you rember those that used to bet at nyc otb?
help us show the holy one, sndrew cuomo, that he may go to his church while we may go to ours
the faithful need a little help to kill ny pml sec 109
you remember ny const art 1 sec 3 and the wandering dago food truck case dheldon?
help us
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Sunday, April 12, 2020
| Track Code | Track Name | Entry | Scratch | 1st Post ET | 1st Post Local | Time Zone | Stakes Race(s) | Stakes Grade | T.V. Indicator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | SANTA ANITA PARK | 72 | 48 | 3:00 PM | 12:00 PM | PDT | |||
| SUN | SUNLAND PARK | 168 | 24 | 2:30 PM | 12:30 PM | MDT | Mt. Cristo Rey H. | ||
| TAM | TAMPA BAY DOWNS | 72 | 0 | 12:35 PM |
Sheldon Silver’s latest legal gambit may keep him out of jail for another
year & he looks forward to betting at nassau otb on sunday spril 13 , 2020 with the faithful
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Sunday, April 12, 2020
| Track Code | Track Name | Entry | Scratch | 1st Post ET | 1st Post Local | Time Zone | Stakes Race(s) | Stakes Grade | T.V. Indicator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | SANTA ANITA PARK | 72 | 48 | 3:00 PM | 12:00 PM | PDT | |||
| SUN | SUNLAND PARK | 168 | 24 | 2:30 PM | 12:30 PM | MDT | Mt. Cristo Rey H. | ||
| TAM | TAMPA BAY DOWNS | 72 | 0 | 12:35 PM |
And the farce goes on: Sheldon Silver has launched yet another federal appeal, with strong hopes of staying out of prison until sometime next year.
First convicted in November 2015 — for bribery, money laundering and extortion, among other crimes — the former speaker of the Assembly got that tossed in 2017, only to be convicted again in a second trial in May 2018.
Then another appeal kept him out of the hoosegow. And last month, three judges of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated three of the seven “guilty” counts — but Silver’s now asking the full Second Circuit to take up the case and toss the last four counts, which center on real-estate kickbacks.
The full court is unlikely to agree, since three of its members were unanimous on the issues Silver hopes to contest — but the denial might not come for months. And then he’ll surely ask the US Supreme Court to jump in, giving him months more freedom.
All the while, he has collected a pension of $6,600 a month from New York’s taxpayers — as he will even when (if?) he finally heads to prison.
Silver “collected millions of dollars by cashing in on his public office and political influence,” as then-US Attorney Preet Bharara noted at the time. Yet he’s managed to escape justice for more than five years since his arrest. At 76, he stands a good chance of dying before he ever enters prison.
Bharara’s successors need to push the courts to expedite every remaining conceivable appeal: Shelly Silver’s success in remaining free has made a mockery of justice.
Stop scratching on holidays
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.
Claude Solnik
Long Island Business News
2150 Smithtown Ave.
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348
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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.
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