even IBEW Local 3 probably has members that bet or would like to bet

every day in April.  Even electricians know that NY Const. Art 1, Sec 3 trumpst NY PML Sec 105 and/or Sec 109. Perhaps Local 3 even has a Greek Electrician. In any case to restate the obvious, simply see below

op scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012

Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.
New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.
“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”
Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.
“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”
OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.
One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.
Easy money.

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Officials: Tentative pact for Belmont workers

Originally published: June 6, 2012 1:54 PM
Updated: June 6, 2012 9:42 PM
By WILLIAM MURPHY AND YANCEY ROY  william.murphy@newsday.com,yancey.roy@newsday.com

Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa | The crowds at the 2011 Belmont Stakes. (June 11, 2011)

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A threatened strike by unionized workers at Belmont Park was averted Wednesday when officials announced a tentative contract.
The settlement was confirmed by the union, Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who controls the board of the New York Racing Association, which operates Belmont.
Union members voted in April to authorize a strike, but there never was a deadline nor a threat to strike near Saturday's running of the Belmont Stakes, said Vincent McElroen, union financial secretary.
Cuomo released a statement announcing the settlement, but it gave no details. It said the agreement extends the contract through Feb. 28, 2014.
"The agreement addresses all major economic issues, including shift schedules, benefits for active employees, as well as pension and retiree medical benefits," the Cuomo statement said.
Cuomo took control of the NYRA board last month after years of financial problems and scandals at the racing organization.
A total of about 150 Local 3 members at Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga racetracks, all operated by NYRA, have been working without a contract since February 2011. About 80 union members covered by the contract work at Belmont getting the horses into the starting gate and doing track maintenance. A mediator, appointed last week, met with both sides Tuesday.