these people do not know that christians are created equal and that nassau otb cannot close on one easter sunday in preference to the other
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Democrat not backed by party announced run for town supervisor
Posted: May 25, 2017 5:12 PM EDTUpdated: May 25, 2017 5:58 PM EDT
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Stop scratching on holidays
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 Democratic chairman Jay Jacobs insists the newly Democratic Maragos is engaging in a "political circus act,” adding “George is nothing more than a professional con man who is feebly attempting to pull the wool over Democrat's eyes in September."
A Democrat who is not supported by the party has announced he's running for Oyster Bay Town Supervisor.
Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos announced that Jericho Attorney Jonathan Clarke will challenge Dr. Marc Herman in a Democratic primary for Oyster Bay Town Supervisor.
Maragos is not his party leader's choice for county executive, but the former Republican is running a Democratic primary race against Legislator Laura Curran. Curran is backed by the Nassau Democratic Committee. Maragos is recruiting a slate of candidates that he insists are "independent Democrats" to run primary races against party backed contenders up and down the ballot. On Thursday, he announced Clarke’s run against Herman.
“The party bosses control the politics, they are the root of the corruption and patronage, and that cannot change unless we change the political system,” he says.
Claude Solnik
Long Island Business News
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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 Democratic chairman Jay Jacobs insists the newly Democratic Maragos is engaging in a "political circus act,” adding “George is nothing more than a professional con man who is feebly attempting to pull the wool over Democrat's eyes in September."
Curran, Jacobs and many other Nassau Democrats are preaching the need for unity in a year where they say they feel pretty good about their chances. When News 12 asked Curran on Wednesday if she thinks Maragos should leave the race, she said simply, "United we'll win."
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