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Perhaps this law firm can see that Nassau OTB, a public benefit corporation, is open 365 days of the year without religious preference. Every dollar that Nassau County gets from Nassau OTB is one less dollar that they need to get from you by other means?
NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3 means what it says?
People who wish to bet should be free to do so and Nassau OTB workers who wish to work should be free do so. Those who wish to take vacation on any day of the year are free to do so.
It is criminally insane for a public benefit corporation to be closed when Nassau County bettors want to bet.
see also
OPEN ON 1ST PALM SUNDAY, OTB RAKES IN $2M - NY ...
www.nydailynews.com/.../open-1st-palm-sunday-otb-rakes-2m-...
Apr 14, 2003 - New York City Off-Track Betting made history yesterday, taking bets on Palm Sunday. ... New York State, race tracks have been allowed to operate every Sunday except for Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. ... BY Jerry Bossert ...
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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.
Elovish and Adell should represent the owner
Refaqat Malik. see below
Legislation would strengthen state OTB corporations ...
liherald.com/.../Legislation-would-strengt...
Jackie Nash/Herald ... Refaqat Malik, an Elmont resident and owner of the 99 Cent Express, at 1081 Hempstead Turnpike in Franklin Square, said he supports
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Legislation would strengthen state OTB corporations ...
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Franklin Square's Nassau County OTB Corporation branch, at 1063 Hempstead Turnpike in ... legislation to allow off-track betting to take place on Palm Sunday.
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Nassau to install flashing warnings at school-zone speed camera locations
Speed cameras on Maple Avenue near
St. Brigid/Our Lady of Hope Regional School in Westbury, Nov. 3, 2014.
Photo Credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan
Nassau County will install new signs with flashing lights in 56 school
zones eligible for speed cameras, shelving a nearly $7 million plan to
place the warning signs outside all 434 public and private schools.
The $1 million project will be funded through Nassau's
Community Revitalization Program, which allocates money to individual
county legislators for projects in their districts.The move by County Executive Edward Mangano's administration to install new warning signs -- though in fewer numbers than he originally wanted -- is a response to mounting complaints from motorists about insufficient warning about school-zone speed limits and the presence of the cameras.
It also
represents the latest twist in a long-running dispute over how to pay
for the signage. The county legislature's Republican majority suggested
tapping the Community Revitalization Program after Democrats in
September blocked a proposal from Mangano, a Republican, to borrow $6.5
million to install the signs at every school, regardless of whether they
have cameras.
Each of the 56 camera sites -- one per public school
district -- should have the signs up by early next year, said Chief
Deputy County Executive Rob Walker. Greenman-Pedersen Inc., of Babylon,
will design the signs at a cost of $100,000; two construction firms
already under county contracts will handle installation at a cost of
$900,000, Walker said.The new signs feature large blinking lights that notify motorists of the reduced posted speed limit. They are designed to supplement smaller signs that now alert drivers to the presence of speed cameras.
Nassau expects the speed cameras to raise $30 million a year, but county officials have consistently said their primary purpose is to promote safety. Violations carry $80 in fines and fees, and many motorists have reported receiving 10 or 12 tickets before realizing that cameras were in place.
Legislative Democrats have called for the camera program to be shut down, citing insufficient and inconsistent warning signs at many schools. They've called for the flashing lights but say they should be funded with speed-camera revenue.
"While we're happy to hear the administration is finally listening to us . . . we can't help but raise why this has taken so long," Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport) said.
Also Thursday, a Long Beach law firm filed suit to remove the speed cameras outside Lido Elementary School after its attorneys and paralegals ran up $1,200 in violations there between late October and early November. The suit, which argues that signage is inadequate and few children cross Lido Boulevard at the site, appears to be the first directed at the county's camera program.
The suit against Nassau County was filed in State Supreme Court in Mineola by the Long Beach firm of Elovich & Adell on behalf of five firm members who got a combined 15 violations from the cameras.
The suit calls the cameras an "illegal speed trap," a "de facto tax" and a "naked money grab for a cash-strapped county," and seeks refunds of all fines.
County Attorney Carnell Foskey replied: "It's sad that these attorneys and paralegals don't know the law of our state and filed a frivolous lawsuit after having put residents in danger by speeding in a school zone."
The suit also contends that signage in the area is confusing and insufficient. For example, markings on the pavement alert motorists to a 20 mph school-zone speed limit. But two blocks east, markings on the pavement list the school-zone speed limit at 30 mph.
The suit also cites a lack of warning lights and said signs alerting motorists to the cameras are on a roadway curve and difficult to spot.
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