Posted Feb 19, 2010, 4:22 PM
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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/q...#ixzz0fzbSqf9o
Fading in stretch
By FREDRIC U. DICKER in Albany and CARL CAMPANILE in NY
February 19, 2010
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Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is prepared to kill the controversial Aqueduct slots contract awarded to a politically wired consortium because of ongoing federal and state probes, The Post has learned.
Silver -- along with Gov. Paterson and state Senate Democratic leader John Sampson -- recently gave preliminary approval to the Aqueduct Entertainment Group, led by powerhouse Queens minister and ex-Congressman Floyd Flake.
But Silver -- who tied his support to stricter conditions on AEG -- is now mulling pulling the plug on the project by refusing to sign a "memorandum of understanding," or legal agreement, to finalize the contract.
"The speaker is saying he may not sign the MOU," said a source familiar with Silver's thinking.
"The speaker is leaving open the possibility that he won't sign, depending on what new information emerges, on what the investigations find," the source added.
"He also believes it's possible, when all is known, that maybe the governor, or the Senate, won't want to sign the MOU, either," said the source.
The memorandum, now being drafted, is expected to be finalized in four to six weeks.
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