Officials In Two Towns Interested In Imposing Stricter Mining Regulations Following State Action
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Sand Land's Noyac site. PRESS FILE
Sand Land's Noyac site. PRESS FILE
on Feb 12, 2019
The towns of Southampton and East Hampton gained the opportunity to have more control over regulating mining operations as a result of a state bill that was signed into law... more
The State Legislature delivered a bill that provides for reinstatement of recognition and acknowledgment of the Montaukett Indian Nation to Governor Kathy Hochul last Thursday, December 12. The governor — who vetoed similar legislation a year ago — has until December 24 to sign or veto the bill, which supporters say would correct an unjust and racist 1910 ruling in which the tribe was declared extinct. “We hope she understands,” read a December 12 alert from Chief Robert Pharaoh, that Justice Abel Blackmar’s 1910 ruling “was based on racism and greed,” and that “for 114 years after the Blackmar ruling, ...
by Christopher Walsh
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on Feb 12, 2019