GIULIANI TO CLOSE 11 OTB PARLORS END OF COLUMN 1 >> CORRECT-SET >.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: Associated Press

NEW YORK The city will close 11 of its worst Off-Track Betting parlors and scratch more than 132 workers to save $7 million, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Tuesday.

He said a severance buy-out program will be offered to persuade 100 workers to leave voluntarily and that at least 32 management and administrative positions will be eliminated.

Despite the losing operations, the mayor said the city came home a …