New Bills Aim to End $230 Million in Corporate Welfare for New York Horse Racing

As part of a sweetheart deal enacted years ago to bail out the New York horse racing industry, $230 million in casino profits goes straight into the coffers of privately owned racing companies every single year. Eleven racetracks have been handed nearly $1 billion in just the past four years. And they don’t even have to keep the horses alive to get the cash—106 horses died at New York tracks just last year.

Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal and Sen. Robert Jackson are challenging this corporate welfare. Rosenthal has introduced Assembly Bill A1162, and Jackson has introduced Senate Bill S8485—which would cancel $230 million in annual subsidies to racehorse owners, breeders, and trainers and for New York Racing Association track operating expenses and capital improvements.

Please take action: Ask Gov. Kathy Hochul to end horse racing corporate welfare now!

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