kevin mccaffrey says the less information nassau otb

union local 707  members and bettors have  access to the wilder he and joe cairo and arthur walsh will run

Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream

New law requires live streaming of IDA meetings

By:  David Winzelberg August 28, 2019

Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, D-Valley Stream

Industrial Development Agencies in New York State will soon have to livestream their public meetings and hearings, thanks to a new law signed Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The new law, which was introduced and sponsored by two Long Island state legislators, also requires IDAs to post video recordings of the meetings within five business days and remain available online for at least five years. The law takes effect on Jan. 1, 2020.

Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, D-Valley Stream, said the impetus for the legislation was the controversial tax breaks given to the owners of the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream by the Town of Hempstead IDA four years ago.

Solages, who sponsored the bill in the Assembly, said that though the IDA held at least one public meeting on the Green Acres project before granting the multi-million-dollar tax breaks, it didn’t provide sufficient opportunity for input from the community.

“There was one meeting that happened in Valley Stream,” Solages told LIBN. “But you can’t schedule a meeting for 9 o’clock in the morning because the average person can’t attend. This (the new law) will allow us to view the meetings and have a say.”

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, D-Rockville Centre, who sponsored the Senate version of the bill, said it aims to bolster transparency and accountability, while protecting tax dollars.

“IDAs make critical decisions that can have profound impacts on the communities they serve,” Kaminsky said in a written statement. “Like any similar governmental body, the public should be engaged in their decision-making and this law will easily enable that to happen.”

Cuomo said most New Yorkers don’t have time to attend meetings and participate in the process, though they deserve to be made aware of what their IDAs are doing.

“This new measure will help foster civic engagement and get more residents involved in the meetings and hearings that will ultimately have a huge impact on the future of their communities,” Cuomo said in the statement.

Fred Parola, executive director of the Hempstead IDA, said he supports efforts to increase transparency.

“The more they learn about what we do, the better for us,” Parola said. “We’re open to having total disclosure.”

Parola added that while “the logistics” of livestreaming might pose a problem, his agency will “do our best” to comply.

“We welcome getting the word out,” he said.

Fred Braun, chairman of the Brookhaven IDA, agreed that the logistics in adhering to the new law might create some difficulties, especially for some of the state’s smaller IDAs.

“I think there will be adjustments” Braun said. “Some people think we operate in a vacuum, but these are all public meetings. I think this just adds another step.”

Attorney Peter Curry, a partner at Farrell Fritz who has handled IDA applications for hundreds of clients, said he welcomes increasing public participation in the process.

“I don’t have a problem if they want to livestream it like they do with some municipal meetings,” Curry said. “Nothing should be done in hiding.”

Solages and State Sen. Leroy Comrie sponsored another law aimed at changing how IDAs do business. The measure, which was passed by the Legislature and is awaiting Cuomo’s signature, would require IDAs to alert any taxing districts when they are considering approving tax breaks and entering into payments-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements, something Solages says they’re not currently required to do.

“There needs to be more reform and transparency,” she said.

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Records: GOP leader, son earned $1.1M for Malibu Beach work

The Malibu Beach Club in Lido Beach, seen on Aug. 25, is a Hempstead Town-owned facility. Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp 

By Jesse Coburnjesse.coburn@newsday.com   @jesse_coburn Updated August 30, 2019 4:44 PM

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A Hempstead Town contractor facing scrutiny from federal law enforcement has paid more than $1 million over 10 years to Joseph Cairo, chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee, and Cairo's son for legal and project management work at the beachside recreation complex the contractor runs, according to records and interviews.

Butch Yamali, whose company, Dover Gourmet Corp., operates the town-owned Malibu Beach Park, said in an interview that he paid $1,160,000 to Cairo and his son, Joseph Michael Cairo, for work related to the popular Lido Beach facility. Hempstead provided Newsday with invoices for the work dating from 2009 to 2018 following a Freedom of Information request.

The records show Yamali's work at Malibu has been a steady source of income for the senior Cairo, who political experts say wields vast influence over jobs and the Republican agenda in the Hempstead and Nassau governments.

Joseph Cairo, seen in 2018, is chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee. Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp

Newsday reported in July that Dover had not paid Hempstead rent on Malibu for seven months, accumulating a balance of $378,000 in unpaid fees as of April, when town Parks Commissioner Daniel Lino and then-Comptroller Kevin Conroy extended the contract without Supervisor Laura Gillen's knowledge or town board approval. Gillen, a Democrat, criticized the extension as a “sweetheart deal” and called for Lino to resign. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York subpoenaed the town for records on Dover. Conroy retired Aug. 26, citing health issues.

