NYRA's lawyer(s) and OTBs' lawyers' are cousins?

none of these fine legal minds have opined  the obvious, that NY PML Sec 105 and NY PML Sec 105 violate the rights of New York State Bettors secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3.  You can't pick and chose Andrew Cuomo's Roman Catholic Easter and Palm Sunday over Greek Orthodox Easter  and Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday.

With the impending demise of law firms in NY there is new blood looking for work

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05/01/2012 4:46PM

Suspensions leave NYRA's upper management in limbo

By Matt Hegarty

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Only six months ago, the future of the New York Racing Association seemed bright. Revenues from the operation of a casino at Aqueduct promised to put an end to the association’s stubborn financial problems and boost purses to levels that would solidify New York’s position as the best racing circuit in the U.S.
But despite that success, a handful of other developments have darkened NYRA’s prospects, including the suspension on Monday of Charles Hayward, the association’s president since 2004, and Patrick Kehoe, NYRA’s legal counsel since 2002.
Both officials were named in a report by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board that challenged claims that association officials were not aware that they had applied the wrong takeout rate to wagers for a period of 15 months in 2010 and 2011. The report was issued on Monday morning, and by late on Monday afternoon, NYRA’s board had issued the suspensions.
The suspensions have led to disarray at NYRA. Officials on Tuesday said they would not comment on the association’s plans beyond a statement released by the board on Monday night that NYRA would cooperate with the state’s inquiry. Steven Duncker, the association’s chairman, did not return phone calls.
With the suspensions in place, the highest-ranking management official at NYRA is Ellen McClain, the company’s chief operating officer. Although she has a strong reputation at NYRA and among state regulators for her financial expertise, she was a newcomer to the racing industry when she was hired as NYRA’s chief financial officer in 2009.