and it is even open on Palm Sunday and all Easter Sundays

• New York State home of the lying money obsessed crazy politicians who pass laws such as NY PML Sec 105 which would not pass scrutiny in an Opinion by the New York Attorney General. No politician in New York State may credibly complain about cash flow without asking the Attorney General for a  Free Opinion. He/she need not bet but simply respect the rights of people to do as they please secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3.  

Barry Yomtov, Laura Campione and Teamsters Local 858 have done nothing to see that OTB workers have the choice of whether to work or not on Palm Sunday and Easters Sundays if they wish, while they still have a job.  Nassau OTB owes Mr. Rooney some cash.

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• §  105. Supplementary regulatory powers of the board.  Notwithstanding
    any inconsistent provision of law,  the  board  through  its  rules  and
    regulations  or  in  allotting  dates  for  racing  or in licensing race
    meetings at which pari-mutuel betting is permitted  shall  be  empowered
    to:  (i)  permit racing at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on any
    or all dates from the first day of January through the thirty-first  day
    of December, inclusive of Sundays but exclusive of December twenty-fifth
    and  Palm  Sunday  and  Easter  Sunday; and (ii) fix minimum and maximum
    charges for admission at any race meeting.

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• NY SPORTS
• OCTOBER 29, 2011

Gamblers Swarm Aqueduct

By SHELLY BANJO

Not everyone got lucky Friday outside the newly opened Aqueduct racetrack casino.
By midafternoon of its opening day, a mile-long line snaked around the Resorts World Casino New York City in Queens as the city's first racino hit its 5,000-person capacity. After standing in line for hours, some of the impatient gamblers grumbled, pushed and shouted at police officers. Some began to turn away.

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Lucky gamblers at play at the Resorts World Casino New York City on Friday.

"I'm getting in my car and going to Yonkers," said Joy Tracy, who came from Roosevelt on Long Island for the casino's debut. "This is ridiculous; we've already waited so long for this to open, they should have just opened the whole thing when it was ready."
The racino on Friday opened its main gaming floor, the Times Square, with nearly 2,500 slot machines and electronic table games such as roulette and craps, as well as a handful of restaurants and bars. Its other two floors, which will house the 5th Avenue and the Crockfords gaming floors, as well as the 130,000-square-foot Central Park Events center, won't open until this winter.
The Ozone Park project will employ more than 1,350 at the casino and 1,400 construction workers.
"We'd love to let everyone in but we're at capacity and at this point safety is the most important thing," said Stefan Friedman, a spokesman for the casino. "We're open every day from 8 a.m. to 4 a.m., so there will be plenty of time for everyone."
The casino estimated that 20,000 people showed up for opening day Friday.
Others felt like they hit the jackpot just by getting inside. Shrieking and singing along to what seemed like a '90s soundtrack, one man waved around $20 bills while others snapped pictures of the racino's "Light of Nations" sculpture, made up of 193 hand-blown glass bulbs that hung from the entranceway.
Some New Yorkers have been waiting for years for a casino to open at the Aqueduct: The state Legislature authorized gambling there in 2001 but the project was plagued by political squabbles, legal gridlock and allegations of contract-rigging.
Many local gamblers said they were eager to try their luck closer to home than Atlantic City, Connecticut's Foxwoods Resort Casino or Empire City at Yonkers Raceway. The racino, which will be accessible via subway and bus, offered instant upgrades to gamblers with preferred cards from other casinos.

Claudio Papapietro for The Wall Street Journal

Some of the many would-be gamblers in line outside.

"It's a double-edged sword—it's a good thing to be just a 20-minute train ride away, but it also could be a very bad thing," said Sandra Quarles, from Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Ms. Quarles, who is 55 years old, said she walked around the casino for a few minutes and then darted to "Cougarlicious," a slot machine where "older women all chase the same hot guy," she said. "I'm not a cougar; it's just so fun."
Cougarlicious players tried to snag kisses from "Nate the Bait" while matching symbols like motel-room keys and lipstick-kissed matchbooks. Other popular games included the "Sex and the City," "Geisha" and "Wall Street Winners" slots, as well as electronic table games where robotic dealers dealt the hands and attractive women on television screens called the shots.
While the opening day had its share of missteps—long lines to get in, dozens of frozen or broken machines and frazzled computer systems that frustrated patrons—many of the gamers said the city's newest attraction was worth the wait.
"I've been here 20 minutes and I've already won $120," said Michael Ettinger, a carpenter from Bayside who said he had worked on the casino for the past five months. "This is the best thing that's ever happened to Queens—a casino in New York City was a long time coming."
Write to Shelly Banjo at shelly.banjo@wsj.com

