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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.
Sunday, April 1, 2018
| 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 |
West Village Diner Waverly Restaurant Files for Bankruptcy
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Legendary New York restaurant faces potential liability for allegedly not paying overtime to former workers
A view of the Waverly Restaurant in 2016. Village Red Restaurant Corp., the diner’s corporate name, has filed for chapter 11 protection. PHOTO: JEFFREY GREENBERG/UIG/GETTY IMAGES
The company behind Waverly Restaurant, a legendary diner in New York City’s West Village that serves classic American-style comfort food, has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Village Red Restaurant Corp., the diner’s corporate name, filed for chapter 11 protection on Friday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. The restaurant is facing potential liability in two lawsuits alleging management didn’t pay overtime to a group of former waiters, dishwashers, busboys and delivery men.
Filing chapter 11 bankruptcy halts the litigation and allows Waverly Restaurant to keep its doors open as it attempts to address its liabilities. The restaurant’s bankruptcy petition estimates it has up to $50,000 in assets and between $500,000 and $1 million in liabilities.
“Yes, we do intend to remain open,” Stuart P. Gelberg, a bankruptcy lawyer who is representing Waverly Restaurant, said Monday.
Waverly Restaurant’s move into bankruptcy comes amid challenging times generally for New York diners, which have been squeezed by changing dining habits and rising rents. Restaurant founder Nick Serafis filed for personal bankruptcy protection in January, court records show. The diner is owned by his daughter, Christine Serafis, who received the restaurant as an inheritance gift, court papers say.
Court filings list as creditors former employees who have sued the business. The workers’ legal claims are disputed by the restaurant, according to the petition.
A federal judge last year determined Waverly Restaurant is liable to the employees for unpaid wages, court papers filed in the lawsuit. The court last month concluded a bench trial to determine damages against the diner.
The employees have estimated the amount of their potential damages for alleged violations of New York and federal labor law at more than $2.2 million, plus interest, according to a June court filing. Several of the employees had worked at the diner for a number of years, including plaintiff Valente Garcia who worked there from 1992 to 2015 as a waiter, host and counterman.
“The bankruptcy is a blatant attempt to avoid paying the back wages owed to the restaurant’s workers,” said Lou Pechman, a lawyer who is representing former Waverly Restaurant employees.
A lawyer who is defending Waverly Restaurant in the wage-and-hour litigation didn’t immediately return a message Monday seeking comment. Ms. Serafis wasn’t involved in hiring or pay decisions for any employees at the restaurant, according to papers filed by the company last year.
An initial hearing in the bankruptcy court has been scheduled for May 8.
Write to Jonathan Randles at Jonathan.Randles@wsj.com