The casino gaming compact between the state of New York and the Seneca Nation of Indians expired on Dec. 31, 2023, leaving host communities like the City of Niagara Falls without a legal right to access quarterly revenue payments.
To help alleviate some of the financial strain, the Falls and two other host communities, Buffalo and Salamanca, received advanced casino revenue payments courtesy of Gov. Kathy Hochul last year.
Several prominent Niagara County entities, whose casino revenue shares were covered under a separate piece of state legislation that also expired at the end of 2023, were not so lucky.
Representatives from those entities — the Niagara Falls School District, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, the county’s lead tourism agency Destination Niagara and the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center — have all been forced to adjust the loss of the money.