Cairo said in an interview that he worked for Yamali in his capacity as a private attorney. Cairo, a former Hempstead councilman, said he was not involved in the contract extension, is not on retainer this year and has had only minimal communication with town officials regarding Dover's work at the facility.

“There may have been some correspondence [with town officials], but certainly the correspondence dwindled, so to speak, over the years, and there has been none recently,” Cairo said.

Joseph Michael Cairo, through a spokesman, declined to comment.

Former Republican town officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Cairo's involvement in the contract raises questions about whether Republican town officials overseeing the Malibu deal felt pressure to offer Yamali favorable treatment.

"It would make people bend over backwards in order to accommodate whatever that vendor wanted," one former Republican town official said. "You would be very reticent to get on the wrong side of someone so powerful."

Another said: "If Joe Cairo was a town vendor's attorney, then who in their right mind would question his legal opinions or demands for a client? . . . It's a culture of fear."

Cairo was appointed the county committee chairman in May 2018. He served as vice chairman for more than a decade prior. He said he did not believe his political role put pressure on Republican town officials to treat his client favorably.

“I have not spoken to either the park commissioner nor do I talk to any town elected officials with respect to his contract, his extension or his agreement,” Cairo said. “I made that decision very specifically that I would not interfere, and I went out of my way to avoid even the appearance that . . . I would have any influence on them. I was very cautious in that regard.”

Lino did not respond to a request for comment. A spokeswoman said Conroy was unavailable for comment.

The records include seven invoices from Joseph Cairo to Dover Malibu for “Retainer[s] for legal and advisory services” from 2012 to 2018, totaling $510,000.

They also include five invoices from JMC Management to Dover Malibu for “Capital Improvement Planning, Consulting and Project Management” from 2009 to 2013, totaling $650,000, payable to ”J Michael Cairo.” Joseph Cairo said JMC is run by his son, Joseph Michael Cairo.

Yamali, who has held numerous concessions and vending contracts with local governments on Long Island, said Cairo was a longtime friend and played an advisory role on Malibu issues.

“I would ask for guidance,” Yamali said. “There’s a lot here, a lot to decide. Who can you bounce it off of?”

Hempstead Town records obtained by Newsday through a previous Freedom of Information request show town officials sent letters to Cairo in 2015 regarding sanitation fees at Malibu.

Yamali said the younger Cairo oversaw construction and renovation projects at the facility, which features a restaurant, pool, tennis courts and hundreds of cabanas.

Joseph Michael Cairo would "make sure that the fence was put in the right spot, or that the thing was painted the right color, or the consistency of the stucco was right,” Yamali said.

Yamali has described Gillen's statements as politically motivated. He asked the state Supreme Court in Nassau County earlier this month to confirm the contract was "lawfully and validly extended.” The litigation is ongoing.

Hempstead possessed the invoices it provided to Newsday because Dover submitted its capital improvement expenses at Malibu to the town for review, according to a town official familiar with the documents.

The capital improvement costs have become a focal point of the dispute over Malibu. Yamali said he has spent more than $12 million to improve the property since he began operating Malibu in 2009. He said he has replaced roofs, installed new amenities and spruced up the hundreds of cabanas that Hempstead families rent for thousands of dollars each summer.

The contract states the Freeport-based Dover would carry out $10 million in capital improvements. Yamali has said he has not paid rent on the Malibu concession in the past year because the town owes him for the more than $2 million for improvements he has completed beyond that mark. He said town officials instructed him not to pay until the two sides came to terms.

Newsday also received spreadsheets prepared by the Hempstead comptroller’s office indicating the town counted Joseph Michael Cairo’s project management fees as capital improvement costs and Joseph Cairo’s legal retainers as operational costs.

Project management fees incurred before or during construction are typically classified as capital improvement expenses, while legal retainers are considered operational, according to Mitchell Pally, chief executive of the Long Island Builders Institute.

By Jesse Coburnjesse.coburn@newsday.com   @jesse_coburn 

Jesse Coburn covers the Town of Hempstead. He's worked at Newsday since 2016.

