Adam Haber to speak out against religous

discrimination and preference and for the rights of Nassau County Bettors who bet at Nassau OTB.

PRESS RELEASE: Adam Haber Speaks Out as Republicans Pass Redistricting Map

March 5, 2013 - 5:45 PM

Publication: 

Haber For Nassau County Executive

Adam Haber for Nassau County Executive
March 5, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Galen Alexander, (203) 296-3597
Adam Haber Speaks Out as Republicans Pass Redistricting Map
Plan designed to fix elections
Roslyn, NY – At today’s Nassau Legislative meeting Adam Haber spoke out against the Republican redistricting plan. He released to following statement after the passage of the new plan.
“Nassau's middle class is fed up with a government that lurches from crisis to crisis with no sensible solutions in sight. This redistricting process is more of the same –backroom deals, a lack of transparency and vote rigging that benefits political insiders instead of Nassau families,” said Adam Haber. “Once again, Nassau County political insiders have helped themselves, silenced community voices and ignored the people they are supposed to represent. Nassau families deserves better than this.”
Democrat Adam Haber is a Roslyn School Board member, community activist and successful entrepreneur, who is running to create a fresh start for Nassau. Haber will take back county government from the career politicians and make it more efficient and effective, improving services while holding down taxes so middle class families can thrive again in Nassau.
###

HI-

Thanks for the help. The item’s below. I’d be happy to mail you a copy, if you give me a mailing address.

Claude Solnik

(631) 913-4244

Long Island Business News

2150 Smithtown Ave.

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348 

Home > LI Confidential > Stop scratching on holidays

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.

Kevin McCaffrey hacks bamboo as he hacks

Greeks and the members of Teamsters Local 707 who believe in freedom of religion and the right to work.

Nassau OTB must be open when bettors want.

NY PML Sec 109 violates the rights of even Lindenhurst bettors secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3

 

 

 

Kevin McCaffrey - Village Trustee (Deputy Mayor) Trustee Kevin McCaffrey was first elected to the Village Board in 1990 after serving as Chairman of the Planning Board. He was re-elected in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010.  Kevin is the current Deputy Mayor and is a liaison for the Fire Council, Parks Department and Finance Committee. Past President of the Meridale Park Civic Association, he is active in the Lindenhurst National Little League and CYO Basketball. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Irish-American Teamsters. President of Teamster Local 707, Chairman of the Unions Health, Welfare & Pension Funds. He is a 1972 Graduate of Berner H.S. in Massapequa, he attended SUNY Farmingdale. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus OLPH Council 794 and was also the 2011 winner of the Knights of Columbus Irishman of the Year Award.  He has been a resident of Lindenhurst since 1984 where he resides with his wife Julie and his children Michael and Katie.

 

 

Lindenhurst OKs restrictions on bamboo use

Originally published: March 7, 2013 8:50 PM
Updated: March 7, 2013 8:55 PM
By DENISE M. BONILLA  denise.bonilla@newsday.com

Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | Bamboo grows in the Town of Huntington. (June 20, 2012)

The Village of Lindenhurst has become the latest Long Island municipality to try to restrict the growth of bamboo.
Village board members unanimously passed a new law Tuesday night mandating that homeowners contain the stubborn, fast-growing plant.
In addition to brush, grass and weeds, which were already regulated, residents must also maintain bamboo, which they cannot allow to migrate to adjoining property. To prevent migration, residents are required to install an "impenetrable" barrier that is at least 4 feet deep.
Residents who fail to heed a warning from the village face penalties for a first offense of a fine of $50 to $250 "or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both."
Lindenhurst's law follows similar legislation proposed or passed in other communities, including Huntington, which has been massaging the language on proposed laws since last year.
"We've received a series of complaints over time, and we saw other municipalities were looking into it, and so we decided to as well," said Lindenhurst village Clerk-Treasurer Shawn Cullinane.
The board passed the legislation by a vote of 5-0, after a public hearing in which a handful of residents spoke of ongoing struggles to rid their yards of invasive species of the plant.
Andrea Dykstra, 71, brought photos of the yard of her daughter, Virginia Peck, who was unable to attend. The photos showed towering bamboo plants leaning over from Peck's neighbor's yard and thick stalks sprouting up through her grass. "I can't dig them up, I'm too old for this," Dykstra told the board.
A lone dissenter, Jim Barthelmes, testified that he likes bamboo and felt it wasn't the place of government to limit its use. "I think it's a neighbor issue," he said. "I don't think the government should be involved in people's plants."
Barthelmes said he planted bamboo 10 years ago as a barrier between his house and another rather than erect a tall fence. "It's gorgeous bamboo, it's a beautiful hedge," he said.
"I'm very unpopular, I realize that," Barthelmes said, acknowledging that the plant "spreads like wildfire."
"But it doesn't hurt anybody, it's not poisonous," he said before deadpanning, "Pandas love it."

