Joe Lupo, president of the Hard Rock, said recently that the casinos\u2019 efforts to build non-gaming amenities to reinvent Atlantic City as a family-friendly destination are being hampered by neglectful politicians.<\/p>\n
Our buildings can\u2019t be surrounded by drug addicts and prostitutes, the lights need to work, the Boardwalk needs to be fixed, the beaches need to be replenished,\u201d Lupo said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work that needs to be done in the city\u2026We need to revitalize the city, because it just hasn\u2019t been done in the past.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
New Jersey is currently engaged in a legal battle with Atlantic County over changes to its PILOT scheme. These are payments casinos’ make to the state in lieu of taxes.<\/p>\n
The state appealed a New Jersey Superior Court judge ruling that it infringed on a 2018 consent agreement with Atlantic County when it changed the rules on PILOT payments.<\/p>\n
Judge Michael Blee ruled in July that the county is due more than $22 million in PILOT payment redistribution from the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Atlantic City officials will pump $5 million into creating a citywide security camera system, The Press of Atlantic City reports. At a Monday news conference, Mayor Marty Small Sr said that a short, sharp boost in state funding would allow the city to add 250 cameras to its existing network. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":229405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81885,18,61],"tags":[25,26],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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