Seneca County postpones vote on Cayuga land claim settlement

SENECA FALLS - The Seneca Falls Community Center was aflutter with American flags and full of protest signs that read: “No trust lands” and “I am a Native American. I was born here and I pay taxes.”

Seneca County held its public hearing Monday night on the proposed settlement with the Cayuga Indian Nation of New York to limit the acreage the tribe can apply to take into sovereign status in exchange for a Las Vegas-style casino in the Catskills and hold harmless payments to Cayuga and Seneca counties.

The Seneca County Board of Supervisors also announced the postponement of its vote on the settlement from June 26 until a still-to-be-determined date.