HI-

Thanks for the help. The item’s below. I’d be happy to mail you a copy, if you give me a mailing address.

Claude Solnik

(631) 913-4244

Long Island Business News

2150 Smithtown Ave.

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348 

Home > LI Confidential > Stop scratching on holidays

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.

knock 'em out king

Greeks have rights too Peter. Knock out NY PML Sec 105 so we can bet at Nassau OTB 365 days of the year if we wish. We'll buy you a lottery ticket on any day of the year you wish.
NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3.
NY PML Sec 109 does not pass the laugh test.
Kick it in the head or throat.

Perhaps there are horse players at Irish Bars who don't always go to church in preference to Nassau OTB?

HI-

Thanks for the help. The item’s below. I’d be happy to mail you a copy, if you give me a mailing address.

Claude Solnik

(631) 913-4244

Long Island Business News

2150 Smithtown Ave.

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348 

Home > LI Confidential > Stop scratching on holidays

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.

Peter King boxing match questioned by ethics watchdog group

Originally published: March 7, 2013 7:57 PM
Updated: March 7, 2013 9:50 PM
By TOM BRUNE  tom.brune@newsday.com

Photo credit: Chris Cardona | Rep. Peter King squares off with NY State champion Josh Foley.

Galleries

Rep. Peter King

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Peter King's decision to help a friend's business by participating in an exhibition boxing match isn't the worst ethics violation, but it still clearly crosses the line, an ethics watchdog group said Thursday.
King (R-Seaford) has drawn wide attention for being willing to get into the ring with a fighter less than half his age, New York kickboxing champion Josh Foley. King said he's doing it to promote his friend and trainer Chris Cardona's for-profit kickboxing event at Mulcahy's Pub in Wantagh on Saturday.
But Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said King might have overlooked the House Code of Ethics requirement to avoid appearing to favor one business.
"It is an ethics violation. Is it the most serious violation in the world? No," she said. "But you're not allowed to do that. It's clear. It's not a gray area."
King, who sent out an email to his campaign list to advertise the event Wednesday, disagreed.
"Lending my time to a local gym and pub in the community in which I have absolutely no financial interest is part of my job as a congressman," he said.
King said he has high regard for Mulcahy's Pub, which has held fundraisers for families of police and firefighters killed or wounded in the line of duty.
"I believe it is entirely appropriate to assist businesses in my community, such as appearing at grand openings of new businesses or celebrating the expansion of current businesses," he said.
But Sloan said the House Code of Ethics says lawmakers should never "discriminate unfairly by the dispensing of special favors" to one individual or to one commercial business.
Sloan said her group criticized Rep. Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island) in 2011 when he appeared in a promotional video for a friend's business. The video was taken down.
Washington ethics attorney Stanley Brand called the violation "trivial at best." Sloan said she won't file a complaint since the Ethics Committee would just tell King not to do it again.

republicans & democrats and the Manhattan DA

and the DA's employees all agree that:
1. "Easter Sunday" NY PML Sec 109 is singular.
2.  "Palm Sunday" NY PML Sec 109 is singular.
3. You don't have to be Greek to read English.
4. If you want to bet at a NY OTB on any day of the year you can simply go to hell.
Lawyers don't you just love 'em?




Vote for the Gambling Party supporting the ideas of do what you want, when you want, without being told by the US when a religious holiday is.


