05.16.2013 Governor Cuomo Announces Landmark Agreement Between State, Oneida...
(Source: State of New York) Agreement Gives Oneida Nation Exclusive Gaming Rights, Includes Revenue Sharing with State and Local Governments, Ends Unfair Cigarette Pricing Albany, NY (May 16, 2013)...
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo Announces Landmark Agreement Between State, Oneida Nation,...
(Source: State of New York) Agreement Gives Oneida Nation Exclusive Gaming Rights, Includes Revenue Sharing with State and Local Governments, Ends Unfair Cigarette Pricing Albany, NY (May 16, 2013)...
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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Thursday that the Legislature should expel Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez if he does not resign over allegations of sexual harassment by several female former...
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ALBANY, N.Y. - (AP) -- The Oneida Indians have struck a deal with the administration to guarantee exclusive territory for their...
View ArticleOneidas, state to share Turning Stone bucks in land deal
ALBANY -— The state is going to get an extra $50 million a year in casino revenues it previously couldn't count on, and two upstate counties will share in millions of dollars in annual...
View ArticleState Grants Oneida Indians Exclusive Territory for Casino
ALBANY — The Oneida Indian Nation on Thursday signed a deal with the Cuomo administration and local governments that would guarantee them exclusive territory for their central New York casino in...
View ArticleOneida Indian Nation Leader Ray Halbritter discusses the Cuomos, casino...
Verona, NY - As Gov. Andrew Cuomo was negotiating a revenue-sharing deal with the Oneida Indian Nation, he made a public announcement that he was going to site three casinos in Upstate New York if the...
View ArticleHow Gov. Coumo, the Oneida Indian Nation and two counties made historic deal...
By Glenn Coin and Michelle Breidenbach Albany, NY - In less than one month of intense negotiations, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is close to ending decades of disputes that proved too complicated and contentious...
View ArticleGame of casinos includes Saratoga
Albany The way Gov. Andrew Cuomo is carving the upstate map for potential casino expansion has improved the odds of a Las Vegas-like gambling hall being developed in Saratoga Springs. In just the past...
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Albany State Sen. John Bonacic, a Republican from the Catskills, introduced a bill Thursday that gave his conceptual framework for the siting of potential new casinos in New York — a process Gov....
View ArticleCuomo Signs Deal With Mohawks to Protect Casino Territory
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and St. Regis Mohawk tribal leaders signed an agreement on Tuesday to ensure the Mohawks keep their exclusive casino territory in northern New York while paying the state...
View ArticleCounty lawmakers consider Oneida Indian deal
UTICA, N.Y. - (AP) -- A state-brokered agreement with the Oneida Indians involving land claims and gambling rights will be...
View ArticleCounty lawmakers OK Oneida Indian deal
UTICA, N.Y. - (AP) -- Legislators in Oneida County have approved a state-brokered agreement with the Oneida Indians...
View ArticleA rotten deal with ‘casino Oneidas’
Gov. Cuomo is apparently determined to ram through his deal with the Oneida Indian Nation, announced two weeks ago. He’s using threats to push county legislatures to OK it, and will doubtless try to...
View ArticleMadison County leaders approve NY casino deal
WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. - (AP) -- Elected officials in a second central county have approved a state-brokered agreement with the Oneida...
View ArticleMadison County leaders to vote on NY casino deal
WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. - (AP) -- Elected officials in a second central county are expected to vote on a state-brokered...
View ArticleEditorial: Siting casinos statewide is best way for New York to hit jackpot
Galleries Web links In a state with a lottery, Indian casinos, "racinos," horse tracks, off-track betting parlors and online wagering, the betting has already closed on whether to legalize gambling....
View ArticleGambling Industry Money Is Streaming Into Albany
As Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo seeks legislative and public support for an expansion of the number of casinos in New York State, the gambling industry is pouring millions of dollars into lobbying state...
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View ArticleWill New York get more casinos under Cuomo administration?
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View ArticleOneida Nation celebrates gaming
Albany Since Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's administration granted a gaming compact to the Oneida Indian Nation in April 1993, the upstate economy has slid while employment at the once-destitute Oneida...
View ArticleLeaders of Indian nations call for state's cooperation
ALBANY -- New York State should stop battling with Native Americans over tobacco taxation and casino gambling disputes and instead view Indian tribes as potential economic development powerhouses able...
View ArticleGov. Andrew Cuomo to Oneidas: Start sharing casino revenues or prepare for...
