State Sen. Sean Ryan, D-Buffalo, blasted the "corruption" he sees at the Western Region OTB and urged its board to cancel $500,000 in buyouts promised to three outgoing OTB executives. The Friday news conference was held outside an OTB location in Cheektowaga.
Three elected officials blasted the approved payouts to outgoing President and CEO Henry Wojtaszek and two other executives as illegal and financially imprudent.