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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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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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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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Casino Referendum to be a Guessing Game
Governor Cuomo made it exceedingly clear that the locations of casinos will not be determined before the expected referendum on…
December 19 2012, 5:21am | Visit source ›
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Cuomo's OTB veto the right move for New York
Whatever his motive, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s veto of the oddball legislation giving Catskill OTB authority to take over…
December 18 2012, 7:51am | 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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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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Mazur: Illinois Horse Racing Dates for 2013: Winners & Losers
A long, contentious meeting took place Tuesday in the Thompson Center in the Chicago Loop, with the annual Dates Hearing at the main office of the Illinois Racing Board (IRB).
September 30 2012, 11:34am | 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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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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Horseplayers Association of North AmericaSeptember 25 2012, 9:41am | Visit source ›
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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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Huh: Gov. Cuomo, in a startling move, has decided to “privatize” the running of the famed Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga…
September 24 2012, 6:36am | Visit source ›
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In New York, we wait…and wait…
Like those poor refugees in Casablanca, here in New York, we continue to wait…and wait…and wait. We wait for Governor…
September 20 2012, 6:48am | Visit source ›
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Getting Out While the Genting Getting is Good
NYRA's director of communications Dan Silver is leaving on Oct 1 to become the director of racing operations at Penn…
September 20 2012, 6:39am | Visit source ›
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Gov. Cuomo will put the New York Racing Association out of its scandal-scarred misery “promptly” after the historic Saratoga Race…
September 12 2012, 4:45am | Visit source ›
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The New York Gaming Association (NYGA) of New York's racinos has been rather quiet since Governor Cuomo referred to them…
September 7 2012, 5:34am | Visit source ›
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Medication reform stymied by Kentucky vote, HBPA
Much can be said – none of it good – about Monday’s shocking vote by the Kentucky legislature’s Interim Joint…
August 28 2012, 7:59am | Visit source ›
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Beyer: Cuomo's unwanted takeover
The suggestion that New York politicians will clean up horse racing corruption ought to sound like a joke to anyone familiar with the state’s history. When off-track betting in the…
August 27 2012, 12:30pm | Visit source ›
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