Monday, November 30, 2020
Saturday, November 28, 2020
The arch bishop of Brooklyn does not like your kind
Brooklyn diocese cheers ruling barring Cuomo’s houses of worship limits because he is the real Andrew cuomo, just like Andrew cuomo, & does not care that his superior in Rome says treat his holiness bartholomew et al with respect
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.
The Diocese of Brooklyn on Thursday cheered the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily block Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s capacity limits at houses of worship in COVID-19 hotspots.
“I am gratified by the decision of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court, who have recognized the clear First Amendment violation and urgent need for relief in this case,” said Nicholas DiMarzio, the Bishop of Brooklyn. “I am proud to be leading the Diocese of Brooklyn and fighting for our sacred and constitutional right to worship.”
In a ruling late Wednesday night, the highest court in the land sided with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Agudath Israel of America, saying in a 5-4 decision that Cuomo’s cap was a constitutional violation.
Both religious institutions, which have churches and synagogues in Brooklyn and Queens — then designated red and orange zones, sued in Octoberwhen Cuomo imposed attendance caps at 10 to 25 people, respectively. They argued that the restrictions violated their religious freedoms under the First Amendment.
In his statement Thursday, DiMarzio blasted the safety precautions as “an overreach that did not take into account the size of our churches or the safety protocols that have kept parishioners safe.”
“Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens have adhered to all COVID-19 safety protocols to attend Mass and receive the Eucharist,” he said. “Our churches have not been the cause of any outbreaks. We have taken our legal battle this far because we should be considered essential, for what could be more essential than safely gathering in prayer in a time of pandemic.”
The Supreme Court — which split 5-4, with conservative justices, including new Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in the majority — temporarily prohibits Cuomo from enforcing the rule while their lawsuits continue.
They wrote that the restrictions “single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment.”
But the impact of their decision is somewhat moot — the institutions are no longer subject to the restrictions since they are now in less-restrictive yellow zones.
“Now, with the benefit of the Supreme Court’s ruling, we look forward to continuing the fight in the lower courts to ensure that these unconstitutional restrictions are permanently enjoined once and for all,” DiMarzio added.
Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan tweeted his congratulations to the Brooklyn Diocese and DiMarzio on “their victory for religious freedom.”
“Our churches are essential,” Dolan wrote. “While we have been and will continue to adhere to all safety protocols to protect our communities, it is also important to protect that fundamental Constitutional right, religious liberty.”
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Flash
Monday, November 23, 2020
Board Of Directors Meeting Of The Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation Date: 11/24/2020 Time: 10:01 AM Description: A meeting of the NASSAU OTB BOARD OF DIRECTORS will be held on Tuesday, November 24, 2020. The meeting begins at 10:00am at the Executive Office in Mineola, which is a handicapped-accessible facility. Location: The Executive Office is located at 139 Liberty Avenue, Mineola, New York 11501 Contact: Arthur Walsh, Corporate Secretary Phone: 516-572-2800 Ext: 133
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Arthur teaches Nassau otb employees Sunday School lessons as
Teamsters Local 707 and its public official president jackknifes and remembers that Arthur walks on water and parts the sea while they drown or.....
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Nassau OTB hires Ronald Reagan & Star Wars
Not satisfied with MERV 13 filters to combat the enemy Nassau OTB produces T shirts that glow when irradiated by ultraviolet light of wavelengths that kill the airborne enemy and do not injure human tissue, eyes or DNA ...
Historic video clips of Ronald Reagan s deposition overdubbed with the voice of Marion Barry opining that the bitch set me up will be played for the first time courtesy of the National Archives while OTB bettors will test their high powered UV pointers on the airborne enemy while Ronald Reagan’s face shines under their ultraviolet illumination as the airborne enemy dies from the Star Wars treatment
T shirt production is unable to meet demand and the marketing department decamps for Hong Kong to watch and bet the races
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Jones Day decides to quash the kid for cash fun & intangibles
Growing Discomfort at Law Firms Representing Trump in Election Lawsuits causes em to come kill ny pml sec 109 for generation of goodwill& to turn letitia James white & Andrew Cuomo red. See ny const art 1 sec 3, Nassau otb cashiers sign up as plaintiffs as there has not been a cost of living adjustment since the collective bargaining agreement was signed in 2010.
Some lawyers at Jones Day and Porter Wright, which have filed suits about the 2020 vote, said they were worried about undermining the electoral system.
Black, brown & gillibrand
If the New York senator represented all New Yorkers she would see that all branches of Nassau otb so that bettors could bet where they wished and were not forced to travel any further than the wish to travel
Letitia James thinks in black and white
Open the valley stream and Oceanside branches of Nassau otb so that bettors may travel as far or as near as they wish. Why drive from nyc to Franklin square past valley stream unless you want to do so? Social distancing is a cute term. To render it in geometric terms image that you have six Nassau otb branches but valley stream and Oceanside are not yet open. The more branches you have open the more social distancing you have. Additionally you may increase revenue and opportunities for Nassau otb employees who have not worked since March 16, 2020 the opportunity to do so.
Call Joseph G Cairo at 516 572 2800 and tell him and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Andrew Cuomo that you believe in sociallydistanced betting at all six branches of Nassau otb.
You will get to the supporting documents for the disposition of Nassau otb’s ppp loan after you get your bets in.
The ny post only covers drive boys and not drive ins as Nassau otb betting establishments reopen
Emperor gillibrand has no clothes and a mind to 
Nassau otb bettors provide statute to 1063 Hempstead turnpike woman
The work, by the British artist Maggi Hambling, stands in the middle of Newington Green, a grassy square flanked by historic buildings, including a 1708 church where Wollstonecraft used to hear radicals preach. A small, naked woman crowns a molten flank of silvered bronze, the gnarled base set on a cub