Says she will open Nassau otb 365 days a year without religious preference unlike holy cuomo
Can this woman understand ny. Const Art 1 sec 3 or is she simply another political woman from Rome?
Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul thinks she could replace Cuomo within weeks: report
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.
Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul believes she could be called on to replace Gov. Andrew Cuomo within weeks — and is getting ready to do so, according to a report Sunday.
Hochul spoke by phone with advisers last week for guidance on her potential first steps as the state’s first female governor, two people who received calls from her told the Wall Street Journal.
Hochul, 62, also asked who she should hire for key jobs and which Cuomo a
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