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Herman said that he’s received complaints about “homeless” people urinating and defecating near the OTB branch, and stumbling back into the Franklin Square OTB. “OTB seems to bring an element which I, and many others, find to be most unbecoming of a Franklin Square resident, or patron,” he said. “[Not having a branch in Franklin Square] would mean safer, cleaner streets, sidewalks and municipal parking lots in the immediately surrounding area.”
Although he's not a fan of the branch, he added, he acknowledges the business it brings to some businesses in the community.
Walsh said that concerns regarding Nassau OTB's financial state are simply incorrect. Unlike other regional OTBs in the state, he explained, Nassau OTB's revenue has risen by $12 million, or 8.4 percent, since 2010 — possible largely due to NYC OTB's demise. "We are not just delaying this thing," he said about Nassau OTB's extensions to pay its debt. "It’s been an ongoing discussion.”
According to Walsh, it's unrealistic for the simulcasting-fee litigation to be resolved by Jan. 13; it’s more likely for a court decision to be made during the next several months. If a court finds the fees to be reasonable, he added, the best-case scenario for Nassau OTB would be reaching a simulcasting-fee agreement with tracks that includes a payment plan. According to Joe Cairo, Nassau OTB's president, the corporation is hoping to formulate a settlement with harness tracks, outside of court, before the January deadline.
The Nassau OTB Board of Directors will hold a public meeting on Dec. 7 at 11 a.m., at the Race Palace: 1600 Round Swamp Rd. in Plainview. For more information, call Laura Tomeo at (516) 572-2800 ext. 139. Comments on this story? JNash@liherald.com or (516) 569-4000 ext. 214. |   |
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