the man from Yemen on the Hudson who does by virtue of his office what others use more rudimentary tools to do. Andrew Cuomo keeps true believers out of Nassau OTB, a public benefit coporation,
0nly on Andrew Cuomo's holy days. Greek Orthodox believers and assorted infidels can go to hell with 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.
Nassau Long Island
Westbury gaming parlor opponents have 'valid' concerns, says Governor Andrew Cuomo, but he will not intervene in site selection
Governor Cuomo during a press
conference Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 at Hofstra.
Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
Gov.
Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday that although community leaders have
"valid" concerns in opposing a casino-style gaming parlor in Westbury,
he will not intervene in the site selection process.
Cuomo's comments came after an event at Hofstra University. Asked if he would intercede with a proposal by Nassau OTB to place 1,000 state-approved video lottery terminals at the vacant Fortunoff store in Westbury, Cuomo said he didn't believe he had a role in the site approval process.
"I share the concerns of local officials," he said. "I have heard a lot of concerns about the Fortunoff location. . . . The concerns they raised seem valid to me but again it's not my decision."
StoryMangano: I'm against gaming parlor plan StoryVacant store chosen as site for gambling parlor Legislation leads way for LI gambling parlors A growing number of Republican and Democratic elected officials have voiced opposition to the Fortunoff site, including Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth.
A spokesman for Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting said the agency had no comment on Cuomo's remarks.
Meanwhile, state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) has called on OTB officials to consider placing the gaming parlor at the Nassau Coliseum, where a massive redevelopment project is to surround the arena. On Tuesday, Martins wrote on his Senate website that the Coliseum property "makes much more sense" because it is owned by Nassau, is in the process of being developed into a "destination complex" and has ample parking and major roadway access.
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Forest City Ratner, the Brooklyn development firm working
with Syosset-based Blumenfeld Development group on the Coliseum revamp,
has said it opposes gaming machines on the site. On Wednesday, Forest
City Ratner spokeswoman Ashley Cotton said the company had no comment on
Martins' proposal.
Asked about Martins' proposal, Nassau OTB officials said Wednesday the agency had put out a request for interested property owners to come forward last April, and the Coliseum was not among the respondents.
An OTB spokesman said agency officials "will work closely with all of the elected officials who represent the surrounding areas, including Sen. Martins, to address any community concerns and answer any questions regarding the proposed location of the VLT facility."
State Sen. Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City), whose district includes the Fortunoff site, has yet to weigh in on the OTB's proposal. Hannon has not returned a week of phone calls made to his office by Newsday asking for his position on the proposal.With Robert Brodsky
and Celeste Hadrick
Cuomo's comments came after an event at Hofstra University. Asked if he would intercede with a proposal by Nassau OTB to place 1,000 state-approved video lottery terminals at the vacant Fortunoff store in Westbury, Cuomo said he didn't believe he had a role in the site approval process.
"I share the concerns of local officials," he said. "I have heard a lot of concerns about the Fortunoff location. . . . The concerns they raised seem valid to me but again it's not my decision."
StoryMangano: I'm against gaming parlor plan StoryVacant store chosen as site for gambling parlor Legislation leads way for LI gambling parlors A growing number of Republican and Democratic elected officials have voiced opposition to the Fortunoff site, including Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth.
A spokesman for Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting said the agency had no comment on Cuomo's remarks.
Meanwhile, state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) has called on OTB officials to consider placing the gaming parlor at the Nassau Coliseum, where a massive redevelopment project is to surround the arena. On Tuesday, Martins wrote on his Senate website that the Coliseum property "makes much more sense" because it is owned by Nassau, is in the process of being developed into a "destination complex" and has ample parking and major roadway access.
Asked about Martins' proposal, Nassau OTB officials said Wednesday the agency had put out a request for interested property owners to come forward last April, and the Coliseum was not among the respondents.
An OTB spokesman said agency officials "will work closely with all of the elected officials who represent the surrounding areas, including Sen. Martins, to address any community concerns and answer any questions regarding the proposed location of the VLT facility."
State Sen. Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City), whose district includes the Fortunoff site, has yet to weigh in on the OTB's proposal. Hannon has not returned a week of phone calls made to his office by Newsday asking for his position on the proposal.With Robert Brodsky
and Celeste Hadrick
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