and don't forget Al Smith and Ms. Katuria Smith

what happened on October 31 with Nassau OTB represented by Mr. Al Smith long time friend of Rooney.
It would be great if an appropriate person  in New York would ask the NY Attorney General  for an Opinion  which would tell the OTB Presidents that NY PML Sec 105 does not apply to the OTBs and is not constitutionally defensible.
Any Greek Stripper would know that.

Brought to you by the Committee to elect more reading, writing and thinking strippers to elected office in Nassau County and New York State.  More strippers and fewer lawyers like Christian Browne and Joseph Scannell.




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Lobbyists cash in on racinos’ big bet

By CARL CAMPANILE

Last Updated: 8:06 AM, October 31, 2011

Posted: 2:10 AM, October 31, 2011

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Ka-ching! Lobbyists have hit the jackpot with the campaign to expand casino gambling in New York.
Gambling interests have spent more than $2.5 million on lobbying over the past year -- with the lion’s share coming from firms representing the state’s nine track racinos, including Resorts World, which just opened at Aqueduct in Queens, records reviewed by The Post show.
And the amount paid for lobbying services could easily double next year as the racinos launch a campaign to persuade the state Legislature to revise the state Constitution to permit Vegas-style casinos, while others oppose it.

The New York Gaming Association, the newly formed advocacy group representing the nine racinos, will spend $1 million next year to ramp up its pro-casino campaign, said its president, James Featherstonhaugh.
The association just hired political and media strategist Jennifer Cunnigham of Knickerbocker SKD to help lead the initiative. She helped coordinate the successful campaign to legalize gay marriage in New York.
“The Gaming Association will be make a substantial, major effort to legalize full-fledged casinos at the tracks. We are committed to taking our case to the public in a fulsome way,” Featherstonhaugh said.
Genting, the deep-pocketed Malaysian gambling and resort firm operating Resorts World, has already emerged as the lobbyist’s best friend in Albany.
It has hired four of Albany’s most powerful lobbying firms to push its interests in the state capital. They are firms headed by Patricia Lynch, who is a former top aide to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, ex-Republican state Sen. Nick Spano, ex-state Senate staffer John Cordo and racing maven Brian Meara.
Genting is paying the four firms a combined $1 million.
Under current law, the racinos are barred from offering live table games, like blackjack and poker, that involve a human dealer. Offerings are limited to video lottery terminals and electronic games.
Racinos want the right to add live table games, which they say will keep more gambling dollars in New York and boost revenues by one-third.
Aside from Genting, eight of the state’s other racino interests kicked in another $1 million combined to lobbyists.
Delaware North, which runs two tracks and racinos in the upstate Finger Lakes region, paid $360,000 to three lobbying firms, including Lynch’s and Meara’s.
Yonkers Raceway and Casino paid $270,000 for lobbying services.
The horse-racing industry also has its stable of lobbyists. The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association pays Featherstonhaugh $108,000 to represent its interests.
Currently, upstate tribal casinos are the only ones allowed to offer live table games. The Seneca and Oneida nations paid about $200,000 to lobbyists.
Concerned that the expansion of gambling will hurt its casinos, the tribes are expected to beef up lobbying efforts to block it.
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Jay S Jacobs Esq, v Joseph Mondello Esq., Lawyers scam taxpayers

Vote for the Stripper Lawyer of your choice because neither Jay S Jacobs Esq. (agents, flunkies, or associates empowered) or Joseph Mondello Esq. (agents, flunkies, associates) has caused someone able to get an Attorney General Opinion to obtain one for the bettors and tax payers of Nassau County and the workers of Nassau County Regional Off Track Betting Corporation.

