Saturday, November 28, 2020

The arch bishop of Brooklyn does not like your kind

because he is the real  Andrew cuomo and not ny const art 1 sec 3




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


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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.

Enlarge ImageThe St. Sanislaus Kostka Catholic Church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
The St. Sanislaus Kostka Catholic Church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Getty Images

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.”


Flash

nassau otb board of directors passes resolution targeting as yet unknown beneficiary(iaries). unknown person or persons eill be sble to retire with health benefits per collective bargaining agreement without time required per agreement. if you thought employee who attended meeting could get immediate access to public document, uou are wrong. a cursory teview of seniority list with dates of hire may show posdible candidates

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.....



https://www.wsj.com/articles/entrepreneur-revived-ferry-service-between-manhattan-and-new-jersey-11605818124

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 

In unusually political speech

samuel alito days je has the tight to bet at nasdau otb 1063 hempstead turnpike franklin square any day of the year he wishes.alito knows ehat ny const srt 1 sec 4 says even if andrew cuomo teamsters local 707 typhoid mary laura campione and siffolk county legislator kevin mccaffrey do not otb has cashiers who are members of the orthodox church look for sam i am at the window of your nassau otb brsnch to autogrsph your bible

No cost of living adjustment

a guaranteed pay cut when the trump tax cut expires no opportunity to participate in the ny state deferred compensation plan roth option as per the nassau otb collective bargaining agreement a modern typhoid mary teamster laura campione rinning the kitchen for suffolk county legislator and teamsters local 707 president kevin mccaffrey where have nassau otb employees heard no deal for you we have a pandemic party going on? jimmy hoffa makes donald trump turn red by fixing elections and collecting and doling cash faster the roadrunner there's a party going on look for the pandemic party on your local voting machine ?

Saturday, November 14, 2020

516-572-2800

and ask for president joseph cairo bettors have opinions and if they donot express themselves then.... silence and apathy spread like the covid better your thoughts should be faster the the saturday morning rush at 1063 hempstead turnpike franklin square

