As a deadline looms for reaching a gambling deal with the Seneca Nation of Indians, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office tried to give the tribe a new casino near Rochester. It backfired.
Although Gov. Kathy Hochul says she has taken no role in matters directly affecting Delaware North, the company has benefited in New York from her administration’s decisions.
More than 100 marijuana dispensaries, run out of gas stations and wooden shacks, have opened on Native land while New York State awaits its first official retail licenses.
Critics have savaged the deal, which would use $850 million in state and local funds. But many in the city say keeping the Bills in Buffalo is good for civic pride.