Tribes of the Hamptons
A proposed Native-American casino in the playground of affluent New York
SAUNDERS, A HIGH-END real-estate firm, sold and rented $2.3bn worth of property in the Hamptons last year. Calvin Klein, the panjandrum of pants, sold his beach house there for $84.4m. Well-heeled New Yorkers go to the string of small towns on Long Island to throw frisbees on the beach and compare Picassos in their kitchens. They are not universally thrilled by the Shinnecock Nation’s plans to build a casino on their reservation in Southampton.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “White shoes and slot machines”
United States March 13th 2021
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- Press freedom under pressure
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- Tribes of the Hamptons
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