![]() This year at Empire City Casino, over 300 people doused themselves in ice cold water. The annual event, co-founded by Quinn after his diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in 2013, became a global phenomenon in 2014 as thousands of people from around the world participated in the challenge on social media. On August 1, the 2021 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge took place at Empire City Casino’s Yonkers Raceway with New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins New York State Senator Shelley Mayer Assembly Member Gary Pretlow Westchester County Board of Legislators Chris Johnson and Damon Maher Yonkers City Council Members John Rubbo and Tasha Diaz Alexandra Spano representing her father, Mayor Mike Spano family of late Yonkers native Pat Quinn and Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts executives to continue Pat Quinn’s mission to raise awareness of ALS and the need for research funding to find a cure.
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