For once, can New York lawmakers get it together to tell a growing industry they’d like it to stay?

The Legislature needs to pass a law to OK (and regulate) fantasy-sports sites like FanDuel and DraftKings before it knocks off in June. Otherwise, it’s putting jobs at risk.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman forced the industry’s top firms to stop serving New York players in March, but says he’ll drop his ongoing litigation if the Legislature explicitly legalizes fantasy-sports gaming.

The Senate passed one bill in March. And on Monday, Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow (D-Mt. Vernon) tweeted that “legislation will be introduced” in his chamber in the “coming days.” But if the two chambers can’t agree on a bill, the industry’s out of luck in New York through the football season, its top source of revenue.

FanDuel is based in the city, as are several smaller “satellite” firms that offer services to fantasy-sports fanatics. All told, at least 28 firms in the industry employ nearly 200 New Yorkers — with more jobs on the way.

More, that is, unless state lawmakers tell the industry it’s not welcome here.

The still-young fantasy-sports industry drew $267 million in entry fees last year from New Yorkers alone. That promises serious tax revenues for some state down the line.

Eight states (including DraftKings’ home, Massachusetts) have OK’d fantasy sports, with more surely to come.
Albany better go to a hurry-up offense. Because New York will lose if fantasy sports’ enemies run out the clock.