boy of when is "Easter Sunday." and when is "Palm Sunday." NY is bankrupt in some part because Nassau OTB is not open when tracks are running all across the US when people want to bet.
See also NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3 and NY PML Sec 109 which does not pass the laugh test.
Dear James,please tell Silver, that the OTBs of New York can't pick and chose the "real" Easter Sunday and Palm Sunday to close.
Lawyers to hell and bettors who wish to bet to OTB any day of the year that they wish to bet.
NYC OTB another corpse of the State of the State of New York. Bankrupt. No more double time for people who worked on ANY Sunday.
James Yates
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James A. Yates is an American lawyer and former judge from New York. He had been appointed general counsel to the Governor of New York, David Paterson, in 2008,[1]
but Yates ultimately decided to remain a judge instead. The appointment
had come as a surprise, as the two are not close associates.[2]Yates received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1967 and a J.D. from Rutgers School of Law in 1973.[3] He began his career as an attorney with the Legal Aid Society in New York City in 1973, and was one of the founders of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, an organization whose mission is to "ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crimes or other misconduct."[4] He went on to serve as counsel to the New York State Assembly Majority Leader from 1987 to 1989, and to the Speaker of the Assembly from 1989 to 1992.[5] Yates taught as an adjunct professor on the faculty of the New York Law School from 1997 to 2004, the New York University School of Law from 1989 to 1993, the Queens College City University of New York School of Law from 1986 to 1991, the Cardozo School of Law from 1985 to 1986, and the Pace University School of Law in 1984.[3]
In 1992, Yates was appointed to the New York State Court of Claims by Governor Mario Cuomo, and served until 1998, when he was elected to a fourteen-year term to the state's highest trial court, the New York State Supreme Court, in New York County.[3] On the bench, Yates was known as a liberal, and former New York City prosecutor Daniel Alonso noted that his "appointment may signal Governor Paterson's intention to adopt a progressive criminal justice agenda."[2] He is now Chief Counsel to the Speaker of the New York State Assembly.
Notes
- ^ "Governor Paterson announces administration appointment". New York State. March 27, 2008,
- ^ a b Goldstein, Joseph. "Paterson Hire Indicates a Leftward Tack". New York Sun. March 28, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Judicial Directory". New York State Unified Court System. Retrieved March 28, 2008.
- ^ "NYSASCDL History". New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Retrieved March 28, 2008.
- ^ Benjamin, Elizabeth. "Paterson's New Counsel - A Blast From The Past". Daily News. March 27, 2008.
Bibliography
- Yates, James. New York Pre-Trial Criminal Practice. West Publishing: New York, 1996.
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Stop 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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