Albany ups power play; State, Legislature, NYRA announce mgmt. deal

Steve, I have been in contact with the NY State Inspector General's Office regarding the Tax Dept.'s role in this. Don't know if anything will come of it.

Also, the monthly union publication for PEF members, The Communicator, will have a story in it next month for which I was interviewed and gave input.

[dino]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

Steve, I have been in contact with the NY State Inspector General's Office regarding the Tax Dept.'s role in this. Don't know if anything will come of it.

Also, the monthly union publication for PEF members, The Communicator, will have a story in it next month for which I was interviewed and gave input.

Wow I'm impressed. I work at a NY state agency right next to the Tax building 8 and am surrounded by PEF union workers. Well maybe I shouldn't use the word workers because probably 80% of them do maybe 3 hours of real work that us taxpayers pay the 37.5 hours of pay for. Maybe that's why they have to hire us contractors for.
So you think having another do nothing PEF worker overseeing this for 3 hours a week would be a good solution. No wonder why this state is a joke. Go back to sleep.

[Cannon Shell]

http://tenoonan.com/2012/05/18/somet...a-controversy/

[pointman]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

http://tenoonan.com/2012/05/18/somet...a-controversy/

Well said. I hope that since this action by NY State is so transparent it will come back to bite the Governor, his jackass budget director, the Racing and Wagering Board and the Franchise Oversight board in thne a$$.

NY Government, where incompetence is at its pinnacle.

[pmacdaddy]

True words about Cuomo Administration.. “We operate at two speeds here: Get along and kill.”.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012...-eliot-spitzer

Little question which approach they have taken with NYRA.

[MaTH716]

This is question that just popped into my mind (sorry if it sounds foolish):

Obviously now that there is a TC at stake and huge amounts of money on the line as far as handle/attendance an so on, plus national (even world wide) exposure, is there any chance of seeing a power play made by either side? We all know that Albany is trying to turn the screws on NYRA, could they try to use the Belmont as some sort of leverage? Also with all media attention that the Belmont is going to get, wouldn't this be a good time for NYRA to launch a counter attack?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

This is question that just popped into my mind (sorry if it sounds foolish):

Obviously now that there is a TC at stake and huge amounts of money on the line as far as handle/attendance an so on, plus national (even world wide) exposure, is there any chance of seeing a power play made by either side? We all know that Albany is trying to turn the screws on NYRA, could they try to use the Belmont as some sort of leverage? Also with all media attention that the Belmont is going to get, wouldn't this be a good time for NYRA to launch a counter attack?

Does Cuomo show up for the trophy presentation?