the nassau otb faithful must be treated with no less dignity than the members of the orthodox church
Six child sex abuse victims reach
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.
$1.8M deal with archdioceses
Claude Solnik
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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.
$1.8M deal with archdioceses
A half-dozen survivors of childhood sexual abuse by priests reached a $1.8 million settlement with two New York archdioceses, their attorney announced Wednesday.
Lawyer Michael Reck, in revealing the payouts, also publicly identified a pair of Bronx priests for the first time as sexual predators: Rev. Herbert D’Argenio and Msgr. Casper Wolf.
“We see two men that the Archdiocese of New York knew were child sex abusers, and they did nothing to warn children,” said survivor Joelle Casteix, who was not part of the settlement.
“They did nothing to tell parents. And they did nothing to reach out to the survivors for years. (Timothy) Cardinal Dolan should be ashamed of this.”
Both Wolf and D’Argenio are dead, as was a third priest identified at the news conference. The other five assailants identified are no longer serving as priests.
D’Argenio, who worked at St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus in the Bronx from 1961-76, ran a group at his parish called “Herbert’s Boys” during his tenure.
Those involved in the settlement were five men and one woman.
Survivor and advocate Joelle Casteix and Attorney Michael Reck announce a settlement for child sex abuse victims and the Archdiocese of New York and Diocese of Brooklyn at a Wednesday press conference.
(JEFFERSON SIEGEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
Spokespeople for both the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn said the settlements indicated the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program for victims was working.
“Victims are coming forward,” said Carolyn Erstad of the Brooklyn diocese. “They are free to share their stories, including the names of their alleged abusers, while receiving financial compensation from the church.”
Archdiocesan spokesman Joe Zwilling agreed: “We have asked people to come forward and participate in the program, and the program does seem to be achieving its goal, thank God.”
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