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Aqueduct Race Track

Probe Of Deal To Build Queens 'Racino' Ensnares Gov. Paterson And ... Jay-Z?

Justin Elliott | March 4, 2010, 11:27AM


Horses run at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens. Inset, from top: Jay-Z, Gov. David Paterson (D-NY), Pastor Floyd Flake

Authorities are investigating the winning bid of a politically connected group of investors -- including a prominent rapper and a former congressman -- to transform a Queens horse track into a "racino" amid suspicions that the contract, doled out by Gov. David Paterson, was awarded improperly.

In the long-awaited deal made by the state, a consortium of companies called Aqueduct Entertainment Group will develop the 50-year-old Aqueduct Race Track in Queens into a "racino" with over 4,000 video slot machines, restaurants, a large "entertainment center," and a hotel.

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Topics: Andrew Cuomo, Aqueduct, Aqueduct Entertainment Group, Aqueduct Race Track, Darryl Greene, David Paterson, Empowerment Development Corp., Floyd Flake, Gain Global Investments Network, Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral, Gregory Meeks, Jay-Z, Russell Simmons

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