Cuomo Proposes Plan for Finger Lakes

Racetrack that calls for new contributions to a purse account from the track’s owners, as well as from a newly opened nearby commercial casino and the state’s Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund. Just two weeks after the opening of del Lago Resort & Casino a short drive away from the track, in Waterloo, N.Y., the Cuomo administration Feb. 17 said its plan will feature a bailout of the track’s purse fund without the use of taxpayers’ dollars.