Dive Brief:

• Construction of one of the first private casinos in New York has stopped following a state Supreme Court ruling that voided the project’s environmental review.

• The Tyre, NY, Town Board did not properly evaluate the proposed location for the $425 million Lago Casino Resort & Casino before permitting the construction, the court ruled. The temporary suspension will delay the creation of jobs and economic development around the future casino in upstate New York, its developer, Wilmorite, said in a statement

• The state issued three licenses for casinos last year, including this one, after voters passed a constitutional amendment that allows up to seven casinos in the state.

Dive Insight:

Not everyone in Tyre, a town of 950 residents, supported the building of a casino in their city.

The group that brought the lawsuit included several Amish families whose homes are near the casino’s proposed location. Group members lauded the court’s ruling as “the light at the end of the tunnel,” their lawyer told The New York Times.