Gaming has worked. Boehlert says experience works in his favor U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert named prescription drug benefits and lowering the minimum wage as two priorities in his bid for a 10th term in the 23rd Congressional District. Region waits while watching Cayuga trial After a year and a half on the front lines of the Oneida land claim, lawyers for Oneida and Madison counties are on the sidelines in U.S. District Court Judge Neal P. McCurn's Syracuse courtroom this summer. The collapse of negotiations in the Oneida Indian Nation land claim failed to surprise the affected landowners that have watched the process most closely. The property tax lawsuit between the Oneida Indian Nation of New York and the city of Sherrill probably will not go to court until next year, Sherrill City Manager David Barker said Monday.
Officials hope a settlement finally comes.
A return to the negotiating table by parties to the Oneida Indian Nation land claim took another step forward Wednesday. Senator says he may hold up confirmation of nominee . The Nation handed out thousands of preprinted postcards at employee meetings called to discuss the land claim, Nation spokesman Mark Emery said Monday. Schumer asks Reno to protect landowners. 2000 Reports due on claim status Lawyers from all sides in the Oneida Indian land claim have until the close of business today to file their recommendations on the status of the case with U.S. District Court Judge Neal P. McCurn.