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NYRA's Financials: Turning the Corner
The latest financial results for the New York Racing Association (NYRA) show that, after years of financial travail and uncertainty,…
May 17 2013, 4:37pm | Visit source ›
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NYRA’s Skorton: “Given what’s at stake, we’re moving as fast we can”
At a hastily called meeting April 29, the New York Racing Association Board of Directors voted unanimously to install an…
April 29 2013, 7:07pm | Visit source ›
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MEMO TO THE NYRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Suggestion for the NYRA board: Immediately quit interviewing CEO contenders. The kind of CEO you really need now is almost…
April 23 2013, 8:19am | Visit source ›
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Crist: NYRA should look at adding to wagering menu, lowering takeout
If you’ve been holding your breath waiting for anything about playing the horses in New York to change for the better, it’s time to exhale before you turn any bluer.
April 13 2013, 7:32am | Visit source ›
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NYRA board chairman David Skorton said at Thursday's board meeting that the search for a new CEO is "rounding second,"…
April 12 2013, 4:36am | Visit source ›
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Noonan: Still waiting for the new NYRA
Last Wednesday was the third meeting of the Reorganization Board of the New York Racing Association and, quite frankly, there is not much going on with this group. When a…
March 6 2013, 1:33pm | Visit source ›
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Box Seats Scoop a Whole Lotta Nothing
Must have been a slow day in the world of Albany politics for Jim Odato and the Times Union when…
March 6 2013, 7:46am | Visit source ›
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The New York Racing Association, after years of losing money in the pre-slot machine era, is now projecting a second…
March 5 2013, 5:18pm | Visit source ›
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Had to laugh when I saw the headline: NYRA plans to offer a $550,000 package to new CEO; that considering…
February 28 2013, 7:51am | Visit source ›
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NYRA Takeover By Captain Cuomo Not a Bad Thing
Close to a year ago, when Governor Cuomo announced the state was going to 'direct' NYRA and in effect have…
January 31 2013, 6:43am | Visit source ›
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NYRA’s new board of directors addresses equine safety, racing days
President Ellen McClain’s resignation from the New York Racing Association, announced Friday during a meeting of the organization’s new transitional…
January 26 2013, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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By some measures, New York racing is enjoying great success. According to a press release this week from the New York…
January 20 2013, 12:21pm | Visit source ›
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The state-controlled NYRA Reorganization Board "will have serious discussions next week to consider important issues that affect the health and…
January 18 2013, 5:07am | Visit source ›
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These are the aging white guys that make up the New York State Senate Republicans ....Mayor Bloomberg's inner circle of…
December 18 2012, 5:24am | Visit source ›
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Noonan: First NYRA Board meeting is unsettling
The reconstituted New York Racing Association held its first meeting as the NYRA Reorganization Board on Wednesday in a small conference room in Manhattan. While the takeover of horse racing…
December 13 2012, 12:27pm | Visit source ›
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The Aqueduct injury report: at last, we wait no more
In the five months since the first target date for the Aqueduct injury report came and went, rumors and questions…
October 3 2012, 1:41pm | Visit source ›
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Task Force Report Brings A Welcome Breath of Objectivity
Perhaps by now you've read through the task force report on the Big A breakdowns that was released last Friday....here's…
October 3 2012, 5:10am | Visit source ›
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Brown: Super Saturday Recap: An Open Letter to Belmont Park
It was good to see you again yesterday. Actually, I take that back. It was great to see you. The last time our paths crossed was the day before The…
September 30 2012, 2:52pm | Visit source ›
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Yesterday New York State issued a 209 page report, detailing various problems that have existed this year at the states…
September 29 2012, 9:54am | Visit source ›
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Crist: Even-handed Aqueduct breakdown report disappoints Chicken Littles
Nobody is going to be entirely pleased with the report: the state did not get its desired red meat on NYRA’s supposed transgressions; NYRA may find some of the recommendations…
September 28 2012, 6:15pm | Visit source ›
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Genaro: New York Racing At A Crossroads...Again
2012—well, late 2011—was supposed to be the start of a new era for New York racing. After a decade of uncertainty, the leadership and financial holes were closed, management stabilized,…
September 28 2012, 5:47pm | Visit source ›
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Bizarre Week for NYRA (About to get Worse?)
This has been a bizarre week in NYRAville, even for them. (And, if this morning's story in the NY Times…
September 28 2012, 3:54pm | Visit source ›
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It's clearly been a tough week for NYRA. We had the story on Monday that the politicos might be trying…
September 28 2012, 8:05am | Visit source ›
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Bizarre Week for NYRA (About to get Worse?)
This has been a bizarre week in NYRAville, even for them. (And, if this morning's story in the NY Times…
September 28 2012, 5:24am | Visit source ›
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The Times Union in NY Times fashion felt fit to have an above the fold front page story tweaking NYRA.…
September 27 2012, 6:47pm | Visit source ›
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In 2010, on taking too much rake from customers and not fixing it earlier: According to the interim report by…
September 27 2012, 6:32pm | Visit source ›
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Spent the last couple of days trying to sort out the latest developments and reports regarding the future of NYRA…
September 26 2012, 5:39pm | Visit source ›
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Latest ‘fix” for New York racing
Unless you're living under a rock these days no doubt you've been following the story about NYRA's "takeover" by Governor…
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s figurative desire to throw the operators of the state’s three main thoroughbred tracks into the Hudson River is no secret. A published report Monday in…
September 24 2012, 10:08am | Visit source ›
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The big news today is the New York Post story on Governor Cuomo's potential plans for racing in New York…
September 24 2012, 7:10am | Visit source ›
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