Yonkers Raceway

[Guest]

How long will this work be going on on the Raceway, whats the whole project anyway?

[Guest x901]

thru next year.... they are upgrading the facility and adding in a casino (a.t.t. only VGT video gaming terminals)

[Dr. Zuki 1]

They are supposed to open again for horse racing long before the video lottery terminals are completed along with new restaurants. Hope they demolish that blighted parking garage on the corner of Yonkers and Central. Or at least paint it.

[Shantz02 0]

I think they should get rid of the garage altogether. It is an eyesore and im sure they could then use the area for more parking. Removing it might also help raise some of the surrounding property values.

[Guest]

is it true the raceway have there own police department? if so do they have an ESU?

[Truck4 48]

-The Raceway has security, not thier own PD.

-The garage is supposed to be demolished over the next few months.

-The casino, at this point, is supposed to be a State Police post. It is not yet known the exact role, if any, the YPD will play in it.

[dadbo46 50]

Re: SP at YRR...I'm not sure if that is true.

[Truck4 48]

Re: SP at YRR...I'm not sure if that is true.

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Why not?

[Guest EMSCOMM80]

From what I hear, NYSP will have a post there for the "casino".

[CAM502 6]

Hey aren't there NYRA (New York Racing Assoc.) cops assigned to Yonkers just like Belmont and Saratoga??

[Dr. Zuki 1]

Truck 4,

Thanks for the info.

NY Racing Association cops are not assigned at Yonkers as this is the only privately owned track in the state. And that's a good thing given the impending bankruptcy of the corrupt NY State Racing Association. I believe some of the other tracks outsourced their security to Wackenhut a few years back.

Yonkers raceway security does use the name "Police" and one former Yonkers PD Commissioner ( McEvoy) took issue with this years back. I have never seen their frequency listed anywhere over the years. Yonkers has negotiated for payments to cover the massive amount of police overtime neeeded for traffic details. Will be like the old days during the 1960's when the track peaked in popularity.

I am hoping for a hotel and convention someday on the raceway property, space permitting. Latest rumor is the track seeking a statewide referendum for legalized prostitution....

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

[Dr. Zuki 1]

Go to Ebay and search under Yonkers. The last item on page three is a Yonkers Raceway police patch. Nice logo.

The use of the word "Police" was objected to by a former Yonkers Poice Commissioner who argued that that word can only be used by actual police forces.

Don't know if there is any legal merit to that argument.