Nassau otb rmployees et al are still waiting for the response to the below freedom of informstion law request. not only is nassau otb's spokesman and associated firm paid by nassau otb, but said girm is prominently featured in the nassau otb calendars going back years. money is made for washing and recycling. newsday gas not yet published the books and records of nassau otb for public exsmintion of nassau otb's assetd, debts, etc.
newsday has not identified each and every essential nassau itb employee, consulants and lobbyists included
bet al d'amato and park strategies, meara and lieberman continue to be paid, high paid no show low jobs or worse
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-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur T. Walsh <awalsh@nassauotb.com>
To: pointreyes@verizon.net <pointreyes@verizon.net>
Sent: Tue, May 5, 2020 02:32 PM
Subject: RE: NY Pub Off Law Sec 84 etc
See attached.
Arthur T. Walsh
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation
139 Liberty Avenue
Mineola, New York 11501
Phone (516) 572-2800, Ext. 133
E-Mail: awalsh@nassauotb.com
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From: pointreyes@verizon.net [mailto:pointreyes@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 12:31 PM
To: Arthur T. Walsh <awalsh@nassauotb.com>
Cc: Audrea Bettineschi <abettineschi@nassauotb.com>
Subject: NY Pub Off Law Sec 84 etc
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 12:31 PM
To: Arthur T. Walsh <awalsh@nassauotb.com>
Cc: Audrea Bettineschi <abettineschi@nassauotb.com>
Subject: NY Pub Off Law Sec 84 etc
Dear Records Accesss Officer:
This is Freedom of Information Law request for I the application(s) by Nassau OTB to the
(i) federal government and (ii) bank(s) for stimulus money to be used for payroll and employee and/or retire benefits and II the response(s) to said application(s).
Sincerely yours
Jackson Leeds
516-2
Sunday April 26, 2020
cc: Nassau OTB employees
Suffolk Off-Track Betting furloughs most workers
A packed parking lot at Jake's 58 in Islandia on Friday, March 13, 2020. Credit: James Carbone
Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting has furloughed most of its 300 employees, but the OTB's president and vice president still are collecting their salaries as the agency copes with the closure of betting parlors and Jake's 58 Casino Hotel in Islandia due to the coronavirus pandemic.
While the "vast majority" of employees are being furloughed, some essential employees, including Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. President Phil Nolan and Vice President Anthony Pancella III, are collecting their salaries, agency spokesman Jon Schneider confirmed. Nolan is paid $205,400 annually, and Pancella makes $195,000 a year, Schneider said.
In a letter to employees, Nolan and Pancella said: "It had been our hope that we could afford to pay our entire workforce until such time as we were able to safely resume operations or access federal aid meant to retain workers."
They said the betting agency, which has been in bankruptcy since 2011, was not approved for the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which provides loans to small businesses.
When OTB reopens, employees can return to their current rate of pay and maintain their seniority, and accrued time, according to the letter.
Employees can also draw down unused paid time off before applying for unemployment insurance, Nolan and Pancella wrote.
"And without any revenue or prospect of reopening within the next 30 days, our financial position has deteriorated," Nolan and Pancella said in the April 16 letter announcing furloughs.
The Nassau and Suffolk OTBs are public benefit corporations that provide profits to the counties.
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