N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 248: Racing season; allotment of dates for racing

§ 248. Racing season; allotment of dates for racing. In the assignment

of dates by the commission to corporations for conducting running races

or steeplechases no conflict shall be deemed to exist by reason of

duplication of dates as between race meetings in the first zone and race

meetings in the second zone, nor as between race meetings within a zone

if the race courses at which such meetings are held are at least

thirty-five miles apart in the first zone and at least seventy-five

miles apart in the second zone, except that a minimum of thirty-six days

of racing shall be assigned exclusively to the second zone unless the

governor determines that a sufficient emergency exists for reducing such

number of days of racing, in which event the commission is then

authorized to assign a lesser number of days of racing to the second

zone. The commission may separately apportion to the several

corporations licensed or franchised to conduct running races or

steeplechases as many of the racing days for the season, not to exceed

the maximum number of racing days permitted by law.