Mr President, Andrew Cuomo discriminates based upon his religious

preference by closing Nassau OTB only on his religious holidays and not also on Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday and Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday. Be careful you do not acquire any of Andrew's bad habits such as not obtaining legal advice and not reading NY Const. ARt. 1, Sec. 3.

Obama in Cuomo's Glow

President's Election-Year Trip Taps Into Success of Fellow Democrat

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By JACOB GERSHMAN And JARED A. FAVOLE

ALBANY—When President Barack Obama visited a nanotechnology center here Tuesday, it provided an ideal setting not only for an economic pep talk but also to absorb some of the popularity of his host, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Mr. Obama, who party officials say has a collegial if not close relationship with his fellow Democrat Mr. Cuomo, enthusiastically embraced the governor before delivering an election-year speech urging Congress to act on his economic agenda.

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President Barack Obama and Gov. Andrew Cuomo with Chris Borst at the NanoTech Complex at SUNY-Albany on Tuesday.

For Mr. Cuomo, the event offered a widely watched showcase for his message of making government work. For Mr. Obama, who has struggled to break through partisan gridlock in Washington, it was an opportunity to stand with a Democrat who has worked across the aisle and garnered approval ratings in the 70s.
"Now I want what's happening in Albany to happen all across the country," Mr. Obama said in his speech.
For all his popularity, Mr. Cuomo has been a marginal figure in the presidential contest, preferring to tend to business in here in the capital than to stump for Mr. Obama. Few would perceive him as an Obama surrogate the way a neighboring governor, Chris Christie of New Jersey, is seen as an impassioned cheerleader for the presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney.
"The governor has made it clear that his attention is rightly focused on New York and not on Washington or national politics," said New York City deputy mayor Howard Wolfson, a former campaign adviser to Hillary Clinton in 2008. "But obviously, an opportunity to appear with the president is an honor, especially in a substantive context."
In recent days, Mr. Cuomo has said he supports the president's re-election without qualification and has offered his help in any way possible. Having shepherded the legalization of gay marriage, Mr. Cuomo is now a true player in the national Democratic Party and someone Mr. Obama may turn to again.
"It's good for both of them, and [Mr. Cuomo will] do what he's asked to do," said Richard Brodsky, a former Democratic state assemblyman. "He's on the national stage with an incumbent president seeking re-election."

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President Barack Obama with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Colonie Town supervisor Paula Mahan on Tuesday.

At the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering here, Mr. Obama delivered an economic stump speech, praising the development of a high-tech corridor in the Albany area as a model of government and private-sector cooperation.

"Now, we know the true engine of job creation in this country is the private sector—it's not Washington," Mr. Obama said.
He criticized Republicans in Congress, as he's done before, for preventing economic progress, and held up a "to-do list" of bills that would eliminate incentives for companies that ship jobs overseas, create job programs for veterans and increase subsidies for student loans.
"The president is doing everything he can to highlight the new economy, the public investments that have been leveraged into significant private-sector job creation," said former Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer, now a cable talk-show host.
In response to Mr. Obama's comments, Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, said: "Republicans in the House have already sent the Senate a much lengthier 'to-do' list. We've passed nearly 30 jobs bills to increase American competitiveness, expand domestic energy production and rein in the red tape that is burdening small businesses. Democrats are blocking every one of them."
The president was introduced by Mr. Cuomo, who said the nanotechnology complex on the University at Albany campus represents just the right mix of public-private partnership that the president supports.
Mr. Cuomo also said New York suffered hard during the recession. But, he said, "there is also no doubt that today is a different day, and that your leadership has brought this nation through the storm."
New York isn't a battleground state, but Mr. Obama has traveled to the state at least two dozen times—mostly for fundraising jaunts in Manhattan. Mr. Cuomo has avoided those events.
Mr. Cuomo hasn't strayed from party lines on major Washington policy debates, but, for the most part, he's avoided engagement. He authorized his administration to set up a statewide health insurance exchange, bowing out of a fight with Republicans. And he has said little about the Supreme Court's review of the health-care law.
Mr. Cuomo has discouraged speculation about his presidential ambitions. His allies say he's wary of taking a premature leap onto the national stage. Still, he seems to be preparing for the spotlight. The day before the president's visit, Mr. Cuomo confirmed reports that he's planning to write a book about governing.

 

Be careful Mr President as Andrew Cuomo discriminates upon the basis of religion and puts his holidays first over all others despite NY Const. Art 1, Sec. 3. You will loose my vote Mr Obama if you do not speak out and tell Andrew Cuomo that he can't close Nassau OTB on days when tracks are running all across the United States that bettors want to bet. Andrew Cuomo is free to go to church and we must be free to bet at Nassau OTB. You will appreciate Mr Obama that there are Greeks in the land of Andrew Cuomo who do not observe Easter Sunday and Palm Sunday on the same day as Andrew Cuomo.
The below law violates NY Const. ARt. 1, Sec. 3.

* § 109. Supplementary regulatory powers of the commission.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the commission
through its rules and regulations or in allotting dates for racing,
simulcasting or in licensing race meetings at which pari-mutuel betting
is permitted shall be authorized to:
1. 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,
Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday; and
2. fix minimum and maximum charges for admission at any race meeting.
* NB Effective October 1, 2012

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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 ...

Please help the bettors of the State of New York Mr Obama

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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 ...