Rick Brand Rick Brand Rick Brand is a longtime Newsday reporter who writes about Suffolk County officials last week took what may become their biggest step yet toward finally getting out of their budget hole. Officials put out a request for proposals for outside consultants to help them pick a site and design and oversee construction of a new $1-billion-plus gambling destination -- with 1,000 electronic slot machines, along with food, drink, entertainment and shopping. "This is extremely important to our future," said Phil Nolan, president of Suffolk Off-Track Betting Corp. "Millions and millions of dollars has been escaping from the county for far too long and we are finally...
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