even a cab driver knows that in order to collect you need to be a winner
ny pml sec 109 is unconstitutional and or does not apply to nassau otb and or is vague indefinite and or overly broad
remember nyc otb?
see ny const art 1 sec 3
when tracks are running the holy vhurch mosque temple of nassau otb must be open
sue andrew cuom he got the cash just ask the wandering dago food truck who kicked his ass in the us court of appeals for the second circuit at your expense
Sunday, April 21, 2019
| Track Code | Track Name | Entry | Scratch | 1st Post ET | 1st Post Local | Time Zone | Stakes Race(s) | Stakes Grade | T.V. Indicator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GG | GOLDEN GATE FIELDS | 48 | 24 | 3:45 PM | 12:45 PM | PDT | |||
| LS | LONE STAR PARK | 72 | 0 | 3:35 PM | 2:35 PM | CDT | |||
| SA | SANTA ANITA PARK | 72 | 24 | 3:30 PM | 12:30 PM | PDT | |||
| SUN | SUNLAND PARK | 168 | 0 | 2:30 PM | 12:30 PM | MDT | |||
| WO | WOODBINE | 72 | 48 |
Lyft driver found dead in back of
car as cabbie suicide epidemic
Claude Solnik
Long Island Business News
2150 Smithtown Ave.
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348
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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.
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Wandering Dago, Inc. v. Destito, No. 16-622 (2d Cir. 2018)
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Justia Opinion Summary
WD filed suit against OGS, alleging that defendants violated its rights under the First Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause, and the New York State Constitution by denying WD's applications to participate as a food truck vendor in the Lunch Program based on its ethnic-slur branding. The Second Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant, holding that defendants' action violated WD's equal protection rights and its rights under the New York State Constitution. In this case, it was undisputed that defendants denied WD's applications solely because of its ethnic-slur branding. In Matal v. Tam, 137 S. Ct. 1744 (2017), the Supreme Court clarified that this action amounted to viewpoint discrimination and, if not government speech or otherwise protected, was prohibited by the First Amendment. The court rejected defendants' argument that their actions were unobjectionable because they were either part of OGS's government speech or permissible regulation of a government contractor's speech.
A livery cab driver killed himself early Saturday in the backseat of his car — which was parked alongside a Queens cemetery, police said.
The man, whose name was not immediately released, ingested or breathed in “some kind of substance” in the backseat of his Hyundai Sonata at Myrtle Avenue and 75th Street on the side of the Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Glendale around 4 a.m., police said.
He had been a driver for Lyft since 2014, according to a TLC spokesman.
He was pronounced dead on scene.
Later in the morning, cops removed the man from the car, head first, and laid him down on his back. His face was covered in white powder from the forehead down, and his right hand was bent upwards from the elbow.
He wore a black bubble jacket, grey argyle sweater, jeans, black socks and no shoes.
A bottle of pills was found on the ground, near the car.
Cops could not confirm whether he worked as a for-hire driver, and the TLC was still looking into the incident Saturday afternoon.
The incident is possibly the ninth for-hire driver to commit suicide in the Big Apple in roughly a year.
Eight debt-burdened Big Apple cabbies have committed suicide in a span of just over a year. The most recent was Roy Kim, 58, of Bayside, Queens, who hanged himself with a belt in his home on Nov. 5, according to the city’s medical examiner’s office.
A month before, Uber driver Fausto Luna jumped in front of an oncoming A train.
Many drivers blame the suicide epidemic on the meteoric growth of ride-share companies such as Lyft and Uber, which has pinched everyone’s pocketbooks.
And drivers and activists warned at a November City Council hearing that the “congestion pricing” surcharge on all Big Apple taxi rides will lead to even more cabdriver suicides.
“This year, there have been eight suicides, and next year, with the $2.50 on our backs, there will be more than 10,” taxi driver Nicolae Hent said at the time.
Acting TLC Commissoner Bill Heinzen said, “We are devastated to learn of the death of this professional driver and we extend our deep condolences to his family, friends, and his brother and sister drivers.
“There is no reason to ever go it alone when you are overwhelmed. We encourage everyone who is hurting to call 1-888-NYC-WELL, or text WELL to 65173 — someone is ready to help, 24/7/365.”
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