It is simply all about collecting the money

some homosexuals work for OTB and others bet at Nassau OTB. A public benefit corporation simply can't express a religious preference. Discrimination? Constititutionality or lack thereof is simply a means of collecting the cash. Lawyers are simply assault rifles that you load with cash.

Edith Windsor Wins DOMA Challenge
in Southern District of New York

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Paul, Weiss won a historic victory for our client Edith Windsor in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Ms. Windsor shared 44 years with her late spouse, Thea Spyer, but was forced to pay more than $360,000 in federal estate taxes because the federal government refused to recognize their marriage after Ms. Spyer's passing. Had Ms. Windsor been married to a man, rather than a woman, she would not have had to pay any federal estate tax at all. On June 6, Judge Barbara Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York agreed with our client that DOMA violates the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution, joining four other federal courts that have so held.
The Paul, Weiss team included litigation partners Roberta Kaplan, Andrew Ehrlich, Walter Rieman and Craig Benson; litigation associates Janna Berke, Zachary Dietert, Julie Fink, Sarah Foley, Jaren Janghorbani, Neil Kelly and Ralia Polechronis; personal representation partner Alan Halperin and associate Lauren Cutson Janian; tax partner Richard Bronstein and associate Colin Kelly; entertainment counsel Carol Kaplan and associate Daniel Watkins.

Posted on Jun 08, 2012

 

 

 

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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.