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Crazy a Gambling Operation is subsidized…maybe that explains huge salaries of the executives…NYRA out of touch with gamblers
Steve Hill

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>   1. NY bill to strip $230M/yr from racing subsidies (Terry Bjork)
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> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 11:34:17 -0700
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> Subject: [Derby] NY bill to strip $230M/yr from racing subsidies
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> They are at it again. Two New York legislators have introduced bills 
> that would take $230M/yr of VLT revenue away from NY horse racing and 
> send it toward education etc. instead.
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> $230M/yr ... that's quite some subsidy.
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> "The legislation, sponsored by state Sen. Zellnor Myrie, D-Brooklyn, and 
> Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, D-Manhattan, is backed by a cadre of 
> animal rights groups and social service nonprofits, who said they plan 
> to use advertising and grassroots organizing to draw attention to the issue.
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> 'The state has been propping up this industry for decades and there is 
> no reason for that to continue, especially when we need the money the 
> state has been giving to the industry', Rosenthal said in an interview."
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> Blah blah. Everyone needs that money.
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> But what the Assembly created, the Assembly can take away.
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> https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/New-bill-would-redirect-funds-from-horse-racing-16625973.php
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