Adam Haber to speak out against religous

discrimination and preference and for the rights of Nassau County Bettors who bet at Nassau OTB.

PRESS RELEASE: Adam Haber Speaks Out as Republicans Pass Redistricting Map

March 5, 2013 - 5:45 PM

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Haber For Nassau County Executive

Adam Haber for Nassau County Executive
March 5, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Galen Alexander, (203) 296-3597
Adam Haber Speaks Out as Republicans Pass Redistricting Map
Plan designed to fix elections
Roslyn, NY – At today’s Nassau Legislative meeting Adam Haber spoke out against the Republican redistricting plan. He released to following statement after the passage of the new plan.
“Nassau's middle class is fed up with a government that lurches from crisis to crisis with no sensible solutions in sight. This redistricting process is more of the same –backroom deals, a lack of transparency and vote rigging that benefits political insiders instead of Nassau families,” said Adam Haber. “Once again, Nassau County political insiders have helped themselves, silenced community voices and ignored the people they are supposed to represent. Nassau families deserves better than this.”
Democrat Adam Haber is a Roslyn School Board member, community activist and successful entrepreneur, who is running to create a fresh start for Nassau. Haber will take back county government from the career politicians and make it more efficient and effective, improving services while holding down taxes so middle class families can thrive again in Nassau.
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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.