Andrew Cuomo, and the abolition of NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3 or simply ignoring it like Andrew Cuomo does. If you are not with Rob Astorino, you can go to hell and leave NY just like the Oak Beach Inn left Suffolk County.
Nassau OTB must be open 365 days of the year so people can work and/or bet anytime they please just as they play the slot machines and buy NY Lottery Tickets.
Nassau OTB and Rob Astorino can't prefer the religion of Andrew Cuomo over that of the Greek Orthodox / Eastern Orthodox Church and close on Roman Catholic Easter Sunday and Roman Catholic Palm Sunday in preference to Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday and Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday.
NY PML Sec 109 does not pass the laugh test nor will it pass judicial scrutiny.
But Mr. Astorino, 46, a former radio host for the Catholic Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio,
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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.
Westchester County Leader Weighs a Run for Governor
Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times
Rob Astorino, the Westchester County executive, may pursue the Republican nomination to challenge Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
By JOSEPH BERGER
Published: December 24, 2013
Although an early poll suggests his bid may be quixotic, Rob Astorino,
fresh from an impressive re-election victory for county executive of
Westchester, is mulling whether to seek the Republican nomination to
challenge Andrew M. Cuomo for governor next year.
In an interview earlier this month, Mr. Astorino confirmed reports that
he is exploring a run for governor with party officials and political
operatives, and has had discussions with Gov. Chris Christie of New
Jersey, an early favorite for the Republican presidential nomination.
Mr. Astorino wants to see how much money he can raise and what kind of
support he can arouse in parts of the state that may not be familiar
with him.
“I’m seriously considering it at this point,” he said. “I’ll come to a conclusion in the weeks ahead.”
One of the biggest hurdles he faces is name recognition. A poll taken in
November found Mr. Cuomo had a whopping 39-point edge over Mr.
Astorino, 63 percent to 24 percent, according to a Siena Research Institute poll
taken in November shortly after Mr. Astorino’s re-election. The poll
did, however, indicate that voters ratings of Mr. Cuomo’s job
performance had declined.
Another hurdle is more endemic. As Democrats like Assemblyman Richard L.
Brodsky point out: To win the Republican nomination, Mr. Astorino must
campaign on socially conservative principles that will alienate the
majority of the state’s voters in the general election. Mr. Astorino
acknowledges that he is “a right-to-life” advocate who favors abortion
only in cases of rape, incest or when a mother’s life is in danger and
that he permitted gun shows at Westchester’s cultural center after a
10-year hiatus.
But Mr. Astorino, 46, a former radio host for the Catholic Channel on
Sirius Satellite Radio, shrugs off the poll and the pessimistic
analyses. He points out that he will become known outside the Hudson
Valley once he starts campaigning. The heart of his campaign, he
asserts, is not about gun control or abortion, but on cutting taxes,
reducing spending and easing state mandates that, for example, force
jurisdictions like Westchester to turn over a large slice of their
budgets for pensions. Mr. Astorino would like to change the system so
that only workers’ contributions, not ultimate benefits, are fixed.
And, he points out, he has twice run in a county where Democrats have a
2-to-1 edge in registration and won handily, garnering 56 percent of the
vote in 2013. That, he says, suggests that voters are more concerned
about his fiscal prudence than social issues.
“The effect Albany is having on taxpayers is disastrous,” he said,
singling out Mr. Cuomo as Albany’s embodiment. “I had hoped he would
take bold action to stop the downward spiral of the state, but he hasn’t
done it.”
By contrast, he said, he came into Westchester when it was grappling
with a deficit, “treated people like adults” and “made tough decisions,”
and cut spending as well as revenue in a county that charges among the
highest property taxes in the nation.
“It would be great if the rest of the state would consider Westchester a
laboratory for how to solve fiscal problems,” he said.
Responding to Mr. Astorino’s criticism, Peter E. Kauffmann, a spokesman
for the New York State Democratic Committee, said the state is
“fundamentally advanced” from where it was three years ago. “Jobs are
up, taxes are down, and the state’s credit rating is positive — as
opposed to Westchester, which has been downgraded," he said.
Another issue Mr. Astorino plans to emphasize is the authorization of hydraulic fracturing — a procedure for extracting natural gas
also known as fracking — in the vast Marcellus Shale formation, which
stretches into the central and western parts of the state. Mr. Astorino
believes fracking, opposed by some environmental groups, could bring
thousands of jobs to struggling locales.
Mr. Astorino may face contenders. Two names that have been talked about
are Carl Paladino, 67, the wealthy Buffalo-based real estate developer
who was soundly defeated as the nominee in 2010 but could be expected to
finance his own campaign, and Michael Garcia, 52, a former United
States attorney for the Southern District. If Mr. Astorino chooses to
run, according to party leaders, Mr. Garcia would seek the Republican
nomination for state attorney general.
Mr. Astorino is not the first Westchester Republican county executive to
challenge a sitting governor. Andrew P. O’Rourke, who died a year ago,
ran against Mr. Cuomo’s father, Mario, in 1986 and was trounced. Mr.
Astorino brings to his pursuit the genial polish of a radio performer —
he was also an anchor for an MSG Network program and helped launch ESPN
radio in New York. He has also been immersed in local government as a
county legislator, a member of the town board in Mount Pleasant and as
county executive.
Edward F. Cox, the state’s Republican chairman, is exuberant about an
Astorino candidacy. “He understands the huge positive impact that a
fiscal conservative, pro-growth Republican can have on New York State,”
he said.
A mark of the Republican interest in Mr. Astorino was an invitation to
the party’s governors conference in November in Arizona. Mr. Astorino
met with Louisiana’s governor, Bobby Jindal; and he and his wife,
Sheila, met with Mr. Christie and his wife. Mr. Astorino said they
talked about the impact of a candidacy on family. The Astorinos have
three children, ages 10, 8 and 4.
Some Westchester Democrats like Paul Feiner, the supervisor of
Greenburgh, think Mr. Astorino’s foray is a long shot, and that national
Democrats are exploiting him “to mess up Cuomo’s presidential chances”
and “do the dirty works for Christie and the Republicans.” Mr.
Astorino’s chief adviser, William F. B. O’Reilly, argues, “there’s not a
sacrificial bone in Rob’s body.”
E. O’Brien Murray, a Republican political strategist, said Mr. Astorino
“has proven he can reach out to communities that are not traditionally
Republican.” Mr. Astorino, who speaks Spanish, has cited internal
campaign surveys that showed he drew 60 percent of the Hispanic vote and
25 percent of the African-American vote.
Mr. Murray said he believed Mr. Astorino’s most difficult task is
convincing deep-pocketed donors that they should bet on him.
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