fight. this has been going on for too long eg since NY C OTB opened in 2003 and made money.
nyc otb employees were paid double time for working on any Sunday.
NY betting parlor closing prompts bill
Updated 5:40 am, Sunday, March 24, 2013
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ALBANY, N.Y. (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.
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.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NY-betting-parlor-closing-prompts-bill-4380140.php#ixzz2OUrhDZcN
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