2.The Teamsters have told members of Local 858 nothing about communications with Local 858 and a merger with Teamsters Local 707.
3. Members of Teamsters Local 858 are covered by New York Taylor Law and can't strike without being subject to large penalties.
4. Barry Yomtov and Laura Campione were elected delegate snd alternate delegate to the Teamsters National Convention in Las Vegas wherein Barry Yomtov was a Hoffa delegate without the opposing candidates receiving email or other notification of the time and place of the opening of the ballots that they had a right to observe.
5. Hoffa Delegate Barry Yomtov and former New York City OTB Manager, Barry Yomtov/Local 858 represent(ed)/s employees of New York City OTB which died in Bankruptcy and also represents Nassau OTB employees. The Teamsters did nothing to help correct the obvious defects and deficiencies of the workers and management of New York City OTB that lead to its demise.
6. The Teamsters seek to merge Teamsters Local 858 with Teamsters Local 707 to continue to receive compelled cash from public employees and held fund a union, Local 707, that has declining numbers of members and hence cash flow.
Teamsters-IBT President Ron Carey Indicted
Jan 26, 2001 – The U. S. Attorney's office in Manhattan claims that Carey and his associates ... In the 1996 election Carey edged out his opponent, Jimmy Hoffa Jr., the ... of Local 707 in New York raised the attention of Federal Mafia probers. ...
While current Teamsters President James Hoffa Jr. has never been charged with a crime, his actions in 1991 on behalf of Local 707 in New York raised the attention of Federal Mafia probers. Hoffa worked for two months that year as legal counsel for Local 707.
In 1996 that Union’s President James McNeil was indicted along with Colombo Family members John Orena and Thomas Petrizzo in a Union pension fund kickback scheme. Petrizzo, who was among scores of defendants acquitted in one of the four Federal trials that resulted in the infamous Colombo Family War of 1991-94, pleaded guilty to the pension fund charges.
Nassau OTB working to settle $4.5M case
Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stabile | Players watch the first race at Aqueduct at Nassau OTB Farmingdale branch. (March 26, 2011)
ALBANY - Nassau Off-Track Betting Corp., along with other regional OTBs, is facing a multimillion-dollar judgment and a fast-approaching deadline in a long-running legal fight. Several lawsuits have been filed by harness racing tracks against the OTBs for annual payments that the tracks say they are owed since 2004. The payments, mandated by state law, reflect a share of the proceeds OTBs get by simulcasting races from outside the state.
All told, the regional OTBs are on the hook for at least $10 million. Nassau is liable for $4.5 million -- the largest tab for any of the regional OTBs in the state.
The state Racing and Wagering Board has set an Oct. 31 deadline for the OTBs to pay the money it says they owe solely for 2010; for Nassau that amounts to $647,000.
Nassau OTB chief Joseph Cairo says they have begun talks with the tracks on the overall pot of money and hope to reach an agreement soon.
"We're trying to work out a settlement," Cairo said. "So far, it's been progressing."
Suffolk OTB was listed as owing about $2.4 million for payments through 2009 and the early part of 2010, before it filed for bankruptcy, said Suffolk OTB spokeswoman Deborah Pfeiffer. But she said it isn't liable for any money until the bankruptcy is complete and the agency's reorganization plan calls for paying back the money over time.
The OTBs have been wrangling for years over what's known as "maintenance of effort payments" that are supposed to be made annually to harness racing tracks around New York. State law requires the payments and outlines where OTBs are expected to send payments. Nassau OTB and Suffolk OTB shares are supposed to go to Yonkers Raceway and Monticello Raceway.
All years combined, Nassau is liable for about $4.5 million -- about $4 million of that earmarked for Yonkers Raceway -- according to a schedule of payments provided by the Racing Board. Capital OTB has the second highest tab, at $2.7 million.
In court, the OTBs have argued they don't have to pay the tracks a share at certain times, such as "dark days" when harness tracks weren't racing. They also dispute payments for a roughly 16-month period that Yonkers was closed. They filed several claims challenging the law. The Racing Board has sided with the harness tracks.
So far, all the claims have been rejected by the courts.
Even though the OTBs have appeals ongoing, Cairo said settlement talks are under way.
Racing Board officials declined to comment, citing ongoing litigation. Yonkers Raceway officials didn't return calls.
"Hopefully, we're going to get a reasonable settlement with Yonkers," Cairo said. Though he didn't say how a deal might impact Nassau OTB's finances, he added that he hopes the parties can agree to "a fair number" that it "can pay it over time."
With Newsday Staff Reporter Rick Brand
Vote for Sandy Pope, not a lawyer but a truck driving black belt
More thinking truck driving black belts and fewer lawyers like Hoffa and Barry Yomtov.
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