Supreme Court unanimous ruling: Allowing tribal police officers to stop, detain non-Natives — what about the Cayuga Nation?
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Ithaca Tenants Union, advocates arrive to Seneca County ahead of looming Cayuga Nation evictions
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Just days before a grand jury assembles in Seneca County to start collecting testimonies that can eventually lead to criminal charges, a FingerLakes1.com investigation has revealed that the Cayuga Nation of New York has never received any federal funding through law enforcement or tribal court public law contracts, according to the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs.
After the initial Freedom of Information Act requests were filed through the federal agency in early February, Rebecca Smith, a tribal relations specialist at the Eastern Regional Office, explained that their office had “no records” for either request, resulting in two denial letters that were dated from Feb. 24, 2021.
Preempting a possible attempt by the Cayuga Nation to open a marijuana dispensary, the village of Union Springs has drafted a local law prohibiting sales of the drug there.
The law would make Union Springs the first municipality in Cayuga County to opt out of parts of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo March 31.
The law, an amendment to the village s 2013 zoning law, would prohibit marijuana dispensaries and consumption sites, as well as the sale of tobacco and tobacco products, including vaporizers and e-cigarettes. Wholesale growing and processing of marijuana and marijuana products would also be prohibited everywhere but the village s agricultural residential and commercial zoning areas, where it would be allowable by special permit. The law says its purpose is to prevent the negative secondary effects of cannabis and nicotine use, cultivation, processing and sale.