Thomas DiNapoli steals the rights of NY Bettors. Let him ask Eric for

an opinion for the bettors of NY. Else, please be quiet. Thomas DiNapoli has no credibility. The Opinion that the may obtain from the Attorney General is FREE. Dear Thomas DiNapoli, Please sign and submit the below to the Attorney General

 

Dear Attorney General Eric Schneiderman:

    The Bettors of the State of New York and the employees of the remaining OTBs, public benefit corporations, have no standing to ask for your Opinion to the following simple questions with seemingly obvious answers:

1. Will the Attorney General defend the constitutionality of NY PML Sec 105?
2. Does NY PML Sec 105 apply to   Nassau OTB?
3. Does NY PML  Sec 105 violate the rights of New York 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 one and only one Sunday in all years (see eg Gregorian and Julian Calendars)?

I hope that you will sua sponte issue an Opinion as to the above so that bettors may bet, workers may work or not as they wish, and the State and its subdivisions make money. There are tracks running all across the United States every day of the year that bettors want to bet. Track calendars may be found at eg www.ntra.com. The OTBs also sell  New York Lottery tickets which are drawn every day of the year. The OTBs also cash non IRS Lottery tickets in cash for any sum, a convenience for many Lotto Players.

It is critical in these current time that the OTBs are open when customers want to bet. I believe that your Opinion will belatedly validate the actions of New York City OTB taken on the advice of its Counsel in 2003.


Sincerely yours,
Nassau County Voting Bettor

Open On 1st Palm Sunday, Otb Rakes In $2m - New York Daily News

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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.

 

NIFA, Suffolk seek DiNapoli's input

January 9, 2012 by JOYE BROWN / joye.brown@newsday.com

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's a wanted man in both Nassau and Suffolk counties -- for his budget expertise, that is.
In Nassau, the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, the state control board overseeing county finances, last month asked the comptroller's office to step in and figure out what's happening with the contracting process.
As last year pulled to a close, it became painfully obvious that cash-strapped Nassau had spent millions of dollars on legal and other services before contracts had the required approval of NIFA or county lawmakers.

In an interview, DiNapoli said his office planned to agree to the control board's request.
In Suffolk, DiNapoli and County Executive Steve Bellone spoke often during Bellone's election campaign to determine whether the comptroller could have a role in determining the size of the gulf between revenue and expenses in 2012.
Bellone ultimately chose a different route, last week appointing a committee of experts who have 30 days to sift through to a bottom-line deficit number for this and next year.
Is there still a role for the comptroller to play? Yes, according to Jon Schneider, a spokesman for Bellone. Schneider said Bellone and DiNapoli "have a fantastic relationship and they are going to be doing a lot of things together."
DiNapoli said his office could, if asked, review the committee's recommendations and help in other ways.
The twin calls for DiNapoli's assistance come as both counties are facing fiscal challenges at the same time, though for different reasons.
Suffolk, like most other New York State counties recovering from the recession, is at the beginning of a fiscal pruning and potential government reorganization process.
Nassau, after more than a decade of fiscal problems -- and millions of dollars in state assistance -- is still struggling. "It's like watching a bad movie all over again," said DiNapoli, who lives in Great Neck Plaza.
He should know.
DiNapoli, a Democrat and former state assemblyman, and now-state Senate majority leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) wrote the law that created NIFA. They also worked together twice to extend NIFA's limited oversight of Nassau's finances during the administration of former County Executive Thomas Suozzi.
DiNapoli's ties to Nassau run deep: He once was the youngest elected local official in Nassau, serving on the Great Neck school board at age 18. Later, DiNapoli was chairman of the county Democratic party when Democrats in 1999 won the legislature for the first time in 75 years.
DiNapoli, appointed state comptroller in 2007, won election to the post in 2010. Since then, he's kept an eye on Nassau's finances, he said, through Christopher P. Wright, his office's appointee to NIFA.
Last week, DiNapoli attended Bellone's inauguration in Suffolk. He also was in Nassau when the new county legislature, where Republicans now have only a one-vote majority, was sworn in.
"With the election behind us, it seemed to me in Nassau that everybody seemed to be saying that there was a need to work together," DiNapoli said.
It's the only way to manage the difficult fiscal choices coming for both counties.