#Cattaraugus County

Cattaraugus County and the City of Salamanca have an agreement that should pave the way for the county, city and Salamanca school district to receive $31.5 million in delayed casino payments soon. New York state and the Seneca Nation had a disagreement over whether the Nation continued to owe the state a percentage of slot machine money in the…

The Buffalo Bills won't be the only beneficiaries of the $564.8 million in long-owed casino revenues that Gov. Kathy Hochul extracted from the Seneca Nation this week. While Hochul proposed targeting the vast majority of that money to the new Bills stadium, the cities of Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Salamanca will benefit as well. The state will send…

The Seneca Nation announced March 29 that its Council has taken action to resolve the ongoing gaming compact dispute with New York state and begin talks for a new compact. With the Nation agreeing to transfer $565 million from a restricted escrow account to the state to resolve the outstanding dispute, local officials have yet to know what funding…

SALAMANCA - The Seneca Nation of Indians gave New York Stateofficials a revenue sharing check in the amount of $68 million,Friday - with over $5 million to be received locally. At a ceremony held at the Seneca Allegany Casino,representatives of New York State and Cattaraugus Counties acceptedthe check from Seneca Nation president Barry E. Snyder,…

The Seneca Nation of Indians has agreed to settle a long-running dispute over payments it makes to the state from its Western New York casino revenues, but is seeking a new gaming compact with the state in return. Under the agreement, the Senecas will pay the state the nearly $500 million in revenue-sharing money it has withheld since the dispute…