In early June the Seneca Nation and New York State announced an agreement in principal for a new 20-year compact agreement. At the time, no details were made publicly available.
But word reached the Rochester delegation of the NYS Assembly that one of the provisions of the agreement was a Seneca-owned casino in Rochester. Apparently, according to sources on the delegation, Governor Hochul’s negotiating team did not let Rochester lawmakers know about that detail.
Governor Hochul recused herself from negotiations because of her husbands employment at Delaware North, a company that is also in the casino business.
Negotiations halted after the Governor was not given authorization to enter into a new compact agreement by the legislature.
