(Note: The video lottery terminal crowd, which can be categorized as blue-haired, may not be quite comfortable with the Hard Rock ambiance. Obviously, SL Green has fallen short of due diligence when surveying the potential audience. This is not an under-30 demographic and the casino concept demands cheap...

With Spitzer out of the picture the ball is in Bruno's court There is optimistic speculation that the unexpected ascension of David Paterson to the governor’s office in Albany will actually facilitate the process of dealing with both the details of legislation that would conclude the matter of the...

From San Jose, Costa Rica Seven years ago, a couple of friends, one of whom owned a mare, and I agreed that it would be a good idea to breed a horse, specifically a New York-bred. If we were fortunate and the resultant horse had enough ability to race competitively in New York, the state-bed program...

The citizens of Miami-Dade County, Florida, overwhelmingly approved slot machines for racetracks – in Miami, that also mean dog -- this week, a referendum that accompanied the presidential primaries in South Florida and followed the downsizing of the failing casino at Gulfstream Park, which is located...

Wednesday must have been the windiest day ever in Ozone Park, where the gusts off Jamaica Bay can be a test. Even though the average departure and arrival delays at Kennedy International were a mere 15 minutes, which is probably less than normal, and skies were clear and blue, the proof that confirms...

There is little on which it is possible to congratulate the politicians of New York insofar as the unfolding sometimes comedic, sometimes infuriating, always frustrating saga of the New York racing franchise is concerned but the staunch refusal of key figures to bend on the suggestion that there should...

A showdown would have been better. A showdown would have made public Sen. Joe Bruno’s nonsensical, irrational stance on franchise issue. Drop the gloves. Lock the gates at Aqueduct. It appears, though, that the politicians have rallied in the eleventh hour and deal is at hand, though it will not be final...