Primary Day has arrived, and Hell Gate is hitting the streets up to the last minute to hear from New Yorkers about the issues that are most important to them, and who they like (and don't like) in the Democratic mayoral primary race. Read our other installments in this series here, and be sure to check out our live blog throughout the day to hear from even more voters.
Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park
Pink and purple plastic tulips danced in the breeze as bugle fanfare signaled the first race of the day at the Aqueduct Racetrack. Horses wearing brightly colored and numbered saddle cloths trotted around the paddock. "See number seven?" one man asked me. "No sweat. Looks good." This was the kind of strategic thinking of the betting man that I had come to the racetrack to find. Then the man gave me a honey echinacea Ricola, meant to help soothe my throat after (hopefully) yelling my horse to victory.
The regulars at the track, mostly elderly men sitting outside chain-smoking, were staying cool on the hot day with canned Arnold Palmers and tallboys of Foster's.
