Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown offered job as President and CEO of Off-Track Betting [Video]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown could be making a major career change.

During a special meeting held Thursday by the Western Regional Off-Track Betting board members, Mayor Brown was offered a contract to become the next President and CEO of OTB. The current President and CEO, Henry Wojtaszek, will be leaving the gambling agency at the end of the year.

Western Regional Off-Track Betting close to finding new president and CEO amid controversy

Just last month, OTB chairman Dennis Bassett told 7 News that the board of directors was inching closer to finding a new president and CEO. You can watch the previous report above.

Wojtaszek is going to be bought out of his contract and paid his full year’s salary of $287,000 by mid-December.

This buyout has caused some controversy. Assemblywoman Monica Wallace said this move could be illegal under the state’s Severance Pay Limitation Act which sets limits on severance …