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Cuomo chief of staff among first
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Track Code Track Name Entry Scratch 1st Post
ET 1st Post
Local Time
Zone Stakes Race(s) Stakes Grade T.V.
Indicator GG GOLDEN GATE FIELDS 48 24 3:45 PM 12:45 PM PDT GP GULFSTREAM PARK 72 0 1:15 PM 1:15 PM EDT SA SANTA ANITA PARK 72 24 3:30 PM 12:30 PM PDT SUN SUNLAND PARK 120 0 2:30 PM 12:30 PM MDT
Sunday, April 1, 2018
| Track Code | Track Name | Entry | Scratch | 1st Post ET | 1st Post Local | Time Zone | Stakes Race(s) | Stakes Grade | T.V. Indicator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GG | GOLDEN GATE FIELDS | 48 | 24 | 3:45 PM | 12:45 PM | PDT | |||
| GP | GULFSTREAM PARK | 72 | 0 | 1:15 PM | 1:15 PM | EDT | |||
| SA | SANTA ANITA PARK | 72 | 24 | 3:30 PM | 12:30 PM | PDT | |||
| SUN | SUNLAND PARK | 120 | 0 | 2:30 PM | 12:30 PM | MDT |
witnesses at corruption trial of former aide
Gov. Cuomo’s chief of staff is among the first witnesses set to be called Tuesday at the corruption trial of a former aide who the governor once likened to a brother — and whose case threatens to thwart his potential presidential ambitions.
Linda Lacewell, who’s been described as Cuomo’s “minister
of defense,” will be called to the stand following opening statements in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors said.
of defense,” will be called to the stand following opening statements in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors said.
A jury of seven women and five men was chosen Monday to hear the evidence against Joseph Percoco, who’s accused of shaking down more than $300,000 in “pay-to-play” bribes from companies seeking to do business with the state.
The panel was picked following a day of questioning that saw several potential jurors booted for voicing strong feelings about lawmakers and office-seekers.
“All politicians are crooks in some way and lie more than tell the truth,” one woman, Marguerite Ballus, of Putnam County, wrote on a questionnaire designed to reveal bias against Percoco and his three co-defendants.
Two others were also excused when they told Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni that their hatred of corruption was so strong they wouldn’t want themselves on the jury if they were on trial.
“Corruption pisses me off,” said booted jury pool member Spencer Smith.
One of the payoffs Percoco is accused of accepting took the form of a “low-show job” that allegedly paid his wife $90,000 a year for at most 20 hours of work a week.
Key testimony is expected to come from former lobbyist-turned-cooperating witness Todd Howe, who allegedly exchanged emails with Percoco in which they referred to cash as “ziti” — a move prosecutors say they lifted from HBO’s mobster series “The Sopranos.”
Stop scratching on holidays
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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.
In a nod to that evidence, state Republican Chair Ed Cox and Manhattan GOP Chair Andrea Catsimatidis stood outside the courthouse behind a banner emblazoned with images of a doctored box of Ronzoni pasta labeled “CUOMO’S BRIBEZONI.”
Assemblyman Ron Castorina Jr. (R-Staten Island) blasted his fellow party members, saying the protest smacked of anti-Italian bigotry.
“My personal visceral reaction is I’m offended by this,” said Castorina, who’s the Staten Island GOP chairman.
“I’m not coming to the defense of the governor. I’m vocalizing my reaction to the insensitivity. This would not have had the same impact if the governor and Joe Percoco weren’t Italian-American.”
Additional reporting by Kirstan Conley
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