,one , two, three v abc or ...

joseph cairo holds the title of president of nassau otb but...
arthur walsh esq runs nassau otb and interacts with kevin mccaffrey sufgolk county legislator snd president of nassau otb which purports to represent nassau otb employees, note that joseph cairo appeared at a union meeting of teamsters local 858 to endorse kevin mccaffrey and local 707 taking over representing nasau otb employees

possibilities include

walsh does whatever he wants telling cairo in whole, in part or not at all what he foes thus giving cairo deniability for anything

note joseph cairo does not talk to nassau otb employees who work

joseph cairo signs agreements such as  that dated may 8, 2019 with  kevin mccaffrey for purposes not in the interest or knowledge of nassau otb employees that work. alan klapman was passed over for promotion to brsnch manager of green acres branch because cairo and mccaffrey acted in concert with animus against an otb employee. perhaps cairo simply signs what arthur walsh presents to him without independent thought, investigation and or snalysis.

politics is politics. working is working.
since teamsters local  707 and kevin mccaffrey are not a union that understands anything other than court actions or perhaps fbi subpoenas like the uaw perhaps cairo might consider the views and concerns of nassau otb workers  that may or may not ever have reached him.

opm has a leave plan nassau otb does not the town of hempstead et al do
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/voluntary-leave-transfer-program/

the personnel and hardware dealing with money at nassau otb is charitably speaking in need of improvement or more

nassau otb unlike a nookie is not open to take bets when great out of state racing is running
ny pml sec 109 is uncondtitutional and or foes not apply to nassau otb

al d'amato park  stategies gets$25,000 per month for nothing

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Records: GOP leader, son earned $1.1M for Malibu Beach work

The Malibu Beach Club in Lido Beach, seen on Aug. 25, is a Hempstead Town-owned facility. Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp 

By Jesse Coburnjesse.coburn@newsday.com   @jesse_coburn Updated August 30, 2019 4:44 PM

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A Hempstead Town contractor facing scrutiny from federal law enforcement has paid more than $1 million over 10 years to Joseph Cairo, chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee, and Cairo's son for legal and project management work at the beachside recreation complex the contractor runs, according to records and interviews.

Butch Yamali, whose company, Dover Gourmet Corp., operates the town-owned Malibu Beach Park, said in an interview that he paid $1,160,000 to Cairo and his son, Joseph Michael Cairo, for work related to the popular Lido Beach facility. Hempstead provided Newsday with invoices for the work dating from 2009 to 2018 following a Freedom of Information request.

The records show Yamali's work at Malibu has been a steady source of income for the senior Cairo, who political experts say wields vast influence over jobs and the Republican agenda in the Hempstead and Nassau governments.

Joseph Cairo, seen in 2018, is chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee. Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp

Newsday reported in July that Dover had not paid Hempstead rent on Malibu for seven months, accumulating a balance of $378,000 in unpaid fees as of April, when town Parks Commissioner Daniel Lino and then-Comptroller Kevin Conroy extended the contract without Supervisor Laura Gillen's knowledge or town board approval. Gillen, a Democrat, criticized the extension as a “sweetheart deal” and called for Lino to resign. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York subpoenaed the town for records on Dover. Conroy retired Aug. 26, citing health issues.

Cairo said in an interview that he worked for Yamali in his capacity as a private attorney. Cairo, a former Hempstead councilman, said he was not involved in the contract extension, is not on retainer this year and has had only minimal communication with town officials regarding Dover's work at the facility.

“There may have been some correspondence [with town officials], but certainly the correspondence dwindled, so to speak, over the years, and there has been none recently,” Cairo said.

Joseph Michael Cairo, through a spokesman, declined to comment.

Former Republican town officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Cairo's involvement in the contract raises questions about whether Republican town officials overseeing the Malibu deal felt pressure to offer Yamali favorable treatment.

"It would make people bend over backwards in order to accommodate whatever that vendor wanted," one former Republican town official said. "You would be very reticent to get on the wrong side of someone so powerful."

Another said: "If Joe Cairo was a town vendor's attorney, then who in their right mind would question his legal opinions or demands for a client? . . . It's a culture of fear."

Cairo was appointed the county committee chairman in May 2018. He served as vice chairman for more than a decade prior. He said he did not believe his political role put pressure on Republican town officials to treat his client favorably.

