at a meeting of the nassau county board of directors at the race palace, before corona virus, barry yomtov was present. there occurred the following exchange between the two. cairo to omtiv, you are sheldon silver's boy. yomtov to cairo, you are dean skelos' boy.
sometime later at a meeting of teamsters local 858 at saint marys church in calrle place joseph g cairo did appear and speak in favor of kevin mccaffrey and teamsters local 707.
josepgh g cairo and kevin mccaffrey engage in dealings for their own benefit and not nassau otb employees
the difference between republicans and democrats is a distinction without difference. ordinary people that work get screwed by both of them.
perhaps it is best summed up by the great italian restaurant caper. everyone likes good food.
piccolo's operated an establishment in the carle place branch of nassau otb.
no complaints about it from anyone in the county
it was replaced by an inferior restsursnt operated by the famous mr singh of ed mangano trial fame. say no more. this was done by josepgh g cairo and arthur walsh.
even kevin mccaffrey ate at piccolo's at the carle place branch of nassau otb.
ask him gor a culinary review.
the distinction between crime and politics is slight
you might no longer find joseph cairo at umbertos? everyone likes good food.
Nassau OTB to employees: Retire, use time owed or work without pay
A Nassau Regional Off Track Betting location in Franklin Square. Credit: Kevin P Coughlin
Nassau Regional Off Track Betting has asked its 132 employees to use accumulated sick and vacation time, work temporarily without pay or retire as the agency copes with the shutdown of its betting parlors during the coronavirus pandemic.
But Suffolk County OTB is paying its 300 employees as it seeks a loan under the new federal Payroll Protection Program designed to help businesses pay their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, agency spokesman Jon Schneider said.
Suffolk OTB's annual payroll is approximately $16.6 million. Nassau OTB has $6.98 million in annual payroll.
"We're hopeful as a public benefit corporation, that we will be able to access some of these funds for employees," Schneider said. "We are able to retain our entire workforce."
Nassau OTB officials said they don't believe the federal program covers gambling entities.
Nassau OTB, also a public benefit corporation, is "ineligible as a gambling business for loans" from the PPP program, Nassau OTB general counsel Arthur Walsh said. But the agency has filed paperwork to qualify for the program, though officials are not hopeful the application will be successful, agency spokesman David Chauvin said.
Members of Congress and gaming industry leaders have urged the federal government to make clear that casinos are eligible for the loans if they retain their workforce during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Nassau OTB Chairman Joseph Cairo said closure of the public benefit corporation's betting parlors and its 12 Fast-Track digital terminals in taverns and bars last month has meant "our operation basically shut down.”
“We took a big hit, our revenue went down drastically,” said Cairo, who also is chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee.
Nassau OTB employees were paid through Saturday.
Of the agency's 132 full- and part-time employees, 104 are using accumulated time, 14 will take furloughs, and two have retired, officials said Monday, while 12 have until Monday to make their intentions known, a spokesman said.
Nassau OTB officials said a limited number of employees who are essential to operations are working and receiving full pay.
Cairo said he will continue to work, and draw down his accumulated sick and vacation time.
Kevin McCaffrey, president of Teamsters Local 707, which represents Nassau OTB employees, said "everyone’s situation is different. Some people have a lot of accrued time. Some people have no accrued time."
McCaffrey, also a Republican Suffolk County legislator from Lindenhurst, said he was encouraging OTB to apply for the Paycheck Protection Plan.
“The odds are in their favor," McCaffrey said.
On Wednesday, William Miller, chairman of the American Gaming Association, wrote President Donald Trump to urge him to make clear that small gaming entities can receive assistance from the Payroll Protection Program.
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S. D.) argued in an April 4 letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Minuchin that PPP, "is a totally new program that is separate and distinct from" the law that governs federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans.
Businesses that derive more than one third of gross annual revenue from legal gambling activities are not eligible for the disaster loans, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Nassau OTB staff operate six branch office locations, the teletheater in Plainview and online and telephone betting.
Suffolk OTB operates betting parlors, QuickBetz locations and has online and phone operations. Also, Delaware North operates Jake's 58 Casino Hotel for OTB, which leases space at the video lottery casino from the company and receives a portion of the casino’s earnings.
Scott Eidler covers Nassau County government and politics for Newsday. Scott has worked at Newsday since 2012 and previously covered municipal government and education.
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