“As New York begins its recovery, we are proud to continue to provide critical support so that kids across the state have access to a higher-quality education, and we are ready to step up and elevate that support in both the short- and long-term for the state. “Since opening its doors nine years ago, Resorts World has fulfilled its commitment to be an economic driver, a good community partner, a leader in generating significant and much-needed resources to New York’s public schools,” Genting Americas East President Bob De Salvio said. The state’s largest taxpayer’s parent company announced Tuesday that it has generated more than $3 billion for New York’s Lottery educational fund since opening in 2011 in South Ozone Park.
At a time that the city and state budget are stretched thin due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lack of a federal bailout, Resorts World Casino New York City is proving to be much more than an economic engine for southeast Queens, but a boon to New York’s public schools.
