Still waiting for DOI decision on Catskills casino

Tuesday, June 12, 2007  

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) plans to call Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne this week to talk about an off-reservation casino in the Catskills.

Spitzer agreed to the casino for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. But Kempthorne opposes off-reservation gaming and could block the tribe from acquiring the land for the project.

A Bureau of Indian Affairs spokesperson said the paperwork is currently before associate deputy secretary Jim Cason. It's not clear when he will make a recommendation to Kempthorne.

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Catskill casino a waiting game (The Middletown Times Herald-Record 6/12)