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The Niagara Falls Territory is only about 56 acres, but it is one of the most valuable pieces of restricted-fee land the Seneca Nation holds. It sits next to one of the most visited natural wonders in North America. For more than two decades it has been treated, in practice, as a single-purpose campus for Seneca Tribal Council could lease Niagara Falls Reservation to individual tribal members to boost development
23+ hour, 17+ min ago (1422+ words) That is the opposite of how the Nation already talks about sovereignty in other sectors: more enterprises, more members in the economy, more revenue streams so one compact fight cannot freeze the whole treasury. The public record is not a…...
New York Gov. Hochul tells CNN that New Yorkers were ‘let down’ by the government not releasing 9/11 air quality documents
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (131+ words) New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, joins CNN's Wolf Blitzer on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 to remember the fallen and those who have succumbed in the years since from illnesses related to toxic exposures near the World Trade Center. New…...
Would reforming tribal members’ per-capita payments ease the Seneca Nation’s drug crisis?
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (318+ words) The money in the title is not a historic treaty coupon. It is the modern per-capita stream built from Salamanca land leases and from casino distributions after the 2002 gaming compact. Some Seneca members concerned about the drug crisis now argue…...
New York delegation gets shoved in the back at GOP midterm convention in downgrade from prime 2024 and 2016 seats
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (607+ words) DALLAS — New York is getting the backseat treatment at the GOP midterm convention this week, with its delegation being placed in the left rear corner of the arena, marking a significant downgrade from the 2016 and 2024 party gatherings. In the past,…...
Robert Jones says Todd Gates is to blame for Seneca gaming compact debacle, as Tribal Council candidates trade throes
1+ week, 2+ day ago (441+ words) CATTARAUGUS TERRITORY, N.Y. — Two weeks before the Seneca Nation’s Sept. 18 caucus, the argument over who lost the gaming compact with New York has moved from Council chambers onto the campaign trail. Gates has not answered that charge in a public statement....
Losses at Seneca Holdings upend tribal elections, as members voice fury on social media | The Buffalo Chronicle
1+ week, 3+ day ago (555+ words) What it does not do is publish a public profit-and-loss statement. That gap has become combustible in an election year. None of those campaigns can escape the question that members have been asking in living rooms, at council, and — more…...
New York joins lawsuit challenging federal restrictions on gender-affirming care funding
1+ week, 5+ day ago (372+ words) New York has joined a multistate lawsuit challenging a federal rule that blocks Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program reimbursement for gender-affirming care provided to transgender adolescents. Attorney General Letitia James and the coalition argue that the U.S. Department of Health…...
New York says $87 million in counterterrorism funding remains withheld
1+ week, 6+ day ago (481+ words) New York officials are calling on the Trump administration to release $87 million in federal homeland-security money they say remains withheld from the state after a court challenge restored part of a larger reduction. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand…...
Abrams vs Porter: race for Seneca Nation presidency is too close to call | The Buffalo Chronicle
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1132+ words) The Seneca Party, which has dominated Nation elections for decades, holds its endorsement caucus on Sept. 18. The general election follows on Nov. 3. That caucus is the first real test of whether the race consolidates or stays split. “I’m running for…...
Hundreds show up to judge New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest
2+ week, 1+ day ago (226+ words) The winner, Amadeo Fusca, was the crowd favorite, wearing a jersey for the NBA champion New York Knicks underneath a suit. Fusca also had a haircut and facial hair similar to Mamdani, taking home a $100 prize. Mamdani, a democratic socialist…...