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if you believe that Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox believers should be treated equally eg
you can't close Nassau OTB on one Palm Sunday in preference to the other and one Easter Sunday in preference to the other. Pope Francis does not need Andrew Cuomo's help to keep the faithful out of Nassau OTB?

	OTB employee argues against closing doors on Christian holidays Posted: 03.24.2013 at 9:49 AM Read more:  Local, State, Business, News, Legal, Off Track Betting, Otb, Closed for Business, Betting, Horse Racing, Gambling, Palm Sunday, Easter Share on favoritessave send print 3 3 ALBANY (AP) -- Today is Palm Sunday for most Christian denominations in the U.S.  In New York that means Off-Track Betting parlors are closed.  It's one of three dark days at OTB. The others are Christmas and Easter from the same calendar. This has at least one cashier arguing it denies the right to work based on an old statute and fails to abide by the constitutionally required separation of church and state. Jackson Leeds, also an attorney, has been writing to state officials since he took the part-time OTB job in 2003 at Nassau OTB. Some agree with him, also noting lost business. State Sen. Eric Adams, ranking Democrat on the Senate's Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, has introduced a bill to allow pari-mutuel wagering and horse racing on Palm Sunday. () HI- Thanks for the help. The item’s below. I’d be happy to mail you a copy, if you give me a mailing address. Claude Solnik (631) 913-4244 Long Island Business News 2150 Smithtown Ave. Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348  Home > LI Confidential > Stop scratching on holidays 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. 212-974 Phone Numbers www.numbersleuth.org/prefix/212-974 ... 212-974-2289; 212-974-1739; 212-974-2883; 212-974-6307; 212-974-9523; 212-974-6046; 212-974-7262; 212-974-7748; 212-974-3145; 212-974-2424 ... Kampouris Dimitri - Phone(212-974-3145) - New York - New York ... www.ypstate.com › NY › New York New York(ny) yellow pages provides New York yellow pages online.Now is American Yellow Pages - Kampouris Dimitri(Dimitri Kampouris) and ... Jason F. Reischel at John Catsimatidis 2013 www.cats2013.com/jasonreischel Cats2013 823 11th Avenue New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-974-3145 Email us: catsimatidis2013@gmail.com. Sign in with Facebook, Twitter or email. Hamdan Azhar at John Catsimatidis for Mayor of New York 2013 www.cats2013.com/hamdanazhar Cats2013 823 11th Avenue New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-974-3145 Email us: catsimatidis2013@gmail.com. Sign in with Facebook, Twitter or email. Nick Gregory at John Catsimatidis 2013 www.cats2013.com/nickgregoryfox5 Cats2013 823 11th Avenue New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-974-3145 Email us: catsimatidis2013@gmail.com. Sign in with Facebook, Twitter or email.