Cuomo gets endorsement of largest public employee union
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Stop scratching on holidays
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.
joseph cairo did promote kevin mccaffrey at a union meeting of teamsters local 858 at a carle place church years ago. he was wrong as far as the nterest of prople who work at nassau otb
andrew cuomo hates horses and people who work at nassau otb as he hates the woman who invaded his turf with the wandering dago food truck
Andrew cuomo hates greeks and st paul's church in hempstead
andrew cuomo is just another joseph crowley gangster
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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.
see ny const art 1 sec 3 and the opinions of the counsel for dead nyc otb
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has won the backing of the state’s largest public employee union.
The Civil Service Employees Association’s backing of the two-term incumbent comes after the union refused to endorse Cuomo in 2010 and 2014.
In fact, CSEA President Danny Donohue called the governor a “monkey and a moron” at a rally outside the Capitol in 2014, according to State of Politics.
But on Monday the union leader said Cuomo was standing up against the “corporate CEOs and wealthy” in trying to protect public employee unionsas the US Supreme Court weighs a case that could cut tens of millions of dollars from their coffers.
“It is well known the corporate CEOs and the wealthy are trying to convince the Supreme Court to side with them in the Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 decision, which is expected any day,” said Donohue.
“…Here in New York, Governor Cuomo has already taken monumental steps to make sure unions are stronger than ever. Governor Cuomo stands united with us in this fight.”
The high court is expected to rule this week on a challenge to the dues structure of public employee unions.