“I have not spoken to either the park commissioner nor do I talk to any town elected officials with respect to his contract, his extension or his agreement,” Cairo said. “I made that decision very specifically that I would not interfere, and I went out of my way to avoid even the appearance that . . . I would have any influence on them. I was very cautious in that regard.”

Lino did not respond to a request for comment. A spokeswoman said Conroy was unavailable for comment.

The records include seven invoices from Joseph Cairo to Dover Malibu for “Retainer[s] for legal and advisory services” from 2012 to 2018, totaling $510,000.

They also include five invoices from JMC Management to Dover Malibu for “Capital Improvement Planning, Consulting and Project Management” from 2009 to 2013, totaling $650,000, payable to ”J Michael Cairo.” Joseph Cairo said JMC is run by his son, Joseph Michael Cairo.

Yamali, who has held numerous concessions and vending contracts with local governments on Long Island, said Cairo was a longtime friend and played an advisory role on Malibu issues.

“I would ask for guidance,” Yamali said. “There’s a lot here, a lot to decide. Who can you bounce it off of?”

Hempstead Town records obtained by Newsday through a previous Freedom of Information request show town officials sent letters to Cairo in 2015 regarding sanitation fees at Malibu.

Yamali said the younger Cairo oversaw construction and renovation projects at the facility, which features a restaurant, pool, tennis courts and hundreds of cabanas.

Joseph Michael Cairo would "make sure that the fence was put in the right spot, or that the thing was painted the right color, or the consistency of the stucco was right,” Yamali said.

Yamali has described Gillen's statements as politically motivated. He asked the state Supreme Court in Nassau County earlier this month to confirm the contract was "lawfully and validly extended.” The litigation is ongoing.

Hempstead possessed the invoices it provided to Newsday because Dover submitted its capital improvement expenses at Malibu to the town for review, according to a town official familiar with the documents.

The capital improvement costs have become a focal point of the dispute over Malibu. Yamali said he has spent more than $12 million to improve the property since he began operating Malibu in 2009. He said he has replaced roofs, installed new amenities and spruced up the hundreds of cabanas that Hempstead families rent for thousands of dollars each summer.

The contract states the Freeport-based Dover would carry out $10 million in capital improvements. Yamali has said he has not paid rent on the Malibu concession in the past year because the town owes him for the more than $2 million for improvements he has completed beyond that mark. He said town officials instructed him not to pay until the two sides came to terms.

Newsday also received spreadsheets prepared by the Hempstead comptroller’s office indicating the town counted Joseph Michael Cairo’s project management fees as capital improvement costs and Joseph Cairo’s legal retainers as operational costs.

Project management fees incurred before or during construction are typically classified as capital improvement expenses, while legal retainers are considered operational, according to Mitchell Pally, chief executive of the Long Island Builders Institute.

By Jesse Coburnjesse.coburn@newsday.com   @jesse_coburn 

Jesse Coburn covers the Town of Hempstead. He's worked at Newsday since 2016.

no monkey business at the teamsters local 707

pension fund or in local 707's contract dealings with nassau otb, .yrc etc


bet the fbi to examine the books and records of teamsters local 707 and the teamsters local 707 pension fund  before deciding if you will bote for.....in november

the games are beginning and the uaw is simply a warmup exercise for the fbi before they teturn to the friends and family and cronies of the young hoffa trying to make the old man proud and loretta peska flinch

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bet the fed kid if you want to play like kevin mccaffrey

the dealings of elected official mccaffrey, teamsters local president fund trustee kevin mccaffrey,  and jimmy hoffa henchman kevin mccaffrey will no more stand inspection by the fbi than the boys from the uaw did

follow the money and the interactions between the yrc employer trustee snd kevin and the yrc local 707 contracts


onky ryan and tnomas gargiulo that all politics is not really local

Gargiulo was upset about the harshness of the political attacks during the primary especially on the issue of abortion, which he opposes because of his Catholic faith.

“It really hurt, and it was hard for me,” said Gargiulo, a retired teacher who is active in church work. He said he plans to send a letter to Conservative voters to make clear his stand.

McCaffrey said he has “no regrets” about his campaign, adding that Gargiulo — by accepting the Democratic ballot line — “had to expect some of the splatter” from the party’s liberal stands on such issues as late-term abortion and voting rights for felons.     

“I never really wanted to campaign against Tom,” said McCaffrey, who has known Gargiulo for 30 years. “I’m just glad it came to this happy ending.”

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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.