1 the constitutionslity of ny pml sec 109 and 2 the applicability of ny pml sec 109 to nassau otb captained by the heir of the amassadir to trinidad and tobago
Judge rules NY can’t give Trump’s state tax returns to Congress — for now until letitia james tells andrew cuomo whether ny pml sec 109 is constitutional and or applies to nassau otb
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.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked New York from immediately turning over President Trump’s state tax returns to Congress.
The order by Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, bars the state from releasing the president’s tax returns while his lawsuit seeking to keep his records private proceeds.
The arm-wrestle over Trump’s New York returns began in earnest on July 8, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the “TRUST Act” into law.
The Tax Returns Released Under Specific Terms Act allows the state Department of Taxation and Finance to release any elected official’s tax returns “for a specified and legitimate legislative purpose” upon the written request of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, or the Joint Committee on Taxation.
Trump’s lawyers have argued that no records should be released prior to a judge determining the legality of the law.
The judge also set a schedule for the case to proceed — throughout which Trump’s state tax returns cannot be disclosed.
The defendants in Trump’s lawsuit — New York’s Taxation and Finance commissioner, state Attorney General Letitia James and the House Ways and Means Committee — have until Aug. 9 to move to dismiss the lawsuit.
Trump’s side has until Aug. 19 to file its reply.
The defendants have until Aug. 23 to reply to the reply.
A hearing with arguments will then be held Aug. 29.
James spun the order as a win.
“We are pleased that the court has accepted our reasonable proposal for how to move forward in this premature lawsuit filed by President Trump,” she said in a press statement.
“We look forward to continuing to make our case in court. This law is constitutional, and we will vigorously defend it.”
Bill sponsor Assemblyman David Buchwald (D-Westchester) said he believed the president’s lawsuit would eventually be dismissed on jurisdictional grounds.
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