Belmont Park on June 6, 2014 in Elmont. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Streeter Lecka
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ALBANY - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has rejected a bill that would have allowed Nassau County Off-Track Betting Corp. to get a share of revenue from a local competitor -- Belmont Park.
Cuomo executed a “pocket veto” by not acting on it by a midnight Thursday deadline. By the governor’s not signing or vetoing by the deadline, the bill is automatically vetoed.
The measure would have forced the New York Racing Association, which owns Belmont, to share some of the revenue currently being generated at Belmont Café, which simulcasts horse races from around the country. Nassau OTB has argued that Belmont Café is a de facto off-track betting parlor and is cutting into its business.
The state Legislature passed a bill in June that effectively would force the sides to talk. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) and then-Assemb. Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach).
Belmont Park on June 6, 2014 in Elmont. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Streeter Lecka
Cuomo executed a “pocket veto” by not acting on it by a midnight Thursday deadline. By the governor’s not signing or vetoing by the deadline, the bill is automatically vetoed.
The measure would have forced the New York Racing Association, which owns Belmont, to share some of the revenue currently being generated at Belmont Café, which simulcasts horse races from around the country. Nassau OTB has argued that Belmont Café is a de facto off-track betting parlor and is cutting into its business.
The state Legislature passed a bill in June that effectively would force the sides to talk. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) and then-Assemb. Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach).
Belmont Park on June 6, 2014 in Elmont. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Streeter Lecka
Spin Cycle
News, views and commentary on Long Island, state and national politics.
ALBANY - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has rejected a bill that would have allowed Nassau County Off-Track Betting Corp. to get a share of revenue from a local competitor -- Belmont Park.
Cuomo executed a “pocket veto” by not acting on it by a midnight Thursday deadline. By the governor’s not signing or vetoing by the deadline, the bill is automatically vetoed.
The measure would have forced the New York Racing Association, which owns Belmont, to share some of the revenue currently being generated at Belmont Café, which simulcasts horse races from around the country. Nassau OTB has argued that Belmont Café is a de facto off-track betting parlor and is cutting into its business.
The state Legislature passed a bill in June that effectively would force the sides to talk. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) and then-Assemb. Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach).
Cuomo executed a “pocket veto” by not acting on it by a midnight Thursday deadline. By the governor’s not signing or vetoing by the deadline, the bill is automatically vetoed.
The measure would have forced the New York Racing Association, which owns Belmont, to share some of the revenue currently being generated at Belmont Café, which simulcasts horse races from around the country. Nassau OTB has argued that Belmont Café is a de facto off-track betting parlor and is cutting into its business.
The state Legislature passed a bill in June that effectively would force the sides to talk. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) and then-Assemb. Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach).
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