1. NY PML Sec 105 is not constitutionally defensible.
2. NY PML Sec 105 violates the rights of NY State Bettors secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3.
3. NY PML Sec 105 does not apply to Nassau OTB
4. NY PML Sec 105 is vague, indefinite and/or overly broad as the term Easter Sunday does not define one and only one Sunday in 2012. See the Gregorian and Julian Calendars.
If the OTBs are not open, the State and its subdivisions do not get money. Simple.
When NYC OTB died in bankruptcy court, Teamsters Local 858 President and NYC OTB Manager sold the cash flow of Teamsters Local 858 to Teamsters Local 707 in return for a "job" as Business Agent.
It is an indictment of politicians and lawyers in NY that NY PML Sec 105 remains on the books in NY.
Freedom to do as one wishes. Cuomo is Governor and not Cardinal.
Let's bet that the first person with standing to obtain an Opinion from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will learn the obvious. See 1-4 above.
Mike: $2B hit on city is NOT a fair share
Last Updated: 5:39 AM, February 2, 2011
Posted: 12:33 AM, February 2, 2011
Print Few elected officials were willing to criticize the first budget released yesterday by Gov. Cuomo -- except for Mayor Bloomberg, who warned that the city faced a brutal $2 billion hit that could result in thousands of layoffs.
Framing his words carefully, Bloomberg said Cuomo's spending plan "does not treat New York City equitably" because it eliminates 100 percent of revenue sharing aid to the city, or $300 million, while other localities faced a mere 2 percent reduction. The city also lost that money last year.
"The residents of our five counties pay a disproportionate amount of state taxes, and they deserve the same level of support," the mayor argued in a statement.
Cuomo aides insisted the city was losing only $659.4 million in real dollars, including $579.7 million in education aid. But mayoral aides pointed out that the city was counting on increases from the state -- and had already included them in its budget -- so the total impact is closer to $2 billion, including a $1.4 billion reduction to the school system.
"Yesterday, we had $1.4 billion more [for schools] than we do today," said one city official. "There's no way around that."
As the battle over projected spending versus actual spending continued, the mayor again pleaded for relief from state mandates, many involving pension and special-education costs, which are skyrocketing by double digits.
"Without those changes, we will be looking at thousands of layoffs in our schools and across city agencies," Bloomberg said.
The mayor didn't take any shots directly at Cuomo, but he also didn't give any of the lavish praise others did.
Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro, a Republican who is very close to Bloomberg, called Cuomo's speech "courageous" and said his "common-sense approach is the kind of leadership New York desperately needs."
The one official whose reaction counted the most, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, gave no hint of where he was leaning.
"I thought the speech was wonderful," said Silver, who has to sign off on the budget. "We will examine everything the governor proposed and make a determination as to how to deal with it."
While Silver was cool to the specifics of Cuomo's budget proposal, he vowed not to hold up its passage -- as he has many times in the last decade -- in an effort to get more spending.
"I just told members of my [Democratic] Conference that I want to make clear, 'We are going to pass an on-time budget this year," Silver said.
Republican and Democratic leaders in the state Senate seemed ready to back Cuomo.
"It's tough, but that's where the money is," said Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-LI). "The money's in education. The money's in Medicaid. And we're not going to raise taxes."
His Democratic counterpart, John Sampson (Brooklyn), said he "wholeheartedly" was with Cuomo.
The loudest protests came from the health-care industry, where $2.85 billion in proposed cuts was viewed as apocalyptic.
brendan.scott@nypost.com
Framing his words carefully, Bloomberg said Cuomo's spending plan "does not treat New York City equitably" because it eliminates 100 percent of revenue sharing aid to the city, or $300 million, while other localities faced a mere 2 percent reduction. The city also lost that money last year.
"The residents of our five counties pay a disproportionate amount of state taxes, and they deserve the same level of support," the mayor argued in a statement.
Chad Rachman/New York Post
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
"Yesterday, we had $1.4 billion more [for schools] than we do today," said one city official. "There's no way around that."
As the battle over projected spending versus actual spending continued, the mayor again pleaded for relief from state mandates, many involving pension and special-education costs, which are skyrocketing by double digits.
"Without those changes, we will be looking at thousands of layoffs in our schools and across city agencies," Bloomberg said.
The mayor didn't take any shots directly at Cuomo, but he also didn't give any of the lavish praise others did.
Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro, a Republican who is very close to Bloomberg, called Cuomo's speech "courageous" and said his "common-sense approach is the kind of leadership New York desperately needs."
The one official whose reaction counted the most, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, gave no hint of where he was leaning.
"I thought the speech was wonderful," said Silver, who has to sign off on the budget. "We will examine everything the governor proposed and make a determination as to how to deal with it."
While Silver was cool to the specifics of Cuomo's budget proposal, he vowed not to hold up its passage -- as he has many times in the last decade -- in an effort to get more spending.
"I just told members of my [Democratic] Conference that I want to make clear, 'We are going to pass an on-time budget this year," Silver said.
Republican and Democratic leaders in the state Senate seemed ready to back Cuomo.
"It's tough, but that's where the money is," said Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-LI). "The money's in education. The money's in Medicaid. And we're not going to raise taxes."
His Democratic counterpart, John Sampson (Brooklyn), said he "wholeheartedly" was with Cuomo.
The loudest protests came from the health-care industry, where $2.85 billion in proposed cuts was viewed as apocalyptic.
brendan.scott@nypost.com
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