Owners, trainers and drivers of harness racing horses at Yonkers Raceway are demanding $13.4 million from Monticello Raceway Management Inc., in Orange County, for allegedly violating a state tax law.
Standardbred Owners Association Inc. says that Monticello’s Resorts World Hudson Valley video lottery gaming facility in Newburgh is required to compensate the Yonkers horsemen for lost business at Yonkers Raceway and the adjacent Empire City Casino.
“The Resorts World Hudson Valley operation causes a reduction in gambling revenue at Empire City Casino,” according to a complaint filed on July 30 in Westchester Supreme Court, “which in turn causes a reduction in the amount paid to the Yonkers Raceway horsemen.”
