Outgoing New York Gov. David Paterson (D) says talks with the Seneca Nation have hit an impasse.
Under its Class III gaming compact, the tribe agreed to share 25 percent of slot machine revenues with the state. But the tribe is withholding $214 million because it says the state has violated the exclusivity provisions of the compact by allowing an expansion of non-Indian gaming.
The two sides have been talking under a timetable dictated by the compact. Paterson, however, said he will take the matter to arbitration because he claims the tribe isn't willing to agree to a resolution.
It's not clear whether arbitration will begin before incoming Gov. Andrew
Cuomo (D) takes office next month.
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