UPDATE: State meets obligation to NYRA; Legislature OK's advance

[philcski]

Originally Posted by pointman

Of course, it is not a shock that this got done, though a bit shocking that the legislature didn't wait until the day before the Belmont Stakes. I can't believe I am saying this, but now that Patterson is a lame duck he is actually starting to become somewhat effective as he is no longer needs his corrupt Democrat former pals and is beginning to push for the right things, for one example, spending cuts.

It seems to me that now would be a pretty good time for NYRA to push to merge NYCOTB into NYRA's operations as they may actually get Patterson to push to do the right thing here. If the media jumps on board and exposes the bloated patronage machine that NYCOTB is, combined with the fact that Frucher has burned his bridges in Albany, it would seem like it is possible it could get done.

Agree with this.

Might as well merge the entire OTB network into NYRA, or alternatively give Western OTB to Finger Lakes and the rest to NYRA.