Mike, I hate to reiterate this, but as I said in another discussion on this site, I believe that short track, automobile racing, as we've known and loved it in NY, for the last 80 years, or so, is dead. We already knew that the sport was NOT on the politicians' short list of "approved" sports, and this announcement further solidifies that belief.
Furthermore, if that isn't enough, yesterday, the Rochester Red Wings, upstate NY's professional baseball team, announced that their season has been cancelled. When the "politically correct" sport of minor league baseball, a sport that has the financial support of the county, therefore is responsible to the taxpayers to make as serious an effort as possible, to generate income, to offset the expenses of operating in a county owned stadium, gets cancelled, you know that the "politicos" couldn't care less about automobile racing.
Sadly, VERY sadly, I feel it necessary to say, "RIP, NY state race tracks, you had a good run and a well deserved place in history".....................