Catskill casino in settlement?
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The Cayuga Indian Nation would end its land-claim lawsuit and accept a much small tract of land in the Finger Lakes in exchange for rights to build a casino—probably in the Catskill Mountain region—under a tentative deal announced Wednesday.
The tribe would give up its claim to 64,000 acres in Seneca and Cayuga counties and instead take just 10,000 acres. The two counties would get up to $15.3 million annually as a share of revenue from the casino.
The proposal must obtain approvals from both counties, the federal government and Gov. Eliot Spitzer and the state Legislature. If all that goes smoothly and quickly, a lawyer for the Cayugas said the casino could be up and running in two years.
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