Senecas: We’ll charge tolls
Out in Western N.Y., the Seneca Nation announced it has voted to charge New York state $1 per vehicle for each one that passes through its Cattaraugus territory on the state thruway.
The tribe said it won’t harass motorists but will bill the state beginning Friday. It said it would erect signs notifying drivers they are entering Indian territory and alerting them to the fee.
The action comes in the wake of Gov. Eliot Spitzer saying he wants to enforce a law that says tribes must collect sales taxes on gasoline, cigarettes and other goods sold on reservations to non-Indians.
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