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May 21, 2014
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Cuomo Picks Hochul for Lieutenant Governor
- Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears via video with former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul of Buffalo, NY, as his choice to be New York’s next lieutenant governor, during the opening session of the state’s Democratic Convention, in Melville Wednesday.
- Associated Press
Mr. Cuomo announced his choice in a video message played during the first day of the state Democratic convention, saying that Ms. Hochul, 55 years old, “knows New York’s needs all across the board.”
Ms. Hochul was first elected to Congress in 2011, after having served as Erie county clerk, and lost her reelection bid in 2012. In 2013 she was hired as a lobbyist by the Buffalo-area M&T BankMTB +0.55% Corporation. It wasn’t immediately clear Wednesday whether Ms. Hochul is still employed by M&T, and, if so, whether she would take a leave of absence to campaign. A spokesman for Mr. Cuomo didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry.
While the lieutenant governor position is largely ceremonial, the selection of Ms. Hochul by Mr. Cuomo is designed to give the governor an assist on the campaign trail in areas where Mr. Cuomo wants to boost his own appeal, and damage his opponent’s.
Ms. Hochul will likely be dispatched to far northern and western corners of the state, especially in the few western counties Mr. Cuomo lost in 2010. And the presence of a woman on the ticket will underscore one of Mr. Cuomo’s central campaign themes: women’s rights, particularly reproductive rights.
Ms. Hochul, who appeared alongside Mr. Cuomo in the video, replaces outgoing Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy, who said recently that he wouldn’t seek re-election in part because of health concerns related to the large amount of car travel required by the position.
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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.
HI-
Thanks for
the help. The item’s below. I’d be happy to mail you a copy,
if you give me a mailing address.
Claude
Solnik
(631)
913-4244
Long
Island
Business News
2150
Smithtown Ave.
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348
Home > LI
Confidential > Stop
scratching on holidays
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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