If the woman gets a job for life she will only get one religious holiday off, Deember 25.
The bettors of the State of New York demand that someone see that Nassau OTB is open without respect to religious preference.

Republicans Block Judicial Nominee’s Confirmation for a Second Time

By ASHLEY PARKER

Published: March 6, 2013

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Google+
• Save
• E-mail
• Share
• Print
• Reprints
• 

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked the confirmation of Caitlin J. Halligan, a prominent New York lawyer, to become a federal appeals court judge in the District of Columbia, the second time in two years Republicans have filibustered her nomination.

The Senate, in a 51-to-41 vote, fell well short of the 60-vote threshold needed to cut off debate and bring Ms. Halligan’s nomination to a vote. The largely party-line vote, with only Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, joining with Democrats in favor of ending debate, was reminiscent of the previous filibuster of Ms. Halligan — another largely party line vote of 54 to 45.

Many Republicans said they oppose Ms. Halligan’s nomination to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit because of what they say is her history of legal activism; most specifically, they say that as the solicitor general of New York State, she worked to advance the “dubious legal theory,” in the words of Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, that gun manufacturers could be held legally responsible for criminal acts committed with their guns.

“In short, Ms. Halligan’s record of advocacy and her activist view of the judiciary lead me to conclude that she would bring that activism to the court,” Mr. McConnell, the Republican leader, said on the Senate floor. “Because of her record of activism, giving Ms. Halligan a lifetime appointment on the D.C. Circuit is a bridge too far.”

Democrats said that Republicans were interested mainly in stalling any appointments by President Obama to the influential court, which reviews many critical cases on government powers. They said that Republicans could not point to a single case of judicial activism on Ms. Halligan’s part, and that during her time as solicitor general, she was simply doing her job and acting in the interests of the State of New York.

“I challenge the other side to give me one instance where they disagree with something that Ms. Halligan stated as her own views as opposed to representing someone as a lawyer should,” Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, the No. 3 Democrat, said on the Senate floor. “What’s going on is our colleagues want to keep the second-most important court in the land, the D.C. Circuit, vacant, because right now there are four vacancies and the majority of those on the court have been appointees of Republican presidents and, in fact, are very conservative.”

Ms. Halligan’s nomination was the latest test of the “Gang of 14 deal” reached in 2005 under President George W. Bush, in which seven Democrats and seven Republicans joined together to allow up-or-down votes on certain high-level judicial nominees except in the case of “extraordinary circumstances.”

Only five members of the original Gang of 14 remain in the Senate — three Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and John McCain of Arizona, and two Democrats, Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana and Mark Pryor of Arkansas — and the three Republicans all voted against allowing a vote on Ms. Halligan.

When asked if their vote was in the spirit of the 2005 agreement or a filibuster reform deal reached this year, several Republicans said Ms. Halligan’s nomination met the “extraordinary circumstances” threshold.

“I think it meets the extraordinary circumstances, because of her extraordinary egregious record,” Mr. McCain said. “This is an extraordinary circumstance.”

Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, similarly said he was looking to the Bush-era agreement in voting against Ms. Halligan’s nomination.

Democrats and the White House were expected to regroup and discuss strategy for trying to fill the vacancies on the district appeals court.

HI-

Thanks for the help. The item’s below. I’d be happy to mail you a copy, if you give me a mailing address.

Claude Solnik

(631) 913-4244

Long Island Business News

2150 Smithtown Ave.

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348 

Home > LI Confidential > Stop scratching on holidays

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.

you have the right to remain silent even when you

know that New York Bettors are getting screwed.   The Republicans should have simply asked her
when is "Easter Sunday" and when is "Palm Sunday." See NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3 and NY PML Sec 109 and its precursor NY PML Sec 105.  Even activist gangster lawyers know that there are Greek Orthodox believers and Roman Catholic believers in the land where NY decides, declares and enforces when  "Easter Sunday" and "Palm Sunday" is.

