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Kathy Hochul says …
What do you say ?
You cannot close Nassau oTB on one Easter Sunday in preference to another and in violation of ny vonst art / sec rights of Nassau otb bettors. Including eg a Greek Orthodox cashier
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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.
Demonstrators call for George Santos to resign; Nassau GOP chair pulls support for 2024
Robert Zimmerman, George Santos' Democratic opponent in the Nov. 2022 election, addresses a rally in Mineola on Thursday calling on the congressman-elect to resign. Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas
Long Island lawmakers and activists on Thursday called for Rep.-elect George Santos to resign his seat amid growing allegations that he lied about his work experience, education and personal history, while the Nassau GOP said it won't support the Republican if he runs for reelection in 2024.
At the same time, the Queens District Attorney's Office became the latest prosecutorial agency to look into the Republican's background.
Nassau Republican Committee Chairman Joe Cairo released a statement Thursday night saying "I don't know what party would endorse him as a candidate … This Republican committee will not support George Santos in 2024."
Earlier Thursday, more than 200 community residents protested outside Nassau criminal court in Mineola at an event co-sponsored by several Democrats, chanting "we deserve better" and holding signs reading "Do Not Reward a Liar" and "Santos Lies. Democracy Dies."
"People like you have resorted to deception to take power," said youth activist Greg Leung. "Lying to and defrauding voters has become commonplace. And this behavior has eroded the American dream."
Santos, 34, who won election to New York's Third Congressional District in November, admitted this week to fabricating key parts of his resume, including that he did not graduate from Baruch College, work for Citigroup or Goldman Sachs, or have Jewish ancestors. Santos has claimed his grandparents survived the Holocaust, although records appear to show they were born in Brazil.
Questions have also been raised about how Santos earned his wealth, his alleged time at an elite private school in the Bronx and his role with a Queens animal rescue group.
Rep.-elect George Santos has admitted to lying about his work experience and educational background. Credit: AP/Mary Altaffer
On Thursday, old tweets from Santos were unearthed in which he stated the 9/11 terror attacks "claimed" his mother’s life. Months later, he tweeted that his mother died of cancer in 2016.
The New York State Attorney General's Office said it was reviewing the matter while the Nassau District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday that it has opened a criminal investigation. Multiple reports indicate that federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York are also looking at Santos' finances.
On Thursday, the Queens DA's Office said it was reviewing whether it "has jurisdiction over any potential criminal offenses."
Santos and his press team did not respond to requests for comment.
A man who answered the door at Santos' sister's Elmhurst, Queens, apartment said she did not want to talk and that George Santos was not there.
At the Mineola event, Rabbi Deborah Bravo of the MakomNY Worship Center in Bethpage, said Santos' lies about his Jewish ancestry were particularly offensive.
"To lie about being descendants of Holocaust survivors for the purpose of political gain is beyond unacceptable," she said. " … No one has the right to presume this ancestry for the purpose of political gain and empathy from constituents. This lie is simply beyond reproach."
Democrat Robert Zimmerman, who lost to Santos by six points, called for his opponent to step down and to allow a special election to occur to fill the seat. At the last, he said, House Republicans should launch an ethics investigation of the first-term lawmaker.
"What's at stake before us is not about the results of a congressional election," Zimmerman said. "What's at stake is protecting our democracy, restoring our confidence and the integrity of our public officials."
In an interview after the protest, Zimmerman, a veteran public relations executive, tried to explain why Santos' fabrications were not raised by his campaign before Election Day.
"Opposition research was done by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee," he said. "We incorporated aspects of it that we could prove in our campaign. Andwe raised other issues to our local media [who] did in fact pursue it."
With John Asbury
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