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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.
Flip off the cops, get 15G!
- Last Updated: 1:52 AM, February 15, 2013
- Posted: 1:52 AM, February 15, 2013
In a deal approved by a judge yesterday, Robert Bell, of New Jersey, agreed to drop his civil-rights suit in exchange for the taxpayer-funded payout.
Bell had claimed that his middle-finger salute behind the backs of three NYPD cops was an “obviously protected form of speech” under the First Amendment.
His Manhattan federal court suit also said he was wrongly arrested by a fourth cop who saw him briefly display the disrespectful digit outside the Slaughtered Lamb pub on West Fourth Street in 2011.
Bell’s lawyer, Robert Quackenbush, said he recognized “that police officers have very tough jobs.”
“But, as trained professionals, part of their job is to have thick skin, to exercise restraint in the face of criticism, polite or otherwise,” he added.
City lawyer Ryan Shaffer said, “The settlement is in the parties’ best interest. It is not an indication of any police wrongdoing.”
bruce.golding@nypost.com
Flip off the cops, get 15G!
- Last Updated: 1:52 AM, February 15, 2013
- Posted: 1:52 AM, February 15, 2013
In a deal approved by a judge yesterday, Robert Bell, of New Jersey, agreed to drop his civil-rights suit in exchange for the taxpayer-funded payout.
Bell had claimed that his middle-finger salute behind the backs of three NYPD cops was an “obviously protected form of speech” under the First Amendment.
His Manhattan federal court suit also said he was wrongly arrested by a fourth cop who saw him briefly display the disrespectful digit outside the Slaughtered Lamb pub on West Fourth Street in 2011.
Bell’s lawyer, Robert Quackenbush, said he recognized “that police officers have very tough jobs.”
“But, as trained professionals, part of their job is to have thick skin, to exercise restraint in the face of criticism, polite or otherwise,” he added.
City lawyer Ryan Shaffer said, “The settlement is in the parties’ best interest. It is not an indication of any police wrongdoing.”
bruce.golding@nypost.com
Flip off the cops, get 15G!
- Last Updated: 1:52 AM, February 15, 2013
- Posted: 1:52 AM, February 15, 2013
In a deal approved by a judge yesterday, Robert Bell, of New Jersey, agreed to drop his civil-rights suit in exchange for the taxpayer-funded payout.
Bell had claimed that his middle-finger salute behind the backs of three NYPD cops was an “obviously protected form of speech” under the First Amendment.
His Manhattan federal court suit also said he was wrongly arrested by a fourth cop who saw him briefly display the disrespectful digit outside the Slaughtered Lamb pub on West Fourth Street in 2011.
Bell’s lawyer, Robert Quackenbush, said he recognized “that police officers have very tough jobs.”
“But, as trained professionals, part of their job is to have thick skin, to exercise restraint in the face of criticism, polite or otherwise,” he added.
City lawyer Ryan Shaffer said, “The settlement is in the parties’ best interest. It is not an indication of any police wrongdoing.”
bruce.golding@nypost.com
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