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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 to talk.
The state and the western New York tribe are at odds over a law scheduled to take effect next month that would tax cigarettes sold by reservation smokeshops to non-Indian customers. The two sides are expected to appear in state Supreme Court Tuesday on a request by two businesses to block the law’s enforcement.
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 to talk.
The state and the western New York tribe are at odds over a law scheduled to take effect next month that would tax cigarettes sold by reservation smokeshops to non-Indian customers. The two sides are expected to appear in state Supreme Court Tuesday on a request by two businesses to block the law’s enforcement.
