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March 15, 2012

Halbritter, Porter Skeptical on New York’s Expanded Gaming Amendment

Leaders of the two largest Indian gaming casinos in New York state expressed doubts about the legislature’s passage of a state constitutional amendment to allow up to seven commercial casinos in the state. “Today’s expected first passage of legislation to…

Read more @ Indian Country Today Media Network.comTough Crime Bill Unfair to Aboriginals, Leaders Say - ICTMN.com.

February 6, 2012

Shinnecocks Approve Pact With Gateway Casino Resorts for Long Island Casinos

In a 101-10 vote, the Shinnecock Indian Nation has approved a pact with Gateway Casino Resorts to build three casinos on Long Island. The tribe has announced the site of one gaming destination: Belmont Park Raceway, reported Newsday on February…

Read more @ Indian Country Today Media Network.comAboriginals Receive Diamond Jubilee Awards - ICTMN.com.

November 18, 2011

Expanded New York-New England Gaming Inevitable to Bolster State Revenues

New rules will help some tribes, hurt others The president of New York’s gambling lobbyist group predicts that full blown casino gambling will be in place at the state’s nine existing race tracks by 2015. James Featherstonhaugh, president of the…

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May 10, 2011

New York Appeals Court Lifts Stays on Cigarette Taxes

Filed under: Business,Gov. Andrew Cuomo,News Alerts,Politics,Seneca Nation of Indians — Gale Courey Toensing @ 9:53 pm

A federal appeals court ruling giving New York State the green light to implement its latest cigarette tax-collecting scheme on sovereign American Indian land contravenes the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a Seneca Nation leader said. A…

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April 9, 2011

Seneca President Rebukes New York Post for Editorial

Filed under: Business,Gov. Andrew Cuomo,News Alerts,Politics,Seneca Nation of Indians — Gale Courey Toensing @ 1:00 pm

It didn‚Äôt take long for Seneca Nation of Indians President Rob Odawi Porter to respond to a New York Post editorial urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to collect cigarette state taxes from the American Indian nations whose sovereign territories are surrounded…

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Seneca President Rebukes New York Post for Editorial

Filed under: Business,Gov. Andrew Cuomo,News Alerts,Politics,Seneca Nation of Indians — Gale Courey Toensing @ 1:00 pm

It didn‚Äôt take long for Seneca Nation of Indians President Rob Odawi Porter to respond to a New York Post editorial urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to collect cigarette state taxes from the American Indian nations whose sovereign territories are surrounded…

Read more @ Indian Country Today Media Network.com.

Seneca President Rebukes New York Post for Editorial

Filed under: Business,Gov. Andrew Cuomo,News Alerts,Politics,Seneca Nation of Indians — Gale Courey Toensing @ 1:00 pm

It didn‚Äôt take long for Seneca Nation of Indians President Rob Odawi Porter to respond to a New York Post editorial urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to collect cigarette state taxes from the American Indian nations whose sovereign territories are surrounded…

Read more @ Indian Country Today Media Network.com.

Seneca President Rebukes New York Post for Editorial

Filed under: Business,Gov. Andrew Cuomo,News Alerts,Politics,Seneca Nation of Indians,Uncategorized — Gale Courey Toensing @ 1:00 pm

It didn‚Äôt take long for Seneca Nation of Indians President Rob Odawi Porter to respond to a New York Post editorial urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to collect cigarette state taxes from the American Indian nations whose sovereign territories are surrounded…

Seneca President Rebukes New York Post for Editorial

Filed under: Business,Gov. Andrew Cuomo,News Alerts,Politics,Seneca Nation of Indians — Gale Courey Toensing @ 1:00 pm

It didn‚Äôt take long for Seneca Nation of Indians President Rob Odawi Porter to respond to a New York Post editorial urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to collect cigarette state taxes from the American Indian nations whose sovereign territories are surrounded…

Read more @ Indian Country Today Media Network.com.

Seneca President Rebukes New York Post for Editorial

Filed under: Business,Gov. Andrew Cuomo,News Alerts,Politics,Seneca Nation of Indians — Gale Courey Toensing @ 1:00 pm

It didn‚Äôt take long for Seneca Nation of Indians President Rob Odawi Porter to respond to a New York Post editorial urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to collect cigarette state taxes from the American Indian nations whose sovereign territories are surrounded…

Read more @ Indian Country Today Media Network.com.
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