By Abim Thomas and David Perechocky
Sixteen companies submitted applications to the New York Gaming Facility Location Board yesterday, the application deadline. Five applications were submitted for the Capital Region, eight for the Catskills/ Hudson Valley Region and three for the Southern Tier. Each region will get a casino, and one region will get two. Oral presentations of applications will begin on or after July 21, 2014. Applicants must then hold a public hearing in their host municipality. The gaming facility operators are expected to be selected by early fall.