of Nassau OTB may work on Roman Catholic Palm Sunday and Roman Catholic Easter Sunday in 2014. See NY Const. Art. 1, Sec 3. Come talk with some real people and bettors at the Freeport Branch of Nassau OTB on Sunday December 17, the last day of operation of the branch.
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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.
Spin Cycle
News, views and commentary on Long Island, state and national politicsFormer Nassau County attorney lands State Senate job
Former Nassau County Attorney John Ciampoli has landed on the State Senate payroll — a not unexpected move since he served as elections lawyer for the Republican-controlled Senate before taking the Nassau job four years ago.Ciampoli said he resigned all county positions as of 5 p.m. Thursday and immediately began working as counsel to legislative services in the State Senate. He will earn $155,000 compared to the $142,000 he was earning from Nassau County.
“This was a seamless changeover,” Ciampoli said.
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, after winning re-election last month, abruptly terminated Ciampoli as county attorney, replacing him with former family court judge and Parks Commissioner Carnell Foskey.
Though Mangano did not give a reason for replacing Ciampoli, political insiders said the county attorney often ran afoul of Mangano’s chief deputy, Rob Walker.
Ciampoli continued to be carried on the county's Housing Department payroll. “What I’m trying to do is burn some comp time and arrange for a smooth transition,” he said when asked last month about his move to housing. He also is representing the Republican candidate in an unresolved Brookhaven town council race.
In his new job, Ciampoli said, “The arrangement is that I am a resource for the majority conference.”
He said he will be advising Majority Co-Chairman Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) “on Long Island and Nassau County issues and issues involving the voting process and the judiciary. I’ll be working intensely with members of the conference to help develop their legislative programs and constituent service programs.”
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