\n“Since then no meeting plans nor dates have been offered to the nation. President Gates stands by his willingness to meet with the governor, should the governor choose to do so,” Pantano told the Niagara Gazette this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nWhich pretty much leaves the city of Buffalo, and the other communities that depend on its payments, in limbo.<\/p>\n
Four-year Stand-off<\/b><\/h2>\n
Councilman Andrew Touma said this week the issue of the frozen payments is the “number one question” he gets asked from his constituents.<\/p>\n
Nerves are understandable. The last time the tribe stopped making payments, in 2009, as a result of the racino expansion, there was a four-year stand-off before the matter could be resolved.<\/p>\n
The state eventually admitted fault and permitted the tribe to keep $200 million it would have otherwise shared.<\/p>\n
“Obviously, the concern is there’s a history there,” Touma told Mayor Paul Dyster at a hearing Monday. “The city can’t afford to be in that situation again.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Officials for the City of Niagara Falls in New York State are concerned that the Seneca Nation\u2019s decision to freeze revenue share payments to the state will leave them starved of funding. But the apparent inaction from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s office in pursuing a solution is making matters worse, leaving the government scratching […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":52391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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