even NBC knows that you can't close nassau otb on Cuomo's holidays in preference to the same holidays as celebrated on different days by members of the Greek Orthodox Church.
What do you have to say Allison? See NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3 and tell your boss to repent, bent more and have a superficial acquaintance with the Gregorian and Julian Calendars.
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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.
Cuomo Picks Communications Chief With NBC Ties
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Published: October 9, 2012
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo,
making one of the first changes to his inner circle since he took
office nearly two years ago, has hired a former chief spokeswoman for NBC Universal to serve as his communications director.
Heidi Gutman/NBC Universal
Allison Gollust
The new adviser, Allison Gollust, was the executive vice president of
corporate communications at NBC Universal when Jeff Zucker was its chief
executive.
Ms. Gollust replaces Richard Bamberger, a former television producer
whom Mr. Cuomo hired as his communications director in 2008 when he was
the New York State attorney general. Mr. Bamberger said last week that
he would soon be leaving the Cuomo administration to pursue work in the
private sector.
Ms. Gollust has spent most of her professional life at
NBC. She became close to Mr. Zucker when he was the executive producer
of the “Today” show and she was its chief spokeswoman. She later oversaw
communications for NBC News and then for all of NBC Universal. She left NBC, along with Mr. Zucker, when Comcast took it over.
Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, is known for paying close
attention to how he is covered by the news media. In a statement on
Tuesday, he described Ms. Gollust as “a consummate professional who has a
wealth of experience in communications and management.”
“Her extraordinary work ethic, intellect and dedication will be
essential to this position, and I look forward to working with her,” the
governor added.
Ms. Gollust’s first day will be Monday, and Mr. Cuomo’s office declined
to make her available for an interview before she starts her job. In a statement,
she said, “The opportunity to join the governor and his team to build
on the tremendous success they have already achieved in transforming the
state is one that I truly could not pass up.”
Her appointment is the biggest change to the senior ranks of Mr. Cuomo’s office since his top aide, Steven M. Cohen, left the administration last year to return to private law practice. He was replaced as the governor’s secretary with Lawrence S. Schwartz, who held the same position for Mr. Cuomo’s predecessor, Gov. David A. Paterson.
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