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SPIN CYCLE: GUIDE TO POLITICS AND POLITICIANS

May 11, 2008 By Rick Brand on Long Island; Celeste Hadrick on Long Island; James T. Madore in Albany;

NO JOB, NO BENEFITS Lindsay tiff with OTB turns moot William Lindsay, presiding officer of the Suffolk legislature, was irate after finding out that Suffolk OTB failed to keep its promise to cut off medical benefits for board members. So he refiled a bill last week to end the perk.

But Lindsay got quicker action than expected: the lone OTB board member getting health insurance, Patrick O'Byrne,...

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