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SENECA-CAYUGATRIBE
OF
OKLAHOMA
R2301E.Steve
O W ~ / ' I S
alvd.
8Qx.'128J
Mlarni,
Oklahqrne
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(918)
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March
4:2002
TheHonorableGeorgeE.Pataki
Gov
ernor
of
the
StateofNe"",
York
S ~
Capitol'
Albany,NewYork12224
Dear
GovernorPataki:
r
turote
you
01}
February
6 ~
1002
to
express
the
inrerest
of
the
St:lleQll-Cayuga
Tribe
in.
nega.tiaring
tJJith
the:
state
of
New
Vark
tocpmplete
I!
gami.ilg-
compact,1
have
also
fa
U o W ~
recent
newspaper
articlesclosely
with
regard
'In
tb.e
status
of
negetiations
with
other
tribes
fur
gaming
oompacts,
I
heverecently
met
with
the
Seneca-Cayuga
Business
Cb,m'iJitteotmdI'have
bc:t:tJ
authorizedtopropose
the
following
slJpplcmcn1
to
my
lecer
ofFebrua:ry
5
Q>
.,
The
Seneca-CayugaTribewouldpropose
~ t e r i h g
i D ~ O
coinpacts
foe
two
sites
iD.
New
YorkStrte;one
within
(he
Cayuga
land
elaim
area,
and
tl}e
crWi
in
NhigamFalls,
In
eat:l,l
case,
the
S c ~ C f i y u g J l
T ~ u ~
would
~
agreeab
le
to
all
~
p r o v i ~ o l 1 S '
included
in
tho
M C ' I D . a r . m . d ~
o f U n i l ~ g
and
thl;
recentSf3te
glllii.ir\g
legislation."
Specifically,
the
Tribe
is
WillJng
to
make
c:ll;ch..lsjvityp/:lYTUeots
to
me
State
of
New.
York
0[25%
of
the
sfQt
revenues
g<"-l1erilto;I
at
aClass
ill
W-cilil]'-
.
Further,
the
Tribeiswilling
toenter
into
pxojeet
labor
agreements
wi(b
buildingtrades
and
the
Tribe
is
prepared
to
agreeto
the;
labor
a.rgarA%.ins
provision
of
the
recentlegislation.
,Weunderstandthat
me
Stat€:
wants
tribal
laadclaimsresolvedas
prot
of
the
compacting
process.
Whlle
t h ~
Seneca-CayugaTribe
cannot
speak
for
any
other
party
to
the
cayuga
land
claim,
l:I{t
~
pte,Pnrt;d
to
discussa
n ~ b e r
of
proposals
that
We
believe
could
facilirateanegctiatedresolutionofthMclaim
that
woUld
be
beneficial
to
allparties.For
example,theTribe
1.'{QU1d
be
wi.Uing
to
make
em
additional
payment
of
five
million
dollarsa
year
to
the
State
of
New
Yorkfromeach
of
thetwogamingfacilitiestoassistWe
State
in
thosenegotiations,
.1
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