Holy one Andrew cuomo are equally
Defective when it comes to ny const art 1 sec 3 and the rights of the faithful of the holy church of Nassau oTB which he closes when the faithful
Want to pray. Quit bitching about the devil
And political theaters when so many fiddle
Clergy urge Cuomo to ‘stop using us as props’ and make churches vaccine sites
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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A coalition of New York City clergy and minority activists is urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to stop using them as political “props” and designate houses of worship as “essential,” letting them operate as long-term COVID-19 vaccination sites and community health centers.
“We’re not just going to be pop-ups. We’re not going to be props,” said Black Institute CEO Bertha Lewis, referring to Cuomo holding closed-press COVID “press conferences” at sites in Harlem and other minority neighborhoods as he battles multiple probes over his handling of nursing homes during the pandemic and a slew of sexual harassment accusations.
“Stop doing this to us. We’re not a `pop-up’ community,” Lewis said. “We’re tired of being treated as props and pawns by Governor Cuomo. …. He only shows up at black and brown churches when he wants a photo op. Enough is enough.”
Lewis joined a cross-section of clergy and politicians — including mayoral candidate and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Manhattan Borough Gale Brewer — at a rally at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Height to press the governor on faith-based vaccination sites.
Said Pastor Gil Monrose, leader of the 67th Precinct Clergy Council in Brooklyn, which includes over 100 churches, “Our houses of worship can play a big role in vaccinating Black and brown New Yorkers, but Governor Cuomo must designate them as Essential to make that happen.
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