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http://elmontcivic.com/index.php/civic-news/331-nyra-days-may-be-numbered
NYRA Days May Be Numbered
Written by Administrator Elmontcivic.com 14 May 2012

… It was Vanderbilt, the last head to operate Belmont Park, before NYRA took over, who argued that government controlling horse-racing will be like a "dog chasing its tail." Perhaps horse racing needs to examine itself as a sport again, privatize and allow for investments. Elmont and the surrounding communities truly can't afford losing such real estate revenues and tax relief potential that is endlessly not being met through NYRA. …

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Cuomo-s-people-called-Obama-s-people-to-push-3555681.php
Cuomo's people called Obama's people to push UAlbany over GlobalFoundries
James M. OdatoMay 13, 2012

… The New York Racing Association will have a new chairman by the end of September. That much is clear, because under the 2008 deal that gave NYRA a new 25-year franchise,

C. Steven Duncker had to be replaced by that date.

… Cuomo is mulling a bill to ban "equine interests" from the board. Since it was created in 1955 as the exclusive operator of New York's top thoroughbred tracks, NYRA's board has always been dominated by horse owners and breeders. If Cuomo acts on the notion of excluding the horsey set, more than half of the current board, including Duncker, would be out. …