ALBANY, N.Y. - Days before the New York Legislature will try to stem growing budget deficits, leaders of the Seneca Nation pressed Gov. David Paterson’s office to veto a bill that would require collecting millions of dollars in taxes on cigarettes now sold tax-free by tribes.Nothing was resolved Thursday, said spokesmen for the tribe and Paterson. “We continue to ask New York state to honor its treaties,” said Richard Nephew, chairman of the Seneca Nation’s Legislative Council. More…
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