Hotel at Batavia Downs on opening day in 2016.File photo by Howard Owens. Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. directors passed a pair of resolutions on Thursday advancing their look into a
Dennis Bassett, chair of the Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. board of directors, left, and President and CEO Henry Wojtaszek. Photo by Garrett Looker.
The Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. gave its president and CEO Henry Wojtaszek a $15,000 raise Thursday, cementing him among the highest paid public employees in New York.
Dennis Bassett, left, was elected as chairman of the board of directors of Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. at this morning's meeting at Batavia Downs Gaming. At right is President/Chief
From 2020 through 2022, department commissioners, chiefs and other appointees in county government who are not typically entitled to overtime were paid $3 million in OT and cashed-out comp time,
The makeup of the Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. board of directors is changing once again.As a result of a New York State law prohibiting political party officials from obtaining a license
The Erie County Legislature voted 10-1 on Thursday to pay for a 10-year, $8 million lease that enables SWAT and other special units to move out of a windowless, Cold
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Management of Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp., in an effort to provide transparency in the wake of challenges to its policies and procedures, presided over a three-hour session with chief financial officers from seven of its 17 member municipalities this afternoon at the Park Road facility’s board room. The public benefit company has been hounded in recent months by
"I think this deal is kind of like football in the pre-season," says County Comptroller Kevin Hardwick. "We're looking at this new issue as a run-up to next year — the big event — when we hope to be bonding for our new stadium for the Buffalo Bills."