NYPost: Cuomo to solicit bids; No criminal wrongdoing in takeout snafu

[OTM Al]

Originally Posted by Cardus

Imagine if that happened. I don't see it happening, but it is an interesting thought.

And to be considered: Will there be an Aqueduct under new management, or will the State have sold it to non-racing interests?

The whole property at Aqueduct is the main reason behind the State initially breaking the Franchise Agreement. It's not the grand prize but a block that was needed to get there. The agreement stipulated that the State had the right to develop the property except for the racing property. The convention center plan required that property and thus the coup. The real grand prize, for anyone who really cares, isn't even the grease from the gambling industry. It's the development rights to the current convention center property, the Jacob Javits Center, 6 full blocks of riverfront midtown Manhattan property that is now getting a subway extension to reach it. What you think that is worth? If anyone doesn't care about the animals, it's the individuals in Albany.