cuomo needs to get an opinion from letitia james on the constitutionality of ny pml sec 109 and its applicability if any to nassau otb
Cuomo, de Blasio vow to fight ICE
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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.
raids targeting illegal immigrant families
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has joined with a growing number of elected officials across the country in opposing the Trump administration’s reported plan to begin ICE raids early Sunday targeting illegal alien families.
Cuomo called the plans “shameful and wholly unacceptable” in a statement issued Friday night. Mayor Bill de Blasio and the mayors of Chicago, Washington, DC and Los Angeles also condemned the threat and promised aide to affected families.
“We will fight back at every turn to protect our immigrant families,” Cuomo promised. “New York will continue to be the beacon of inclusion and diversity that the nation and the world looks to.”
The rapid response team of the state’s Liberty Defense Project will be on “high alert” and will assist any family in need of legal services across the state this weekend, the governor said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio also tweeted in opposition to the raid plans, which were first reported earlier Friday by the Washington Post.
“Resources are here for those who have received an order from immigration courts or have concerns about their status,” the mayor tweeted.
“Know your rights. Follow @NYCImmigrants. We’re here and ready to help families in need.” The city’s Immigrant Defense Project is offering a hotline for reporting raids at 212-725-6422.
Trump’s roundup is expected to target 2,000 families in up to 10 cities, including New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami, Fox News reported.
Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot has issued a statement saying that local police will not cooperate with ICE enforcement.
Washington DC’s Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a statement Friday night that also condemned the administration’s raid threat and promised legal services and other resources to families.
And LA’s Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement that the LAPD would not assist in any raids.
New York’s Liberty Defense Project came to the aid of Pablo Villavicencio, the pizza delivery man hauled off by immigration agents while delivering food to a Brooklyn Army base.
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