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Hochul tours Lake Placid Olympic facilities as state explores joint NYC-Lake Placid bid for 2042 Winter Games
Hochul toured Lake Placid's Olympic Museum and facilities Monday, Aug. 3, promoting a possible bid to host the 2042 Winter Games. She created an Olympic exploratory committee last month to study a joint bid: indoor ice events in New York City arenas, mountain and sliding sports on Lake Placid's existing 1980-era infrastructure.
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