  it  is  incorporated,  the  location  of  its
principal place of business and the names and addresses of its directors
and such stockholders as to be determined by the commission;
(c)  the  identity of each person having a direct or indirect interest
in the business and the nature of such interest; provided, however, that
if the disclosed entity is a trust, the application shall  disclose  the
names  and addresses of all beneficiaries; provided further, that if the
disclosed entity is a partnership, the application  shall  disclose  the
names  and  addresses  of  all  partners,  both general and limited; and
provided further, that if the disclosed entity is  a  limited  liability
company,  the  application shall disclose the names and addresses of all
members;
(d) an independent  audit  report  of  all  financial  activities  and
interests   including,  but  not  limited  to,  the  disclosure  of  all
contributions, donations, loans or any other financial  transactions  to
or from a gaming entity or operator in the past five years;
(e)  clear  and  convincing evidence of financial stability including,
but not limited to, bank references, business and  personal  income  and
disbursement   schedules,   tax  returns  and  other  reports  filed  by
government agencies and business and personal accounting  check  records
and ledgers;
(f)  information  and  documentation to demonstrate that the applicant
has sufficient business ability and experience to create the  likelihood
of establishing and maintaining a successful gaming facility;
(g)  a full description of the proposed internal controls and security
systems for the proposed gaming facility and any related facilities;
(h) the designs for the proposed gaming facility, including the  names
and addresses of the architects, engineers and designers, and a timeline
of  construction  that  includes detailed stages of construction for the
gaming facility and  non-gaming  structures,  where  applicable,  and  a
proposed date to open for gaming;
(i) the number of construction hours estimated to complete the work;
(j)   a  description  of  the  ancillary  entertainment  services  and
amenities to be provided at the proposed gaming facility;
(k) the number of employees to be  employed  at  the  proposed  gaming
facility,  including  detailed  information on the pay rate and benefits
for employees;
(l) completed studies and reports as required by the commission, which
shall include, but not be limited to, an  examination  of  the  proposed
gaming facility's:
(1) economic benefits to the region and the state;
(2)   local   and   regional   social,   environmental,   traffic  and
infrastructure impacts;
(3) impact on the local and regional economy, including the impact  on
cultural  institutions  and on small businesses in the host municipality
and nearby municipalities;
(4) cost to the host municipality, nearby municipalities and the state
for the proposed gaming facility to be located at the proposed location;
and
(5) the estimated state tax revenue to  be  generated  by  the  gaming
facility;
(m) the names of proposed vendors of gaming equipment;
(n)  the location of the proposed gaming facility, which shall include
the address, maps, book and page numbers from the  appropriate  registry
of  deeds,  assessed  value  of  the land at the time of application and
ownership interests over the past twenty years, including all interests,
options,   agreements   in  property  and  demographic,  geographic  and
environmental information and any other  information  requested  by  the
commission;
(o)  the  type  and  number  of  games to be conducted at the proposed
gaming facility and the specific location of the games in  the  proposed
gaming facility;
(p)  the  number  of hotels and rooms, restaurants and other amenities
located at the proposed gaming facility and how they measure in  quality
to other area hotels and amenities;
(q)  whether  the  applicant's  proposed  gaming facility is part of a
regional or local economic plan; and
(r)  whether  the  applicant  purchased   or   intends   to   purchase
publicly-owned land for the proposed gaming facility.
2.  Applications  for  licenses  shall  be  public  records;  provided
however,  that   trade   secrets,   competitively-sensitive   or   other
proprietary  information  provided in the course of an application for a
gaming license under this article, the disclosure of which  would  place
the  applicant  at  a  competitive  disadvantage,  may  be withheld from
disclosure pursuant to paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  two  of  section
eighty-seven of the public officers law.