About The NY Council on Problem Gambling

The New York Council on Problem Gambling is a not-for-profit independent corporation dedicated to increasing public awareness about problem and compulsive gambling and advocating for support services and treatment for persons adversely affected by gambling. The Council maintains a neutral stance on gambling and is governed by a Board of Directors.

About the Council

  • Produces and disseminates information leading to increased recognition, prevention and treatment of gambling problems.
  • Conducts and publicly supports research activities to establish and document areas of need.
  • Provides training tools to health care and other professionals for the purpose of assessing and treating persons with gambling related problems.
  • Participates in governmental planning activities fostering expanded and improved services for residents adversely affected by gambling.
  • Assists industry and business leaders in developing customer and employee based problem gambling awareness programs.
  • Sponsors workshops and conferences.

History

In 1972, the Board of Trustees of Gamblers Anonymous in the New York City area requested their Spiritual Advisor, Monsignor Dunne establish a Council on Compulsive Gambling to do what they could not do because of anonymity- call national attention to the increasing problem of compulsive gambling in the United States. The National Council on Problem Gambling was founded at that time and in 1975, was chartered as a nonprofit organization. Initially organized by an alliance of health professionals and recovering gamblers, the National Council benefited from the work of pioneers such as Dr. Robert Custer and Monsignor Joseph Dunne of New York. Until the National Council decided to relocate its headquarters to Washington, D.C., the National Council and the New York Council on Problem Gambling were in essence one and the same. In fact, money was provided by the New York State Office of Mental Health to maintain the National Council on Problem Gambling Helpline (1-800-437-1611). The New York Council on Problem Gambling was formally incorporated in 1995.

Staff

Jim Maney
Executive Director

Mariangela Milea
Assistant Executive Director

Michelle Hadden
Director of Prevention and Training

Board of Directors

David B. Cardona-President
Albany Family Court
Clinton Avenue
Albany, N.Y. 12207
Phone: 518-285-8611
Fax: 518-462-4248
dcardona@courts.state.ny.us

Ike Dweck-First Vice President
SAFE Foundation
PO Box 230035
Brooklyn, New York 11223
Phone: 866-569-7233 ext. 315
Fax: (718) 336-3183
Email: ike@thesafefoundation.org

Lew Krupka- Second Vice President
Gambling Recovery Center
105 Seraf Lane
Guilderland, N.Y. 12303
Phone: 518- 356-1012

Dave Renz-Treasurer
PO Box 637
Altamont, NY 12009
Phone: 518-861-5650
hdr7405@yahoo.com

John Starrs-Secretary
19B Old Hickory Drive
Albany, NY 12204
Cell: 518-850-0635
Office: 518-473-5245

Tony Bellanca
32Walnut St. 2F
Jamestown, N.Y. 14701
Phone: 716-720-6880

Steve Block
SAFE Foundation
51 Stanley Circle
Staten Island, NY 10308
Phone: 917-846-1933
smb512@aol.com

Rosa Regincos
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Box 69, 1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-543-0138
Fax: 212-543-6515

Kayte Conroy, PhD, LMHC, CRC
Maple View Center, LLC
100 Corporate Parkway, Suite 318
Amherst, NY 14226
Phone: 716-783-8292 ext. 318
DrKayte@gmail.com

Judge Mark G. Farrell
400 John James Audubon Pkwy
Amherst, N.Y. 14228
Work: 716-689-4200
Fax: 716-689-4249

Roslyn Jefferson
687 Morris Street
Albany, N.Y. 12208
Phone: 518-465-8395
rrhynhart@aol.com

Donald Skaarup, CASAC, CEAP
121 Knollwood Terrace
Albany, NY 12203
Phone: 518- 469-5938
ahdons@yahoo.com

Edelgard Wulfert, Ph. D.
SUNY Albany AS 217
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, N.Y. 12222
Phone: 518-442-4654

Edwin Rodriguez, LMSW, CASAC-G
60 West Broad Street, Apt. #6M
Mt. Vernon, NY 10552
Phone: 914-699-5727
Cell: 914-882-8383
erodriguez@wjcs.com