State threatens to reallocate $50M in Seneca Nation road funds
Friday, August 3, 2012
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More on: andrew cuomo, new york, seneca, tero, transportation
New York
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) threatened to reallocate $50 million in road funds affecting the
Seneca Nation as part of a dispute over a
Tribal
Employment Rights Ordinance fee.
The state has been balking at paying the tribe's TERO fee of 3.5 percent. But the state said it would pay the fee -- as long the tribe settled an unrelated dispute over $400 million in gaming revenues.
"It's despicable," Seneca President Robert Odawi Porter said in response, WGRZ-TV reported. "It's unacceptable."
The TERO fee at issue appears to be rather small -- around $1.7 million for a project on Interstate 86.
The
Federal Highway
Administration is providing 90 percent of the cost of the project.
Get the Story:
Cuomo ups the ante in dispute with Senecas
(The Buffalo News 8/3)
Senecas, state continue to battle over I-86 work
(The Salamanca Press 8/3)
State Ready To Start Construction On Seneca Land Monday
(The Jamestown Post-Journal 8/3)
NYS vs. Seneca Nation: Construction Money or Gaming Revenue?
(WKBW-TV 8/2)
NYDOT Threatens To Stop Seneca Highway & Bridge Repairs
(WGRZ-TV 8/2)
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