The sky’s the limit.”īoyle is leaving Albany after 10 years in the Senate, where he is ranking member of the higher education and judiciary committees. “I think I can leverage my contacts made over three decades in government to help Suffolk OTB get to the next level,” Boyle told Newsday in an interview Thursday at the casino. “I think Jake’s can be even more successful than what it is.
Boyle said state ethics rules bar him from being president while holding elected office.īoyle, 61, is expected to lead an overhaul of Jake’s that includes doubling its 1,000 video lottery terminals and adding Atlantic City-style amenities such as expanded restaurants and possibly sports betting. Boyle will serve in that role until January when he expects to be named Suffolk OTB’s president and chief executive.Ĭurrent president Tony Pancella will switch jobs with Boyle and become executive director, officials said. The Bay Shore Republican fills the public benefit corporation’s vacant executive director post just as OTB embarks on a plan to transform its lucrative Jake’s 58 casino in Islandia. Phil Boyle, who is leaving office at the end of the year after opting not to seek reelection, starts the next chapter of his career Monday when he takes the helm of Suffolk OTB.