1. Does NY PML Sec 105 apply to Nassau OTB?
2. Is NY PML Sec 105 constitutionally defensible?
3. Does NY PML Sec 105 violate the rights of Nassau County Bettors secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3?
4. Is NY PML Sec 105 vague, indefinite and/or overly broad as the term Easter Sunday does not define a single Sunday in all years. See eg. the Gregorian and Julian Calendars.

has asked for an Opinion.  If money, betting and religious freedom are important to you, isn't it worse than absurd that Nassau OTB, a public benefit corporation, is not open 365 days of the year.  New York State can't file for bankruptcy but Nassau County can.

 

In recognition of the approaching year 2012 let Jay Jacobs and Joseph Mondello publish the contracts, agreements, and other documentation showing the compensation etc in any form given to Dino G. Amoroso Esq., Nassau OTB President preceding Joseph Cairo Esq., the current Nassau OTB President, Joseph G. Cairo Esq.

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§  105. Supplementary regulatory powers of the board.  Notwithstanding
  any inconsistent provision of law,  the  board  through  its  rules  and
  regulations  or  in  allotting  dates  for  racing  or in licensing race
  meetings at which pari-mutuel betting is permitted  shall  be  empowered
  to:  (i)  permit racing at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on any
  or all dates from the first day of January through the thirty-first  day
  of December, inclusive of Sundays but exclusive of December twenty-fifth
  and  Palm  Sunday  and  Easter  Sunday; and (ii) fix minimum and maximum
  charges for admission at any race meeting.

 

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Dear Bettors and Taxpayers of the Town of Hempstead  please join me in asking the Chairman of the Board of Appeals  David P. Weiss and Board Members include Gerald G. Wright, Katuria D'Amato, Christian Browne, John F. Ragano, Frank A. Mistero and Kimberly A. Perry to immediately ask  New York State Attorney  General Eric Schneiderman for an Opinion answering the following questions:

1. Does NY PML Sec 105 apply to Nassau OTB?
2. Is NY PML Sec 105 constitutionally defensible?
3. Does NY PML Sec 105 violate the rights of Nassau County Bettors secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3?
4. Is NY PML Sec 105 vague, indefinite and/or overly broad as the term Easter Sunday does not define a single Sunday in all years. See eg. the Gregorian and Julian Calendars.

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§  105. Supplementary regulatory powers of the board.  Notwithstanding
  any inconsistent provision of law,  the  board  through  its  rules  and
  regulations  or  in  allotting  dates  for  racing  or in licensing race
  meetings at which pari-mutuel betting is permitted  shall  be  empowered
  to:  (i)  permit racing at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on any
  or all dates from the first day of January through the thirty-first  day
  of December, inclusive of Sundays but exclusive of December twenty-fifth
  and  Palm  Sunday  and  Easter  Sunday; and (ii) fix minimum and maximum
  charges for admission at any race meeting.

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Help the Bettors of Nassau County, Katuria Smith, & educate Kate Murray

about NY PML Sec 105 and NY  Const. Art, 1, Sec 3 whether she bets horses or goes to church.

Please ask the New York State Attorney General for an Opinion as to whether NY PML Sec 105 is constitutionally defensible and whether NY PML Sec 105 applies to Nassau OTB. As you know  an Attorney General  Opinion may be obtained by public officials such as yourself at  no cost.

I have recently received a "Dear Neighbor" mailing from Kate Murray[teammurray11.com] in support of your fellow Board Member and lawyer Chris Browne. Christian Browne Esq. can't champion fiscal responsibility when he has not obtained such an Opinion for the bettors and taxpayers of Nassau County. He need not be a bettor. Certainly many people might think that the decision to work or not is a matter of personal choice.  New York City OTB cashiers were paid double time for working on any Sunday. New York City OTB is deceased. It dies in bankruptcy.



Every dollar that the OTBs, public benefit corporations, make on any day when tracks are running across the United States is one less dollar that needs to come from someplace else. OTB workers should be free to work or do as they wish on Palm Sunday and each and every Easter Sunday. As you know the Gregorian and Julian Calendars do not define the same Sunday to be "Easter Sunday" in all years.





You might have been amused at the remarks of Nassau OTB President Joseph Cairo prior to theSeptember 8th meeting of Teamsters Local 858, Joseph Cairo spoke of Al D'Amato's history with Mr. Rooney.  Nassau OTB owes Yonkers money. Have no fear. Al Smith is here?

