Friday, November 16, 2012

David Skorton



David Skorton can't even tell us how he thinks that New York can close Nassau OTB on Roman CAtholic Palm Sunday in preference to Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday. See eg NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3. Bettors do not care if tracks run in New York every day of the year as long as they can bet the races taking place across the United STates at tracks of interest to them.

Export DAvid Skorton to Gulfstream Park.



http://www.paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/skorton-era-begins-for-nyra-board-meetings-to-be-open/

Skorton era begins for NYRA: board meetings to be open

On November 7, 2012, the newly designated chair of the New York Racing Association Reorganization Board Cornell President David Skorton met with the management of the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), the Racing and Wagering Board and the NYS Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association at Aqueduct Racetrack.  
 
Following the meetings and a tour of the racetrack and Resorts World Casino New York City, Skorton said: “I am looking forward to working with the talented and devoted individuals on the NYRA Reorganization Board and professionals on the NYRA staff over the next three years. This is an important institution that has a long history in our state.  The racing industry is too important to the state for NYRA not to be performing at its peak.  We will reach out to all of NYRA’s stakeholders, including its customers, the track workers, owners, trainers, breeders, OTB corporations, and everyone else who cares about racing.  In addition to this outreach, we will hold public hearings at NYRA tracks to solicit input in order to build on New York’s premier racing status. 
 
“Among the first and most important matters to be taken up by the Reorganization Board are implementing the findings and recommendations of The Task Force on Racehorse Health and Safety.  These findings and recommendations will likely require material changes in operations and protocols at NYRA racetracks.  I welcome the interest in the work of the NYRA Reorganization Board. Meetings of this Board will be open, in accordance with the state’s Open Meetings Law.  Meetings have yet to be scheduled, but the first will be in Manhattan in December 2012."
 
David J. Skorton, Cornell University's 12th president, is a cardiologist, professor of biomedical engineering, and professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is past chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum, an independent, nonprofit organization of industry CEOs, leaders of colleges and universities, and foundation executives; life member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and member of the board of directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges. He has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Skorton has long been active in regional and state economic development. During 2009 he chaired a gubernatorial Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships. Cornell University is home to the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, which includes the Cornell Equine Hospital.
On November 7, 2012, the newly designated chair of the New York Racing Association Reorganization Board Cornell President David Skorton met with the management of the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), the Racing and Wagering Board and the NYS Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Following the meetings and a tour of the racetrack and Resorts World Casino New York City, Skorton said: “I am looking forward to working with the talented and devoted individuals on the NYRA Reorganization Board and professionals on the NYRA staff over the next three years. This is an important institution that has a long history in our state.  The racing industry is too important to the state for NYRA not to be performing at its peak.  We will reach out to all of NYRA’s stakeholders, including its customers, the track workers, owners, trainers, breeders, OTB corporations, and everyone else who cares about racing.  In addition to this outreach, we will hold public hearings at NYRA tracks to solicit input in order to build on New York’s premier racing status.

“Among the first and most important matters to be taken up by the Reorganization Board are implementing the findings and recommendations of The Task Force on Racehorse Health and Safety.  These findings and recommendations will likely require material changes in operations and protocols at NYRA racetracks.  I welcome the interest in the work of the NYRA Reorganization Board. Meetings of this Board will be open, in accordance with the state’s Open Meetings Law.  Meetings have yet to be scheduled, but the first will be in Manhattan in December 2012."

David J. Skorton, Cornell University's 12th president, is a cardiologist, professor of biomedical engineering, and professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is past chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum, an independent, nonprofit organization of industry CEOs, leaders of colleges and universities, and foundation executives; life member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and member of the board of directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges. He has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Skorton has long been active in regional and state economic development. During 2009 he chaired a gubernatorial Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships. Cornell University is home to the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, which includes the Cornell Equine Hospital.
New to the Paulick Report? Click here to sign up for our daily email newsletter to keep up on this and other stories happening in the Thoroughbred industry

No comments:

Post a Comment