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• Nassau OTB must be open 365 days of the year with religious preference because:
• 1. praying does not pay like a Superfecta?
• 2. NY PML Sec 109 does not apply to Nassau OTB?
• 3. NYC bettors have rights secured by NY Const. Art.1, Sec. 3?
• 4. Roman Catholics may not be given preference over Easter Orthodox believers?
• 5. Nassau OTB has too much money and does not need to pay any attention to its bettors who want to bet and need to be restrained from doing so at Nassau OTB?
• 6. All Nassau OTB employees must have days off to go to church?

'A--holes back Spitzer': Stringer tells state Assemblyman

• By CARL CAMPANILE
• Last Updated: 11:00 AM, August 28, 2013
• Posted: 10:59 AM, August 28, 2013

Gabriella Bass

Scott Stringer

Scott Stringer last night called a Bronx lawmaker an “a--hole” for backing rival Eliot Spitzer in the Democrat race for comptroller, The Post has learned.
The confrontation between Stringer and state Assemblyman and former Bronx Democratic chairman Jose Rivera occurred outside a Riverdale concert featuring Dionne Warwick.
Spitzer had just left the event and Stringer was entering it when Rivera said he offered to shake the Manhattan borough president’s hand.
“Stringer told me, `You’re an a**hole’. I was stunned,” Rivera said.

“Scott also said, `I’ll see you after I win,’” Rivera said.
Most of the Bronx Democratic Party establishment — including Hispanic leaders like Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. — are supporting Stringer. But Rivera endorsed Spitzer.
“I’ve never experienced anything like this in all my years in politics. Now I’m motivated to go all out for Eliot Spitzer,” Rivera said.
A Stringer spokeswoman said the candidate didn’t remember dropping the A-bomb — but didn’t deny it.
Meanwhile when local Sen. Jeff Klein announced that the two candidates had attended the event, Stringer got more cheers and Spitzer more boos, a source said.

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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.