Albany Times-Union Story on NYRA Overcharge of Commission

I was contacted earlier today by a reporter from the Albany Times-Union named Jim Odato who is covering this story. I gave him a statement regarding the fact that the NY State Tax Department should have had personnel in place at the track to "test" the tote for the change in the commission rate on 9/15/10 from 26% to 25%.

No such "test" ever took place because the Tax Dept. disbanded the Pari-Mutuel Revenue Unit years earlier and eliminated the last employee standing in August, 2010, the month before.

Jim's story is supposed to appear in the Mon., 5/7 edition of the Albany Times-Union, so I'll have to check on-line to see what he writes.