Welcome Attorney Search Resources Attorney Registration E-Courts Contact Us	Attorney Detail as of 03/07/2013   Registration Number: 3933447     CAITLIN JOAN HALLIGAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 1 HOGAN PL NEW YORK, NY 10013-4311 United States (New York County) (212) 335-9775     E-mail Address: Year Admitted in NY: 2001 Appellate Division Department of Admission: 1 Law School: GEORGETOWN Registration Status: Currently registered Next Registration: Dec 2013 The Detail Report above contains information that has been provided by the attorney listed, with the exception of REGISTRATION STATUS, which is generated from the OCA database. Every effort is made to insure the information in the database is accurate and up-to-date. The good standing of an attorney and/or any information regarding disciplinary actions must be confirmed with the appropriate Appellate Division Department. Information on how to contact the Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court in New York is available at www.nycourts.gov/courts. If the name of the attorney you are searching for does not appear, please try again with a different spelling. In addition, please be advised that attorneys listed in this database are listed by the name that corresponds to their name in the Appellate Division Admissions file. There are attorneys who currently use a name that differs from the name under which they were admitted. If you need additional information, please contact the NYS Office of Court Administration, Attorney Registration Unit at 212-428-2800.
	www.NYCOURTS.gov

Caitlin Halligan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin_Halligan

Caitlin Joan Halligan (born December 14, 1966) is an American lawyer who is the general counsel for the Manhattan district attorney's office. She also is a ...

Early life and education - Professional career - Nomination to the DC Circuit

The Post’s View

Give Caitlin Halligan an up-or-down vote

• Text Size
• Print
• E-mail
• Reprints

By Editorial Board,

CAITLIN J. HALLIGAN has been waiting to become a federal circuit judge ever since President Obama nominated her — in 2010. Since then, she has languished in Senate confirmation hell, repeatedly renominated but refused a simple up-or-down vote. On Wednesday, Democrats tried to break the unjustifiable impasse. Once again, Republicans successfully filibustered, denying a qualified nominee a fair shot at a seat on the bench and leaving the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit short-staffed.
The GOP’s abuse of the filibuster is bad for the country, for many of the reasons Republicans were eager to spell out when Democrats unfairly blocked President George W. Bush’s judicial nominees. Since the last time Ms. Halligan faced a GOP filibuster, the D.C. Circuit has lost another judge, leaving four vacancies. Yet it is the forum for some of the nation’s weightiest legal disputes, involving a wide range of federal matters — from Environmental Protection Agency regulations to detentions at the Guantanamo Bay naval base.

Editorial Board

Bizarre bill in Maryland Senate would shield most spending from cuts in perpetuity.

That, Republicans argue, is one reason to keep Ms. Halligan away from the bench: The D.C. Circuit is simply too important to offer an “activist” such as her a lifetime appointment. Among other things, they point to her time as solicitor general of New York, whenshe defended in appellate court a lawsuit that then-state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer had brought against gunmakers. New York lost its case. But her role in it says little about her views on the Second Amendment or whether she would be an activist judge in other areas. Mr. Spitzer was the one who decided to pursue that case. If it were fair to ascribe the views of clients to the lawyers who represent them, many members of Congress would no doubt have trouble explaining themselves.
Against the distorted view of Ms. Halligan’s record that Republicans have offered stand the endorsements of prominent legal minds both liberal and conservative, a unanimous well-qualified rating from the American Bar Association and a storied career in public service and private practice.
On balance, Ms. Halligan’s record doesn’t come close to justifying what should be an extraordinary resort, filibustering a judicial nominee. That’s a standard that not only we believe in; it’s also one endorsed in 2005 by a group of senators known as the “Gang of 14.” Yet three of those senators — Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) — voted to sustain Wednesday’s filibuster against Ms. Halligan.
The Senate recently started to reform itself, removing procedures that unnecessarily eat up time. But the Halligan filibuster shows that the spirit of that reform has hardly taken root. When lawmakers hold nominees hostage to politics and ideology, trampling the legitimate prerogative of the president to staff the government and the judiciary, it degrades the effectiveness of government and the courts, deters qualified people from pursuing public service and poisons the politics in Washington.

HI-

Thanks for the help. The item’s below. I’d be happy to mail you a copy, if you give me a mailing address.

Claude Solnik

(631) 913-4244

Long Island Business News

2150 Smithtown Ave.

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348 

Home > LI Confidential > Stop scratching on holidays

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.

