A district judge has ratified the casino gambling and land claim settlement that the Oneida Indians reached in 2013 with the Cuomo administration and Oneida and Madison counties.
Northern District of New York Judge Lawrence Kahn’s (See Profile) ruling Tuesday in State of New York v. Jewell, 6:08-cv-0644, clears the way for the Oneidas to hold a monopoly over casinos in a 10-county area in central New York in exchange for making $50 million in payments annually to the state. The Oneidas’ monopoly extends to Oneida, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Cayuga, Cortland, Chenango, Otsego, Herkimer and Lewis counties.
