LAS VEGAS – Hopes that recently elected governor Andrew Cuomo could speed the
process of getting MMA to New York were dashed by the recent release of
his 2011-2012 budget proposal.
Conspicuously absent from a host of measures that aim to close the
state’s $10 billion budget deficit is language to legalize the sport.
The news drew frustration today from UFC president Dana White, who said he is “done with predictions in New York.”