Teamsters Local 707 President Kevin McCaffrey told Nasssau OTB cashier Jackson Leeds that the union would do nothing to get Nassau OTB open for bettors and workers on Roman Catholic Easter Sunday.
You are Catholic like he is but now that you are the boss and will discharge your constitutional duty to see that the laws are faithfully carried out I trust that you will not give NY Const Art 1 Sec 3 short shrift and or denigrate the religious beliefs of my coworker, a member of the Orthodox Church, or the rights of the faithful of the holy church of Nassau otb who come to bet great out of state racing and cash and play the New York
State lottery which operates every day of the year. Now that you are kingpin you get a short grace period yo show that you are no Andrew Cuomo or like Tramster zlocal President and Ganster Kevin McCaffrey
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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