ow she has a high priced errand boy to tell her the obvious
ny pml sec 109 violates the rights of ran and file town of hempstead e ployees secured by ny const art 1 sec 3
the emperor has no clothes and her words are empty
let us see a dimple and voncrete action
call the holy one andrew cuomo snd tell him town of hempstead bettors do not care what he believes and that he must cease and desist from treading on the nassau otb faithful
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.
Easy money.
Hempstead Supervisor-elect
One of Ra’s bills, A06020, would allow parimutuel, or off-track, betting to take place on Palm Sunday. Currently, state law does not permit off-track betting — which allows bets of the same type to be placed together in a pool — on Palm Sunday, Easter or Christmas. Ra said that the bill would not mandate that tracks or OTB corporations allow betting on Palm Sunday, but would give them the option of operating that day.
The bill would not, however, extend to Christmas or Easter, he said, because he believes those days are major holidays, and require the prohibition of betting. More people go out of state on Palm Sunday than on Christmas or Easter to place bets, he added. “There are so many places where people can bet now, online and elsewhere,” Ra said.
Refaqat Malik, an Elmont resident and owner of the 99 Cent Express, at 1081 Hempstead Turnpike in Franklin Square, said he supports Ra’s legislation, since his business is affected by the existing law each year. The 99 Cent Express, which Malik has owned for nine years, is just west of a Nassau OTB Corporation office, at 1063 Hempstead Turnpike. “And it’s not only us,” he said. “A lot of other businesses here in Franklin Square have been affected too.”
Laura Gillen announces staff picks
Among the new staff members are the former head of NIFA, the Long Beach storm recovery adviser and the North Hempstead comptroller.
Laura Gillen, a Democrat, won the election this November for Hempstead Town Supervisor over Hempstead GOP Supervisor Anthony Santino. Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp
Hempstead Supervisor-elect Laura Gillen has tapped a former Long Beach official and the former head of Nassau County’s Interim Finance Authority among the first hires of her new administration.
Gillen is to be sworn in Monday for a two-year term as the town’s first Democratic supervisor in more than a century.
Gillen announced Friday she has hired former Long Beach Public Works Commissioner Jim LaCarrubba as her chief of staff to oversee the town’s daily operations.
LaCarrubba previously served as senior adviser of resiliency and recovery for Long Beach after superstorm Sandy, and as the Town of Brookhaven’s deputy supervisor, deputy highway superintendent and parks commissioner.
He said the new Hempstead Town administration wants to improve transparency and efficiency to respond to residents.
“I plan to work with Laura Gillen and the council to bring some much needed change and good government to the Town of Hempstead,” LaCarrubba said Friday. “The residents made a clear vote that they wanted change in picking Laura and wanted to see things run differently.”
A former NIFA Director Adam Haber will join Gillen as executive assistant of economic development and government efficiency, while North Hempstead Comptroller Averil Smith will serve as Gillen’s director of finance.
Gillen tapped Joseph Davenport, the Nassau County chief sanitary engineer, as her executive assistant for infrastructure.
Rebecca Sinclair, a partner at Syosset-based consulting firm CDS Energy Partners, will serve as Gillen’s executive assistant for service delivery and quality of life. She has a background in urban planning and worked in the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery.
Matthew Hynes, a former chief of staff for state Sen. John Brooks (D-Seaford), will be Gillen’s senior adviser for constituent affairs, to meet with community groups and address resident concerns.
Gillen’s staff will include many returning Hempstead Town workers, but the supervisor’s office will be have a different makeup, said Mike Fricchione, Gillen’s press secretary.
Gillen will carry over some top positions as she takes office, such as town attorney, while she makes selections that will require the Republican-majority town board approval.
“I assembled this team to bring some of the best and the brightest consummate professionals to do the work of the people, not just the work of the party,” Gillen said. “I am hopeful the Town Board will share my vision to eliminate some of the waste. I’ve learned the rank-and-file workers are the heart and soul of the Town of Hempstead and I’m excited to work with them.”
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