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The Chairman of the Board of Appeals is David P. Weiss[Esq]. Board Members include Gerald G. Wright[Esq], Katuria D'Amato[Esq] [formerly Katuria Smith], Christian Browne [Esq], John F. Ragano, Frank A. Mistero and Kimberly A. Perry.

§  105. Supplementary regulatory powers of the board.  Notwithstanding
  any inconsistent provision of law,  the  board  through  its  rules  and
  regulations  or  in  allotting  dates  for  racing  or in licensing race
  meetings at which pari-mutuel betting is permitted  shall  be  empowered
  to:  (i)  permit racing at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on any
  or all dates from the first day of January through the thirty-first  day
  of December, inclusive of Sundays but exclusive of December twenty-fifth
  and  Palm  Sunday  and  Easter  Sunday; and (ii) fix minimum and maximum
  charges for admission at any race meeting.

Home > News > Katuria Smith goes to court By Nat Hentoff The Village Voice, July 8, 1998 Recently, I was asked to speak at the University of Washington Law School in Seattle. The formal session was set for the afternoon. There was also an informal conversation at lunch with the dean and a considerable number of faculty. The dean, Roland Hjorth asked me what I wanted to talk about. "A case," I said, "in which you and the law school are defendants." The case, Katuria E. Smith v. University of Washington Law School, charges the law school with discrimination against a young woman who grew up in poverty and worked in hard, low-level jobs to finance her education. When Katuria Smith applied to the law school, her scores were remarkably impressive. Her record included a 95th percentile score on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). Moreover, in her undergraduate college years, her quarterly grade point averages ran from 3.56 to 3.79 on a 4.0 scale. More important was her determination, against long odds, to keep on keeping on. Years ago, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas told me that SAT and LSAT scores were less important than a person's capacity to grow against the odds, showing a quality of character that reveals integrity of purpose. Douglas proposed that admission criteria for law schools should focus on life experiences, including poverty, which would enable applicants to understand more of various other peoples' lives than sheltered rich youngsters do, no matter how high their scores. Under these standards, Douglas emphasized, black youngsters and Native Americans and poor kids in Appalachia would get into graduate schools before privileged white youngsters. That is the way affirmative action should go, he told me. But, he said, exclusively race-based and gender-based affirmative action is unconstitutional because automatic, collective preferences violate "equal justice under law." Remembering the intense lecture Douglas gave me back then, I had been following the antidiscrimination case of Katuria Smith for a year before I came to the very law school she was suing. It was clear to me that she was precisely the law school applicant Douglas had in mind. I had already looked up whatever newspaper stories had been published in Seattle on Katuria Smith. The most telling quote from her was: "I felt I was exactly the kind of person the University of Washington Law School would want. Most kids in my hometown expected me to end up in jail. Instead, I really did do something with my life." For years, its policy has been: "In making admissions decisions, the Law School gives special consideration to applicants who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups that have been subject to long continued, pervasive discrimination . . . and that would not otherwise be meaningfully represented in the entering class." This is admission by collective identity. If you're the wrong color—no matter what you have achieved against huge odds—you have a lesser chance of getting in. On the application form, there are boxes where the applicant can identify his or her race. It is not mandatory to check any of the boxes. But Katuria made the mistake of marking "white," figuring that who she is would count more than the color of her skin. At lunch with the faculty members at the University of Washington Law School, I asked a question that, I think, went to the core of Katuria Smith's case. "What if Katuria Smith had chosen not to check the 'white' race box on her application?" I asked. " 'Katuria' is not an easily categorized name. It could be the first name of a black applicant. And 'Smith' certainly could be a black name. "With Katuria's high scores," I went on, "and also the proof of her determination to overcome poverty, would she have been accepted if the admissions committee had believed her to be black?" There was no hesitation, no equivocation. "Yes," the dean—an honest man—said. And several of the law professors nodded in agreement. I looked at them. "So what kind of an admissions system are you running? Is this the University of Washington's definition of due process?" Or, I should have added, "Is this your definition of 'equal protection of the laws?' " There was no answer. They told me that they were under a gag order because of the lawsuit and could say no more about the case. But they had already communicated an answer to my question as to whether Katuria would have been admitted if she was the right color. I wasn't getting to eat any lunch, but I couldn't resist going on. I was intrigued because these were decent people. I had known one of the professors for years, and the young woman who had invited me in the first place had been a prosecutor very concerned with due process. Some of these professors are part of the law school's defense team against Katuria Smith. Are they comfortable in that role? I didn't expect them to tell me, but I wanted to make them rethink the justice of preferring applicants according to their race or gender, rather than seeking out applicants of all colors who have transcended a range of disadvantages. I reminded my hosts of Justice Lewis Powell, who established in the 1978 Bakke case that race could be a factor in admissions. But he had not stopped there. Powell added that race could not be the determining factor. And, he pointed out: "The guarantee of equal protection [of the laws] cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color." Next week Katuria Smith tells what it's like to be a target of those who are angry that she had the temerity to charge this well-intentioned law school with discrimination against a person of the wrong color.

