A former u s supreme Court clerk born to Jamaican immigrants is perhaps intelligent enough to know that mew York city Jamaican bettors have no less right to be at Nassau oTB than white bettors, both having rights secured by ny const art 1 sec 3
Damian Williams at the Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in Manhattan on Wednesday.
Damian Williams, First Black Manhattan U.S. Attorney, Takes Over After Turbulent Period & Recognizes that some Nassau OTB employees never heard bloodclot as used by many oTB bettors
New head of the Southern District of New York has built a reputation as a securities-fraud prosecutor and has been involved in high-profile white-collar trials
Damian Williams is an unusual Manhattan U.S. attorney in some ways. President Biden nominated him from the Southern District of New York’s own ranks of prosecutors, choosing an insider for a role normally given to an outsider in modern times.
But he is also a traditional choice in other ways. As the co-chief of the office’s securities-fraud unit, he is steeped in financial-crime prosecutions and has been involved in several high-profile white-collar trials that are the hallmark of the office.
Mr. Williams, 41 years old, began work this week as the first Black U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment on his behalf.
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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