New York Gov. George Pataki (R) says his decision to pull a bill to authorize five tribal casinos in the Catskills has nothing to do with a $10,000 donation from Donald Trump.

Pataki accepted the money last Wednesday, two days before he withdrew the legislation. Trump opposes the casinos in the Catskills, fearing they will hurt his Atlantic City casinos.

Pataki's spokesperson says the deals were pulled because of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Oneida Nation case.

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