Noonan strips away Cuomo facade; Beyer follows suit

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Tom Noonan is the only person out there systematically identifying the planned duplicity of Cuomo and his lackeys..

Fix is in for New York to cut purses

That, however, is not the way the Cuomo Administration likes to operate. As with the takeover of NYRA, the Governor puts forth a faulty premise and then crafts a solution that does nothing to address the purported problem inherent in the premise. He succeeds, however, in getting others to play the game on his terms. The media dutifully reports the headline conclusions of the government reports without assessing whether the conclusions are based on facts or even simple logic. We even have leading New York horsemen now arguing that attendance and handle are up, instead of making the case that NYRA has a legal right to this money by statute.

Worse of all, however, is that there is no discussion of what cutting revenue to NYRA will mean for the thoroughbred industry in New York. We can hope that the Cuomo takeover of racing will result in improvements for the sport, but the next person I talk with who thinks that is likely will be the first one.