Strippers rights secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3 are violated by

Nassau OTB which can't pick and chose the real Easter Sunday to close on. New York State and Nassau County are functionally bankrupt. Won't one of the attorneys below either sue or if qualified ask the New York State Attorney General for a FREE Formal or Informal Opinion that will tell them that:
1. NY PML Sec 105 does not apply to Nassau OTB
2. NY PML Sec 105 is not constitutionally defensible
3 NY PML Sec 105 violates the rights of horse betting strippers secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3
4. NY PML Sec 105 is vague, indefinite and/or overly broad.

More about the tortured history and WL Sunrise Associates and Larry Weinberger will be added to this posting later.

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Neighbors tell BZA – No Billy Dean’s!

By Laura Schofer   Sat, May 28, 2011

No cabaret wanted in their backyard.

A standing room only crowd attended  the nine hour, May 18 hearing before the Town of Hempstead’s zoning Board of Appeals to hear arguments in the application of Green 2009 Inc, better known as Billy Dean’s. The application seeks to open what it calls a cabaret style restaurant offering Las Vegas style entertainment for the family at 3500 Sunrise Highway in Wantagh, abutting a residential neighborhood.
   
But residents believe the establishment will be a “strip club”  and the owner will skirt the law which prohibits adult entertainment including nude dancing by providing scantily dressed dancers and hot oil wrestling, as he does at the Billy Dean’s club he runs in North Bellmore.
   
David Weiss, chairman of the zoning board, told residents the board was re-opening the case first heard in April of 2010 for the purpose of receiving greater input, reconsidering the adequacy of the conditions imposed and reconsider the appropriateness of the proposed cabaret use and parking variance.
   
In June of 2010 the board granted Green 2009 a special exception to use premises for public assembly and amusement (cabaret, live music, dancing and entertainment) and a variance in off-street parking because of insufficient stall size. The permits also stipulated there would be “no nude dancing.”
   
“We voted unanimously to re-open [the hearing] when the board learned certain activities that now are advertised [on Billy Dean’s website] were strictly prohibited [at this site] on June 2 [of 2010 when decision was rendered],” said Mr. Weiss. “Also the set of approved plans were not those used in your construction and a stop work order was issued by the building department. Then we heard from the public who are concerned.”
   
But attorney William Cohn, representing Green 2009 and its owner Billy Dean, countered that “you can’t make up the rules as you go along,” arguing that the board had already granted Mr. Dean the permits needed to open his business. “The board took action. Zoning is not a Gallup poll,” said Mr. Cohn referring to the public outrage at the proposed cabaret in Wantagh.
   
“Are you challenging our right to re-open a hearing? We do have that right and option under the law,” countered zoning board attorney Charles Kovitt pointing to case studies that permit the board to recall a hearing.
   
Mr. Cohn also presented case law that limited municipal powers. “You may regulate land use but you do not have the right to tell someone how to run their business,” said Mr. Cohn.
   
Residents waited hours to be heard while the attorneys argued over the rule of law. Each side claimed it needed to be thorough in presenting its arguments in case of a court action.
   
“This will be done in an orthodox way,” stated Mr. Kovitt. “Our decision is not be based on community reaction; it must be substantive. We don’t want to be on shaky ground if there is an Article 78 [appeal].”

