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Mohawk Tribe to Sullivan County, New York: No, We Won’t Build a Casino at Monticello Raceway

I grew up in Orange County, New York, about 90 minutes from the city (I live in Pennsylvania now), so I was interested in the news that neighboring Sullivan County was courting the Mohawk tribe, hoping they’d build a casino at Monicello Gaming and Raceway.

Tribe to Sullivan. No thanks.

The tribe held a vote on Saturday of its community members as to whether or not they should continue to push for the casino project.

The vote came in 178-140 to stop pursuing the casino project.

Now, Sullivan County will be pursuing another tribe.

One of the main obstacles in the way of a Catskills casinos for the tribe was a law put in place by the Bush Administration that limits how far off of their reservation a tribe can build a casino.

That law is being challenged, and may be overturned, but the tribe decided that it was too much of a risk.