 

Daily News

Sports

OTB FACES HAND SLAP OVER PALM

By Jerry Bossert / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Wednesday, April 16, 2003, 12:00 AM

It has been three days since New York City Off-Track Betting defied the law and opened up on Palm Sunday and still there have been no repercussions. Currently, the New York State Racing and Wagering Board - the body that governs racetracks and OTBs in the state of New York - is still "reviewing" the situation, according to Stacy Clifford, a spokeswoman for the NYSRWB. Faced with declining revenue, NYCOTB sought a way to help recover some money lost due to the harsh winter. It had applied for permission to open on Palm Sunday, but the NYSRWB turned down the request. A law instituted in 1973, which allowed "racetracks" to open on Sundays except for Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, was where NYCOTB saw a loophole and took advantage, opening its branches, teletheaters and phone betting service. The result was almost $2 million in handle. The NYSRWB said it would seek the maximum fine and penalty for NYCOTB's defiance. Clifford says the board still hasn't decided how to punish the city OTB. She noted that the law allows the board to fine NYCOTB "$5,000 for each offense," but the board still hasn't determined the exact number of offenses. Despite possible fines and sanctions, NYCOTB is still considering opening on Easter Sunday. The main problem however with Easter Sunday would be limited simulcasting action being offered around the country as many racetracks are closed, including Aqueduct. Aqueduct was also closed on Palm Sunday, but OTB thrived on action from around the country. "We are currently evaluating Easter Sunday," an NYCOTB spokesman said. "We'll decide in the next day or two.
" NYCOTB still believes it was correct in opening on Palm Sunday and that it "followed the letter of the law" because the body is not a racetrack. BAD BREAK: Eugene's Third Son, second behind Sir Cherokee in the Arkansas Derby, will miss the Triple Crown series after suffering a slight fracture in his right front leg.

If you are a horse player who wants to bet

at any OTB in New York State 365 days of the year, contact the below and tell them that your rights secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3 are being violated, that NY PML Sec 109 does not apply to the OTBs, that NY PML Sec 109 is not constitutionally defensible etc.

 

You do not need to be a homosexual bettor to have rights secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3

Equality for all NY State bettors of any or no religious persuasion.

 

Let's bet.

 

Pro Bono

Rebecca Behr
Pro Bono Attorney
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Tel: 212-373-2277
Fax: 212-492-0803
E-Mail: rbehr@paulweiss.com

It is simply all about collecting the money

some homosexuals work for OTB and others bet at Nassau OTB. A public benefit corporation simply can't express a religious preference. Discrimination? Constititutionality or lack thereof is simply a means of collecting the cash. Lawyers are simply assault rifles that you load with cash.

Edith Windsor Wins DOMA Challenge
in Southern District of New York

Pro BonoLitigation

Paul, Weiss won a historic victory for our client Edith Windsor in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Ms. Windsor shared 44 years with her late spouse, Thea Spyer, but was forced to pay more than $360,000 in federal estate taxes because the federal government refused to recognize their marriage after Ms. Spyer's passing. Had Ms. Windsor been married to a man, rather than a woman, she would not have had to pay any federal estate tax at all. On June 6, Judge Barbara Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York agreed with our client that DOMA violates the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution, joining four other federal courts that have so held.
The Paul, Weiss team included litigation partners Roberta Kaplan, Andrew Ehrlich, Walter Rieman and Craig Benson; litigation associates Janna Berke, Zachary Dietert, Julie Fink, Sarah Foley, Jaren Janghorbani, Neil Kelly and Ralia Polechronis; personal representation partner Alan Halperin and associate Lauren Cutson Janian; tax partner Richard Bronstein and associate Colin Kelly; entertainment counsel Carol Kaplan and associate Daniel Watkins.

Posted on Jun 08, 2012

 

 

 

HI-

Thanks for the help. The item’s below. I’d be happy to mail you a copy, if you give me a mailing address.

Claude Solnik

(631) 913-4244

Long Island Business News

2150 Smithtown Ave.

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348 

Home > LI Confidential > Stop scratching on holidays

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.