Mr. Cohn also presented arguments stating that the board had repeatedly granted a cabaret license to this site going back to 1969.
   
“How is he [the applicant] to know he is limited to certain activities?” said Mr. Cohn, who added that his client bought the property in good faith after a thorough investigation of its uses and has invested over $100,000 plus the $950,000 purchasing price for the property and building.
   
“Your client presented one thing to us and online something else,” replied board member Katrina D’Amato. “Your argument isn’t strong.”
   
“He indicated his plan; he didn’t say it wouldn’t change. You [can] change programs as time goes on,” said Mr. Cohn.
   
Mr. Kovitt provided background information on the 1969 license. “It was granted to an existing tavern for use as a piano bar instead of a jukebox. It said ‘no go-go dancing.’ ” Mr. Kovitt added that  in 1997 an amendment was added to the town code stating the specific use of cabaret.
   
“No matter how many times you parse words, the application seeks an adult cabaret license,” stated attorney Ronald Rosenberg, whose client WL Sunrise, owners of a shopping center, is one of the challengers of this application.
   
But Mr. Dean testified that this location was not like the North Bellmore location where he has female dancers and hot oil wrestling. “I am an entertainer. This will have a  Las Vegas style show – dancers, jugglers, aerial acts.” He stated that he used his website as a way of cross marketing because those patrons who frequent his North Bellmore “might be interested in attending [the Wantagh location].”
   
Mr. Dean also said that “when we speak of family entertainment, we can leave the kids home. It’s sisters, brother, husbands and wives.”
   
But the public wasn’t buying it. “His testimony indicates what he intends to do. He is excluding minors. There is no good faith. He knew what he was doing. He figures he’d saddle the town with enforcing the law,” added Mr. Rosenberg.
   
Attorney Chris Benes, representing local residents said “in fact the two businesses are related.” He tried to call a witness, a man who had attended the North Bellmore club to discuss what went on inside but Mr. Weiss ruled that “North Bellmore is not Wantagh. Are you saying he violated his [North Bellmore] permit?”
   
“Yes.,” replied Mr. Benes. “He has testified and made certain representations.”
   
“So you are saying he will violate those conditions?” added Mr. Kovitt.
   
“You may not like what you think they will do. Why are you talking about an adult entertainment ordinance? He made a mistake on his website and will take it off,” said Mr. Cohn. “You can’t read someone’s mind; you can’t make a judgement before he starts; you can’t deny him.”
   
Aside from the issue of adult entertainment, Mr. Benes pointed to problems with the number of off-street parking spaces and the hazards of crossing Sunrise Highway in order to park a vehicle.
   
Eric Schneider of Schneider Engineering testified that there are less than 11 usable parking spaces on site, two hour parking on Sunrise Highway and no parking on Oakland Avenue. If the  lot is full, cars would have to back out onto Sunrise Highway, making it a dangerous situation.
   
Testimony by Marty Sorrentino, a Wantagh Realtor, pointed to dangers of reduced property values in the area due to the presence of this cabaret.
   
Most of the testimony came from residents who expressed dismay and anger over the facility. Kevin Milano, who has spearheaded this effort, told the board “I have become a target. I put out flyers and they were ripped up and thrown on my property. Another morning I found cards thrown all over my lawn from a strip club in Morrristown, New Jersey,” he said. “This will be a strip club; the building has no windows.”
   
Michael Cucci said “as a school board trustee, I can say that many parents feel this would be detrimental. Children cross the street and pass this building every day to school.”
   
Christian Peterkin, who lives on Oakland Avenue, two houses behind the proposed club, said, “When this place has been a bar we’ve had problems – parking on the street and a number of encounters with disorderly customers that sometimes ended in my calling the police.”
   
But several local businesses testified in behalf of Mr. Dean, saying they would support a business there as along as it wasn’t a strip club.
   
Meanwhile town Supervisor Kate Murray, Councilmembers Angie Cullin and Gary Hudes, county Legislator David Denenberg, and Fred Parola of the Wantagh-Seaford Homeowners Association urged the board to deny the application. State Senator Charles Fuschillo and County Legislator Dennis Dunne both submitted a letter supporting residents.
   
