Pol Wants to Use $30 Million for Upgrades at the Aqueduct Racetrack
Assemblymember Phillip Goldfeder has introduced new legislation that would take $30,000,000 generated by the Resorts World Casino to upgrade the neighboring Aqueduct Racetrack. As he told Queens Courier, “It’s unacceptable that this once national treasure has become an eyesore and serious danger to our families and neighbors in southern Queens.” Just this month a woman…
Assemblymember Phillip Goldfeder has introduced new legislation that would take $30,000,000 generated by the Resorts World Casino to upgrade the neighboring Aqueduct Racetrack. As he told Queens Courier, “It’s unacceptable that this once national treasure has become an eyesore and serious danger to our families and neighbors in southern Queens.” Just this month a woman was sexually abused at the racetrack and several electronic items were stolen from the site. He wants the Resorts World Casino funds to go toward upgrades in security, employee training to combat crime, and facility improvements.
The $30,000,000 from Resorts World Casino is 4 percent of its yearly revenue. Right now, it’s allocated toward maintenance and upgrades at the Saratoga and Belmont New York Racing Association sites. In the past year, the casino invested $5,000,000 in upgrades at the Aqueduct.
Pol: Racino Money Should go to Aqueduct [Queens Courier]
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Get rid of Aqueduct and turn it into a park, then we can connect the Queensway to it and it’ll connect to two great parks. Get rid of that awful casino (if you can call it that) as well. Thats a lot of land sitting most of the year unused and it would take 10x that much to turn it into anything better then Saratoga or Belmont.