he has a black woman as his legal errand boy but ny const art 1 sec 3 and nyc otb are greek to him
his name is andrew the terrible cuomo may he burn in helll
for keeping the faithful of the church of nassau otb from betting great racing
Justia Opinion Summary
WD filed suit against OGS, alleging that defendants violated its rights under the First Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause, and the New York State Constitution by denying WD's applications to participate as a food truck vendor in the Lunch Program based on its ethnic-slur branding. The Second Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant, holding that defendants' action violated WD's equal protection rights and its rights under the New York State Constitution. In this case, it was undisputed that defendants denied WD's applications solely because of its ethnic-slur branding. In Matal v. Tam, 137 S. Ct. 1744 (2017), the Supreme Court clarified that this action amounted to viewpoint discrimination and, if not government speech or otherwise protected, was prohibited by the First Amendment. The court rejected defendants' argument that their actions were unobjectionable because they were either part of OGS's government speech or permissible regulation of a government contractor's speech.
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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.
Don’t convict my client for looking like a mobster: lawyer andrew cuomo does not look like the pontiff but he acts like him, see ny pml dec 109
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| 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 | |||
| LS | LONE STAR PARK | 72 | 0 | 3:35 PM | 2:35 PM | CDT | |||
| SA | SANTA ANITA PARK | 72 | 24 | 3:30 PM | 12:30 PM | PDT | |||
| SUN | SUNLAND PARK | 168 | 0 | 2:30 PM | 12:30 PM | MDT | |||
| WO | WOODBINE | 72 | 48 |
“Dressed to kill” is just an expression — capisce?
The lawyer for a reputed Bonanno crime family boss pleaded with a jury on Monday not to convict her client based on his looks — which she likened to a stereotypical mobster.
“Looking like you stepped out of a central casting in a mob movie doesn’t make you a part of one of these groups,” Jennifer Louis-Jeune, the lawyer for Joseph “Joe C” Cammarano Jr. said during opening statements in his Manhattan federal court racketeering trial.
“Don’t be distracted. Don’t let what you have seen in movies or on TV or whatever you have heard about the mafia cloud your judgement.”
The hulking Cammarano, one of two alleged wise guys on trial on racketeering and extortion charges, came to court Monday sporting gray slicked-back hair a la Frank Vincent — the late “Goodfellas” and “Sopranos” actor — along with a spotted navy blue blazer, light blue dress shirt, striped-tie and gray pants.
OPEN ON 1ST PALM SUNDAY, OTB RAKES IN $2M
New York City Off-Track Betting made history yesterday, taking bets on Palm Sunday. Since 1973, when Sunday racing was made legal in New York State, race tracks have been allowed to operate every Sunday except for Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. While Aqueduct kept its doors shut, NYCOTB had its betting parlors open despite a letter from the New York State Racing and Wagering Board stating that it couldn't do so. "We're not a race track," NYCOTB president Ray Casey said. "OTB's business is a simulcasting business.
" Bettors responded by wagering an estimated $2 million yesterday on tracks from around the country, including Keeneland in Kentucky and Gulfstream Park in Florida. While in the past NYCOTB has respected the law and shut down on Palm Sunday, it took a chance this time because its business is down. "With the weather being the way it's been our handle has been off significantly," Casey said. "Our lawyers felt from their point of view that we could open (yesterday).
" The law says race tracks can't open. It doesn't mention OTBs. "I respect the Racing and Wagering Board and I have the utmost respect for chairman Michael Hoblock but I felt we're right on this one," Casey said. The NYSRWB didn't return phone calls yesterday but said on Saturday it would meet this week to discuss fines and penalties it can impose on NYCOTB. "This isn't personal," Casey said. "I just didn't agree with the board's interpretation.
" Casey also said NYCOTB may open on Easter Sunday.
He capped off the ensemble, naturally, with a massive silver ring on his left hand.
Asked by The Post if he thinks he looks like a movie mobster, Cammarano — who’s previously served time for extortion — said no, but joked: “I’ve got the map of Italy on my face.”
But Assistant US Attorney Gina Castellano said he doesn’t just look the part — Cammarano and his codefendant, John “Porky” Zancocchio, are violent, loan-sharking extortionists guilty of committing “crime after crime,” she alleged.
“These two men led a sophisticated criminal organization that took whatever they wanted from whoever they wanted through intimidation, through threats and violence,” Castellano told jurors in her opening statement.
The prosecution’s star witness, Bonanno capo-turned-snitch Peter “Pug” Lovaglio, later testified about a circa-2015 meeting where he said Cammarano was elected acting boss of the syndicate.
“That was the day we had the meeting to vote Joe in,” he said as the jury was shown photos of alleged members of the crime family entering a garage.
But Cammarano’s defense lawyer said Lovaglio was known as “Petey BS” for telling tall tales.
“Pete has lied over and over again,” said Louis-Jeune, adding that he once blinded a retired ex-NYPD officer, has prior convictions and a “decades-long history of sheer mayhem.”
Meanwhile, Zancocchio’s attorney defended his client over allegations he beat up another government witness, strip club-owning associate Stephen Sabella.
The lawyer acknowledged his client and two other made men assaulted Sabella but insisted it was all over racist comments Sabella posted on Facebook about Zancocchio’s biracial grandchild.
“[He] didn’t do it for the Bonanno crime family, he did it for the Zancocchio family,” said John Meringolo.
Cammarano and Zancocchio were busted last year with a number of other colorfully named alleged mafia members — including Eugene “Boobsie” Castelle, Albert “Al Muscles” Armetta, Joseph “Joe Valet” Sabella, George “Grumpy” Tropiano and Joseph “Joey Blue Eyes” Santapaolo.
Castelle and Armetta are being tried separately, while the others all took plea deals.
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