Two Republican state lawmakers from Niagara County say they want to ensure casino funds keep flowing to local entities previously guaranteed gaming revenue under state legislation that expired more than a year ago.
During a press conference on Friday at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, state Sen. Minority Leader Rob Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, and state Assemblyman Angelo Morinello, R-Niagara Falls, renewed their calls to amend and approve a new version of the now-expired gaming revenue sharing agreement commonly known as “99h.”
The agreement, which ended along with the state’s gaming compact with the Seneca Nation of Indians on Dec. 31, 2023, required the City of Niagara Falls to share part of its annual allotment of casino funds with the city’s hospital, school district, housing authority and underground railroad interpretive center.