By Teri Weaver and Glenn Coin Syracuse, N.Y. – Just a month ago, Mario Cuomo and the leader of the Oneida Indian Nation celebrated the 20th anniversary of an agreement that allows the tribe to run a...
View ArticleCuomo Weighs Ending State Limits on Casino Gambling
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, suggesting it was time for the state to “come to grips” with the proliferation of gambling in New York and neighboring states, said Tuesday that he was weighing the legalization...
View ArticleOneida Indian Nation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo set to announce casino deal
The Oneida Indian Nation and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are poised to announce a deal today that would require the Onedias to pay more than $10 million a year to the state with a guarantee that no new casinos...
View ArticleCuomo: NY Indian casinos could face competition
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that New York's Indian casinos could face competition in their backyards if talks with tribes over his gambling expansion proposal fail to yield results...
View ArticleGov. Andrew Cuomo ties Oneida Indian land claim with new casinos
Gov. Andrew Cuomo today said he would like to settle the decades-long Oneida Indian Nation land claim and open Upstate casinos at the same time. In a press conference in Albany to announce more...
View ArticleCuomo Wants Voters to Decide on Full-Scale Casinos
ALBANY — Offering up some details on a promised plan for legalizing full-scale casinos in New York, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Thursday he would push for a statewide voter referendum this fall,...
View ArticleAlbany should reject corrupt bargain on Indian casino: Commentary by...
Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney (R) represents parts of Oneida, Herkimer, Otsego, Delaware, Ulster, Sullivan and Orange counties. By Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney Just off the Thruway between Utica and...
View ArticleLeBrun: Casino vote rules action in Albany
As the state legislative session comes careening to an ignominious end, it's curious what we hear, and what we don't hear from the single major player on the scene. We don't hear much from the...
View ArticleOfficial: Seneca leaders, NY reach gambling deal
BUFFALO, N.Y. - (AP) -- An agreement has been reached between the state and the Seneca Nation of Indians in a long-running stalemate over casino gambling, a day after the tribal president met with...
View ArticleSuccess of Cuomo’s Casino Plan Rests on Several Factors
ALBANY — If Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s plan to expand full-scale casino gambling in New York is to become a reality, he is going to have to hit a three-part parlay. Multimedia Map Where Gambling Is...
View ArticleSeneca Tribe Reaches Deal With Cuomo on Gambling
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the Seneca Nation of Indians announced the settlement of a bitter dispute over gambling revenues, the third agreement in the past four weeks that brings to an end a...
View ArticleGov. Andrew Cuomo, Legislature sued over Oneida Indian casino and land deal
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature have been sued over the landmark deal that gave the Oneida Indian Nation a casino monopoly in Central New York. The Oneida County towns of Vernon and Verona...
View ArticleCuomo sued over deal with Oneidas
Albany Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be required to send lawyers to court to defend the deal he entered into with the Oneida Indian Nation, according to an order signed on Monday by Acting State Supreme...
View ArticleAs Casino Vote Nears, Bishops Warn of Social Risks
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View ArticleNo to More Casinos in New York State
New York State is home to five casinos run by Indian tribes and nine casinos that are called “racinos” because they are large slot machine parlors near racetracks. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the...
View ArticleReject deals like Oneida Indian Nation - New York casino agreement, 26...
One of the largest groups of American Indian tribes says it opposes deals like the one struck between the Oneida Indian Nation and New York state in May that would give the Oneidas a 10-county...
View ArticleReferendum to Expand Casino Gambling in New York Is Approved
New York voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to expand casino gambling, authorizing as many as seven full-scale casinos as part of a plan meant to bring jobs to economically...
View ArticleOneida deal sent to state court
Albany A federal judge on Wednesday directed the towns of Verona and Vernon to state court to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo's land and casino exclusivity agreement with the Oneida Indian Nation. U.S....
View ArticleLawsuit challenges underpinning of NY casino deal
ALBANY, N.Y. -- With a vote coming soon on whether to expand casino gambling in New York, two small upstate towns are asking a court to throw out the rules that would govern the rollout and a related...
View ArticleIn Tax Fight, Tribes Make, and Sell, Cigarettes
ONEIDA, N.Y. — The trucks lumber past cornfields and dilapidated farm houses, pull up to a onetime bingo hall and unload their cargo: boxes of tobacco imported from the Carolinas. Connect with us on...
View ArticleTribal settlements in the casino mix
Albany In Gov. Andrew Cuomo's perfect world, New York's three newest casinos would be destination gaming resorts built in the Catskills/Hudson Valley, greater Capital Region and the Southern...
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