Andrew Cuomo and David Paterson talked about state politics on Cuomo's podcast Thursday. Seen here together in November 2010, former Govs.
The budget also requires the state Gaming Commission to create an Aqueduct Redevelopment Community Advisory Board consisting of state and local appointees to review and recommend any plans to redevelop the track, which is surrounded by residential neighborhoods. The budget includes language to ensure that people employed at Aqueduct would be given the opportunity to get jobs at Belmont. Among the changes at Belmont, which opened its season Thursday, will include a new synthetic track and an overhauled clubhouse.īelmont was last renovated in 1968, and when it is done, Aqueduct would revert back to the management of the state - which would look to redevelop the property that has long been eyed for development because it is near JFK airport. When the project is finished in three or four years, NYRA racing would shift solely to Belmont and then Saratoga in the summer. The rehab of Belmont, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown which kicks off Saturday with the Kentucky Derby, will ultimately lead to the closure of the NYRA-owned Aqueduct Racetrack just 12 miles away in Queens. “The transformation of Belmont Park will secure the future of thoroughbred racing in New York State, create thousands of good jobs and drive tourism to Long Island and the region for decades to come,” NYRA president David O’Rourke said in a statement. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers, particularly those who represent the track that borders Queens, said it was important to invest in the track and make it a state and national attraction. The state budget this week included the controversial request from the New York Racing Association to secure the loan from the state to rebuild the venerable Belmont Park racetrack on Long Island.Īnti-horse racing activists lobbied against the measure, and good-government groups balked at the outlay from the state, but Gov. | Seth Wenig/AP PhotoĪnd they’re off - with a $455 million loan.
The state budget approved this week authorizes the state to loan $455 million to the New York Racing Association to renovate Belmont Park and subsequently close Aqueduct Racetrack.
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