Supervisor Murray said the Town Board is looking at expanding notification of construction and use variances for businesses to 300 feet. A hearing on this proposal will take place on June 21.

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Attorney General for a FREE Opinion so that we would know if:
1. NY PML Sec 105 applies to Nassau OTB
2  NY PML Sec 105 is constitutionally defensible
3 NY PML Sec 105 violates the rights of Town of Hempstead Bettors secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3.
4 NY PML Sec 105 is vague, indefinite and/or overly broad.

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GERALD G. WRIGHT Candidate for the Nassau County District Court (2nd District) Candidate Biography Personal Statement Gerald G. Wright is active in many community and legal organizations. He served as President of Legal Aid Society of Nassau County from 2002-2004. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Bar Association of Nassau County and was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, 1990-1992. He served on many other Boards including The Boys Scouts of America, Girls Scouts USA and The Urban League. He gives back to his community as evidenced by the "Gerald Gardner Wright Endowment Scholarship Fund" at Hofstra University and the Mentor Programs that he established through his office for the youth. He is fair and reasonable but can be tough when necessary. He is a retired decorated Police Officer Party Membership Republican   Party Line Republican Campaign Web Site Education Hofstra University School of Law, J.D., 1976 Hunter College, M.A., 1972 John Jay College of Criminal Justice, B.S., 1970 Admitted to Bar New York 1984 Occupation/Employer Solo Practitioner, Gerald Gardner Wright, P.C. Professional Experience President, Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Hempstead 2002-Present President, Planning Board, Town of Hempstead, 2002-Present Special Counsel, Inc. Village of Hempstead, Tax Certiorari Proceedings, 2001-2005 Real Estate Closing Attorney - Carver Savings Bank 1997-2001; City National Bank 2001-present;, Bank of America 2004-present Created from information supplied by the candidate. The Judicial Campaign Ethics Center does not check statements for accuracy, and does not correct spelling or grammatical errors. The Center does not support or oppose any political party or candidate.  http://townofhempstead.org/content/bz/boa.html The Chairman of the Board of Appeals is David P. Weiss. Board Members include Gerald G. Wright, Katuria D'Amato, Christian Browne, John F. Ragano, Frank A. Mistero and Kimberly A. Perry. Welcome Attorney Search Resources Attorney Registration E-Courts Contact Us   Attorney Detail as of 10/27/2011 Registration Number: 1907864 GERALD GARDNER WRIGHT GERALD GARDNER WRIGHT P.C. 168 NASSAU AVE FREEPORT, NY 11520-5519 United States (516) 483-1506 Year Admitted in NY: 1984 Appellate Division Department of Admission: 2 Law School: HOFSTRA Registration Status: Currently registered Next Registration: Apr 2012 The Detail Report above contains information that has been provided by the attorney listed, with the exception of REGISTRATION STATUS, which is generated from the OCA database. Every effort is made to insure the information in the database is accurate and up-to-date. The good standing of an attorney and/or any information regarding disciplinary actions must be confirmed with the appropriate Appellate Division Department. Information on how to contact the Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court in New York is available at www.nycourts.gov/courts. If the name of the attorney you are searching for does not appear, please try again with a different spelling. In addition, please be advised that attorneys listed in this database are listed by the name that corresponds to their name in the Appellate Division Admissions file. There are attorneys who currently use a name that differs from the name under which they were admitted. If you need additional information, please contact the NYS Office of Court Administration, Attorney Registration Unit at 212-428-2800. www.NYCOURTS.gov Open On 1st Palm Sunday, Otb Rakes In $2m - New York Daily News articles.nydailynews.com/.../18220335_1_racing-and-wagering-boar...Cached You +1'd this publicly. Undo Open On 1st Palm Sunday, Otb Rakes In $2m. BY JERRY BOSSERT DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER. Monday, April 14, 2003. New York City Off-Track Betting ... § 105. Supplementary regulatory powers of the board. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the board through its rules and regulations or in allotting dates for racing or in licensing race meetings at which pari-mutuel betting is permitted shall be empowered to: (i) permit racing at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on any or all dates from the first day of January through the thirty-first day of December, inclusive of Sundays but exclusive of December twenty-fifth and Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday; and (ii) fix minimum and maximum charges for admission at any race meeting.