Nassau Off-Track Betting Corp. folded on their proposed slot casino in Westbury, with local residents vehemently opposing the project.

Now, OTB is targeting Elmont — the very site of the New York Cosmos proposed stadium.

Just over two years after submitting a comprehensive redevelopment deal on a forgotten patch of land off the Cross Island Expressway, the Cosmos continue to wait on a decision from the Empire State Development Corp. to issue an awardee amongst the four participating bidders. With the project floating in bureaucratic limbo, sources tell Newsday OTB have set their sights on the State land.

In doing so, they have already received backing from an unlikely political ally; Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. The longtime Cosmos backer has publicly encouraged OTB to give Elmont “another look.” This, as the ESD RFP continues to be deliberated in Albany.

Contacted for a statement, another prominent Cosmos backer, State Senator Jack Martins, sidestepped the OTB project, offering Newsday a statement reading he’d “continue to advocate for … [Elmont residents] whenever their quality of life is put at risk.”

Elmont won’t be a welcoming atmosphere for OTB, either. Legislator Carrie Solages has already issued a stern warning to the gambling enterprise, opposing any casino on local land.

Solages is also the most vocal opponent of the Cosmos’ plan.

Several sources close to the NASL and the Cosmos believed a decision on the Elmont site would have come during Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address last Thursday. That never happened. There has also been no indication on the status of the RFP, with the ESD keeping a cloak over the proceedings.

New York Cosmos officials have explored several “Plan B” locations; a search that goes in tandem with their exploration of land for a development academy and training facility. However, with Elmont still representing the “path of least resistance” to a stadium, New York continue to hang their hopes on the ESD, with the expectation of a final decision.