Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is calling for state law to investigate Suffolk Off-Track Betting’s $ 120 million purchase of a popular casino from a company with close ties to Governor Hochul.
The regional OTB company paid big bucks to Delaware North in May to own and manage Jake’s 58 Hotel and Casino in Islandia. Hochul’s husband, William, is Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Buffalo-based firm.
Jakes 58 Casino opened on Long Island in 2017.Christopher Sabella
In a letter sent Friday to Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Congregation Speaker Carl Heastie, Bellone (D) accused Suffolk OTB of evading public scrutiny by refusing to do so To issue copies of his contract to purchase the casino.
“Now without the supervision and management of a professional casino operator, Jake’s 58 Hotel and Casino. . . is ready to become one of the largest political patrons in the state, if not the country, ”wrote Bellone.
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