Thursday, November 5, 2020

australians taught nassau otb?Major Sydney Casino Opening Overshadowed by Investigations Inquiries into Crown Resorts’ ties with VIP gamblers and allegations of corporate wrongdoing add to woes created by pandemic Crown Resorts is behind a $1.6 billion casino-resort development, with a petal-shaped skyscraper, on the harbor in Sydney. PHOTO: BRENT LEWIN/BLOOMBERG NEWS By Rachel Pannett and Philip Wen Nov. 4, 2020 5:30 am ET SHARE TEXT Listen to this article7 minutes 00:00 / 07:05 1x SYDNEY—The petal-shaped skyscraper shimmering on the edge of the harbor not far from the Sydney Opera House is the centerpiece of the city’s most ambitious attempt at urban regeneration since the Olympics in 2000. Just weeks from its December opening, however, the Australian company behind the $1.6 billion casino-resort development is embroiled in two inquiries, into alleged money laundering and its corporate conduct. Gambling authorities are examining Crown Resorts Ltd. CWN +2.80% ’s suitability to hold a license for the Sydney casino, and the company is cooperating with a separate probe by the country’s financial regulator, which has the power to impose fines and other penalties. High-Roller Ride A Chinese crackdown, coronavirus and twoinquiries threaten Crown Resorts' VIPgambling. Crown Resorts revenue Source: the company Note: Fiscal years end June 30. A$1=US$0.71 .billion VIP gambling Other FY2013 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 0 1 2 3 A$4 Crown denies any deliberate wrongdoing. The company said at its annual meeting last month that it will create a new compliance and financial-crimes department that will report directly to the board. Crown has suspended its activities with junket operators, who bring in VIP gamblers, the main factor in the initiation of the investigations. Crown Sydney was pitched by the billionaire businessman James Packer as an exclusive gambling destination that would lift the city’s after-hours appeal to Asian high rollers. The project was meant to rival Marina Bay in Singapore, where major companies have established offices next to a Sands casino-resort. Mr. Packer’s original proposal said VIP gambling was essential to making the project commercially viable. VIP and other gambling revenue, however, has already taken a hit from international border closures and coronavirus restrictions. Crown’s main casino in Melbourne has been closed for months because of a strict shutdown in the city to stamp out a second wave of infections. The company plans to go ahead with the Sydney opening in December, though analysts expect the VIP business to remain subdued because of the travel restrictions and the recession-hit local economy. To appease regulators, Mr. Packer may lose his grasp over a gambling empire the 53-year-old media scion built to carve out a legacy for himself after the death of his media tycoon father. He told regulators that Crown could introduce shareholder caps—possibly reducing his own 36.8% stake further—as a way to improve governance. Among evidence presented to an inquiry by state gambling officials was an internal audit that found roughly 5.6 million Australian dollars, equivalent to $4 million, in cash in a private room at Crown’s Melbourne casino in 2018. The casino has a $70,000 cash limit in the room, which was used by Macau-based casino-junket operator Suncity Group Ltd. Crown continued to do business with the junket operator, company directors told the inquiry, after being warned by Australia’s financial-crimes agency that its Macau-based boss was a politically exposed person with a “substantial criminal history.” Suncity didn’t respond to requests for comment. To appease regulators, billionaire businessman James Packer, left, may lose his grasp over the gambling empire he built. PHOTO: MAL FAIRCLOUGH/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES Crown’s chairwoman, Helen Coonan, said the company’s inaction “may have been ineptitude or a lack of attention,” when asked during the inquiry whether Crown had ignored signs of possible money laundering. Counsel acting for the inquiry also accused Crown management of ignoring signs that its staff were at risk in China. Sixteen employees were jailed following a Chinese police investigation that tracked 69 big-spending Chinese gamblers from 2015 to 2016 who were allegedly coaxed to Crown’s Australia resorts with free airline tickets, visas and hotel accommodations and who gambled tens of millions of Australian dollars in return. The current and former employees, including Crown’s head of international VIP operations, pleaded guilty and drew prison sentences of nine or 10 months. Former and current Crown executives gave evidence during the inquiry that was used to allege that Crown was operating for years out of an unmarked office in the Chinese city of Guangzhou in an attempt to make its activities less visible to authorities during Beijing’s crackdown on foreign casinos. In 2015, Crown Resorts’ logos were removed from the tails of private jets, according to a counsel assisting the inquiry, to disguise that the jets were being used to transport Chinese high-rollers to Australia. The development’s casino operator is embroiled in inquiries into alleged money laundering and its corporate conduct. Crown denies any deliberate wrongdoing. PHOTO: BRENT LEWIN/BLOOMBERG NEWS Ms. Coonan said she wasn’t aware of these activities at the time. She agreed with counsel that issues dealing with China’s crackdown on foreign casinos should have been escalated to management, rather than dealt with on the ground. Over three days, the inquiry probed Mr. Packer’s temperament and the culture he oversaw at the casino company. Mr. Packer has retreated from public view in recent years, citing mental-health concerns. Giving evidence via satellite videolink from his superyacht, Mr. Packer began his testimony saying medication he was taking for bipolar disorder could affect his memory and blamed his struggles with mental health for threatening emails he sent to a business associate in 2015. He said the Crown board “has a lot to think about in terms of who does what job” and agreed with the inquiry commissioner when she said “some very serious changes have to be made.” Crown last month said it had terminated two agreements that had allowed confidential information to be shared with Mr. Packer after he had stepped down from the board in 2018. Emails showing Mr. Packer sought financial information while in the process of selling down his once-majority stake in 2019 to Melco Resorts & Entertainment, MLCO -2.20% controlled by Macau gambling mogul Lawrence Ho, were presented to the inquiry. The company plans to go ahead with the Sydney opening in December. PHOTO: LOREN ELLIOTT/REUTERS The Sydney casino inquiry is due to report its findings by February. In his summary on Wednesday, a counsel assisting the inquiry said he believed the evidence presented demonstrated the company isn’t suitable to hold the Sydney license. The gambling regulator in neighboring Victoria state, which oversees Crown’s Melbourne casino, said it was watching the Sydney inquiry closely and would “take appropriate action should new information or evidence” emerge. Australia’s financial-crimes agency has announced a separate investigation into potential breaches of money-laundering laws. Crown has said it would respond to all information requests and fully cooperate with the investigation. Crown declined to comment on emailed questions from The Wall Street Journal. Crown’s share price is down 30% since the start of the year through Wednesday. Its shares have underperformed the Australian market by close to 20 percentage points in 2020 and are trading at one time invested capital, a possible record low for an Australian casino company, according to UBS Group analysts. Fitch Ratings expects Crown’s total revenue to decline around 30% in the 2021 financial year because of coronavirus-related restrictions and border closures and not recover to pre-pandemic levels until the 2023 financial year. Write to Rachel Pannett at rachel.pannett@wsj.com and Philip Wen at philip.wen@wsj.com Copyright ©2020 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Appeared in the November 5, 2020, print edition as 'Probes Shadow Opening of Mega-Casino.'