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McCaffrey (R)(C) is running in the election for Suffolk County legislator (14th District).Kevin J. McCaffrey
Background
McCaffrey, 59, of Lindenhurst, is a Republican who is running on the Republican and Conservative lines. A 1972 graduate of Berner High School in Massapequa, he is seeking a bachelor's degree in business from SUNY Empire State College. He is president of Teamsters Local 707, primarily representing workers in the trucking industry and Nassau County OTB, and has served as Lindenhurst trustee since 1990. He and his wife have two children.Issues
McCaffrey said his focus would be on balancing the county budget. "We figured out how to do it in Lindenhurst, and I think we can do it in the county, too," he said. He also would push for parks in the district, which he said now has none. "There is land out there that's in private hands, and there are parcels of county land that could be developed into parks or trails," he said. "It just hasn't been a priority. I would make it one." He said he would also push for strict enforcement on drug abuse and quality of life issues in the district. "Unless they're addressed, they lead to other crimes," he said.Kevin McCaffrey's religious preference is not shared by all the bettors of Nassau County or all the employees of Nassau OTB. See also NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3
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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.
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