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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.
On Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, family members
arrived at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York City for the funeral
of the former three-term governor who died on Jan. 1. (Credit: AP)
Dozens
of New Yorkers including union workers and clergymen weathered snow and
freezing temperatures Tuesday to bid goodbye to former Gov. Mario
Cuomo.
As political leaders filled a private service at St. Ignatius Loyola Church on the Upper East Side, onlookers gathered outside on Park Avenue. Several recalled highlights of Cuomo's career, from his fiery 1984 Democratic National Convention speech to his pro-labor positions.
"He was a man who, when he spoke, you listened," said Henry Singleton, 52, of Manhattan, an organizer with the 1199 SEIU local that represents health care workers.
VideoGov. Andrew M. Cuomo eulogizes his father More coverageStories, columns, photos and more on Mario Cuomo OpinionKeeler: Mario Cuomo, a rare politician you could love Singleton was one of several union workers carrying "Thank You Mario" signs that bore Cuomo's photograph.
The Rev. John Rosson, of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown, drove down to the funeral with the Rev. Andrew Cryans of St. Thomas Moore Parish in Durham, New Hampshire. Both said they wanted to pay tribute to Cuomo's "consistent" opposition to the death penalty.
Cuomo, a devout Roman Catholic, repeatedly vetoed bills seeking to enact the death penalty in New York, and some political observers have said his opposition to capital punishment led to his defeat in the 1977 mayoral runoff against Ed Koch.
"He was anti-death penalty and he paid the political cost for that," Rosson said.
Cryans said he had "a great respect for Governor Cuomo and his ability to articulate policies that were very compassionate and very humane. He spoke for the marginalized."
For Mary Ann Simons, 56, the funeral gave her a second chance to get close to the former governor to give her thanks.
Simons, a home health care worker who traveled by subway to St. Ignatius from downtown Brooklyn, said she saw Cuomo several years ago crossing the street in Manhattan, but never got close enough to approach him and express her appreciation.
"I just looked at him with admiration," Simons said. "When I think of Mario Cuomo, what comes to mind are his wonderful speeches. He was a wonderful orator."
About a half-dozen spectators held vigil outside the church for more than an hour Tuesday morning.
Dan Schlieben, 73, a retired psychologist and Upper East Side resident, stood outside the service for nearly an hour, watching as State Police riding motorcycles and rows of bagpipers and drummers led the way for the hearse carrying Cuomo's coffin.
"He brought a sense of thoughtfulness and respect to the office," Schlieben said. "This is just a small gesture I can do to honor him."
With Michael Gormley
As political leaders filled a private service at St. Ignatius Loyola Church on the Upper East Side, onlookers gathered outside on Park Avenue. Several recalled highlights of Cuomo's career, from his fiery 1984 Democratic National Convention speech to his pro-labor positions.
"He was a man who, when he spoke, you listened," said Henry Singleton, 52, of Manhattan, an organizer with the 1199 SEIU local that represents health care workers.
VideoGov. Andrew M. Cuomo eulogizes his father More coverageStories, columns, photos and more on Mario Cuomo OpinionKeeler: Mario Cuomo, a rare politician you could love Singleton was one of several union workers carrying "Thank You Mario" signs that bore Cuomo's photograph.
The Rev. John Rosson, of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown, drove down to the funeral with the Rev. Andrew Cryans of St. Thomas Moore Parish in Durham, New Hampshire. Both said they wanted to pay tribute to Cuomo's "consistent" opposition to the death penalty.
Cuomo, a devout Roman Catholic, repeatedly vetoed bills seeking to enact the death penalty in New York, and some political observers have said his opposition to capital punishment led to his defeat in the 1977 mayoral runoff against Ed Koch.
Cryans said he had "a great respect for Governor Cuomo and his ability to articulate policies that were very compassionate and very humane. He spoke for the marginalized."
For Mary Ann Simons, 56, the funeral gave her a second chance to get close to the former governor to give her thanks.
Simons, a home health care worker who traveled by subway to St. Ignatius from downtown Brooklyn, said she saw Cuomo several years ago crossing the street in Manhattan, but never got close enough to approach him and express her appreciation.
"I just looked at him with admiration," Simons said. "When I think of Mario Cuomo, what comes to mind are his wonderful speeches. He was a wonderful orator."
About a half-dozen spectators held vigil outside the church for more than an hour Tuesday morning.
Dan Schlieben, 73, a retired psychologist and Upper East Side resident, stood outside the service for nearly an hour, watching as State Police riding motorcycles and rows of bagpipers and drummers led the way for the hearse carrying Cuomo's coffin.
"He brought a sense of thoughtfulness and respect to the office," Schlieben said. "This is just a small gesture I can do to honor him."
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