By Ben Dobbin
Rochester, New York (AP)
The Oneida Indian Nation is relocating a cigarette factory to its reservation in central New York as part of a broad effort to keep the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian tribes.
Oneida officials say the...
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Albany, New York (AP)
Gov. David Paterson says he wants to talk to Seneca leaders, who have threatened to charge tolls on the New York State Thruway where it runs through reservation land in western New York.
Seneca President Barry Snyder announced recently that – in...01-20-2009, 12:19 PM -
By Carolyn Thompson
Buffalo, New York (AP)
The Seneca Indian Nation is preparing to collect tolls on sections of the New York State Thruway that run through reservation land to protest the state’s plans to tax cigarettes destined for their discount smokeshops.
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By Carolyn Thompson
Buffalo, New York (AP)
Seneca President Barry Snyder Sr. said he is willing to reconsider plans to mobilize emergency response personnel and collect tolls on the New York State Thruway after receiving a letter from Gov. David Paterson expressing a willingness...02-02-2009, 02:42 PM -
By Sara Kugler Frazier
New York City (AP)
New York City investigators secretly videotaped cigarette dealers on a Long Island Indian reservation illegally selling untaxed smokes for re-sale at city bodegas, officials said last week.
The sting operation - during which...09-20-2010, 03:37 PM