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Thursday, January 3, 2019
donald cuomo goes low like his foil but he
does not carry two calendars or care that while trump voters may work at nassau otb , l train riders bet at nassau otb
open the curch so that the faithful may bet while others who may care not about ny vonst art 1 sec 3
may do as the please while hoping that the church of nassau otb is not on the high speed highway to hell
Cuomo Cancels Full L-Train Shutdown in New York City while refuses to find a calendar, lawyer, or nyc resident who loves to be great racing
In surprise, governor reverses plan to close East River tube damaged by superstorm Sandy
Commuters waited for the L train Wednesday at Union Square in Manhattan. Many riders were pleased to hear that the line won’t be completely closed for work.PHOTO: PETER FOLEY FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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. By
