End the game on the Compact

NY has a double standard when it comes to dealing with the First Nations peoples and honoring treaties.
It likes to read the treaty in question in a way that benefits NY government and screws over everyone else.

Case and point: The Casino Compact which has vefy specific language on how long the Seneca Nation is to pay a percentage of proceeds to NY. Next to none of the money that was paid to NY came back to Niagara Falls, Buffalo Creek, or Salamanca.  To NY that is not the issue.  The Upsate casinos are a cash cow for buying NYC loyalty at election time.

And the language of the Compact spelled out how long the Seneca Nation would have to pay a dividend. It also prohibited NY from opening up private casinos in this region.

NY, specifically Governor Cuomo, sees the situation different from the language of the Compact and, true to form, found ways to violate the Compact and punish areas with casinos if they accepted money from the Seneca Nation.

The violation was the opening of the private casinos. (From what I hear they  are not doing well. The Nation Casinos are better run and more established. Plus the entertainment line ups. Not that I advocate gambling, but the concert lines are amazing &  my friends tell me that the seating  is nice.  One of these years I will go to the Native American Music Awards.)

The punishment is that NY will reduce state aid by however much money the Seneca Nation gives to the various communities.

This is an insult to the Seneca Nation, which has been lied to and cheated out of land, benefits, and rights whenever government gets a chance.
It is also an insult to the communities that are struggling without the money that the Seneca Nation is holding for them until arbitration is decided. This is money that is needed for schools, roads, and other public services.

NY needs to back down and honor the Casino Compact. Instead of twisting treaty interpretation to suit the needs of Albany politicians,  it needs to honor the Compact, close the illegal Upstate casinos, or turn them over to the Seneca and Cayuga Nations, and allow the money that being held for the various communities to be released without penalty to the communities of Salamanca, Niagara Falls, and Buffalo Creek.