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Gov. Andrew Cuomo condemns ICE raid on upstate farm
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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.
Cuomo called the federal raid on a dairy farm ‘unconstitutional,’ and threatened to sue the administration of President Donald Trump.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, at his Manhattan office on Wednesday, discusses a recent ICE raid on an upstate farm. Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday condemned what he called a “reckless and unconstitutional” raid on an upstate dairy farm by federal immigration officials and threatened to sue the Trump administration.
Cuomo was joined at a news conference by John Collins, a farmer in Rome who said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers entered his property last week without a warrant, hauled away one of his employees and, when Collins tried to record what was happening, threw away his mobile phone and handcuffed him.
The incident sparked Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to call last week for an investigation of ICE’s actions. Cuomo followed that by sending a “cease and desist” letter to ICE threatening to sue for its “serious disregard for the rule of law.”
Cuomo said, “I think it’s time the state stood up to ICE.”
“When you destroyed [Collins’] property, personal property, when you put him in handcuffs, you violated his constitutional rights,” Cuomo said at the news conference. “They violate the constitutional rights of American citizens every time they enter property without a valid warrant . . . And we’re going to put them on notice today that if they continue, the state will sue them.”
Days after the raid, federal officials told newspapers in Utica and Syracuse that they arrested a Guatemalan man who had a criminal record and had been deported previously.
They indicated ICE officers had a warrant — but did not address allegations about failing to display it. They also didn’t address the handcuffing of Collins.
ICE Deputy Director Thomas D. Homan said in a statement that Cuomo was “grandstanding” and had “insulted” federal officers.
“In each targeted enforcement action . . . ICE officers acted professionally and within their legal authorities under federal immigration law,” Homan said. “ICE will continue to protect New York communities against public safety and national security threats and it is false and offensive for the Governor to say otherwise.”
Homan didn’t address whether agents displayed a warrant or handcuffed Collins.
Cuomo, who is facing a challenge in a Democratic primary for governor, said ICE’s actions were “feeding” off President Donald Trump’s “anti-immigration” policies.“We deport all the illegal immigrants and then we put up a wall and America will be great again,” Cuomo said, referring to Trump’s vow to build a wall along the southern border and force Mexico to pay for it. “That was the fantasy they sold in the campaign.”
Cuomo’s actions drew a sharp response from a Trump ally.
ny pml sec 109 does not apply to nassau otb, violates the rights of new york bettors secured by ny const art 1 sec 3.... please help ny bettors bet any day of the year that great racing occurs without the state of new york. ny cannot close nassau otb on one easter sunday over the other.
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| Track Code | Track Name | Entry | Scratch | 1st Post ET | 1st Post Local | Time Zone | Stakes Race(s) | Stakes Grade | T.V. Indicator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQ | EQUIBASE | 48 | 0 | 9:05 PM | 9:05 PM | EDT | |||
| GG | GOLDEN GATE FIELDS | 72 | 0 | 3:15 PM | 12:15 PM | PDT | |||
| GP | GULFSTREAM PARK | 72 | 0 | 12:00 PM | 12:00 PM | EDT | |||
| SA | SANTA ANITA PARK | 72 | 0 | 2:30 PM | 11:30 AM | PDT | |||
| SUN | SUNLAND PARK | 168 | 24 | 2:30 PM |
“This guy is out of control,” Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) wrote on Twitter in response to the governor’s announcement. “King Cuomo actually believes that the law is whatever he says it is.”
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