Support grows for Belmont slot machines

[blackthroatedwind]

I don't specifically think it is a neighborhood's responsibility. However, for them to voice all those complaints, when it is at least a two way street, is what I find ridiculous. NYRA contributes in tax dollars. If the surrounding community wanted to work with them, and NYRA refused them, I could understand the complaints better. That is simply not the case.

As for NYRA's management of the franchise....well I will say if the people that ran NYRA from the mid 90s until a couple years ago were still in charge then I would say that the group known as NYRA should not get the franchise. However, the management has undergone a complete turnover in the last few years, and the current people in charge ( Steve Duncker, Charlie Hayward and Jim Heffernan in particular ) have done a superb job in turning things around and have clearly shown they deserve a chance to continue to move forward....especially against the field they are currently competing against.

Just because they still carry the name of " NYRA " doesn't mean they are in any way responsible for the sins of the past.