Executive Refusal Report

4/2/11; NY Post Editoral; Andrew & the Indians

2/17/11; Vancouver Sun; Mohawk cigarette maker urges Sask. bands to pass own tobacco laws

2/11/11; Buffalo News; It’s great to see Alden ban smoking in parks

2/6/11; Watertown Daily Times; Man sentenced to prison for smuggling cigarettes

2/4/11; Albany Times Union; State tax on tribal tobacco still no sale

2/3/11; AP; New York’s attorney general sues online tobacco sites

2/3/11;  Schneiderman sues tobacco retailers for illegally selling cigarettes online amid teen smoking epidemic

2/2/11; Business Wire; Philip Morris USA Sues Retailers on the Poospatuck Reservation to Combat Counterfeit Cigarette Sales

2/2/11; Auburn Citizen; Cuomo’s proposed budget includes projected revenues from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold to non-Native Americans on reservations

2/2/11; Canada Views; Tobacco enforcement officials make seizure

2/2/11; Cornwall Seaway News; There is no easy way to stamp out bootleg cigarettes!

2/2/11; Buffalo News; Cuomo sees $130 million from tax on cigarettes

1/30/11; Buffalo News; Senecas’ long, tragic history

11/29/10; NY Post Editorial; Butt-tax blowback

11/27/10; NY Post Editorial; Cig-tax enforcers ‘inhale’ of a $$ jam

11/23/10; AP; Casino possible in Sullivan as Paterson inks deal with tribe

11/22/10; Gannett; Tribal tax tieup on tobacco crimps New York budget

11/13/10; NY Times;Cigarette Giants in Global Fight on Tighter Rules

11/13/10; AP; Resolution elusive in debate over NY cigarette tax; Appeals court likely to have final say

11/11/10; NY Post; Cig-tax hike creates total drag on sales

11/10/10; AP; Ruling favors NY in smokeshop tax fight

10/26/10; Buffalo News; Long Island-based tribe chief thinks mediation is solution to tax battle

10/26/10; Buffalo News; Tribe gives $250,000 to GOP State Senate campaign

10/24/10; Buffalo News; Cigarette Web sites use U.S. Mail, upset Senecas

10/11/10; Buffalo News; Regardless of who wins, expect a battle over Indian tax issue

10/10; Buffalo News; Seneca Nation to pour over $1 Million into GOTV, Mailers in Western NY

10/8/10; Watertown Times; St. Regis Mohawk tax lawsuit will merge with other tribes’

10/8/10; Auburn Citizen; Judge rules Cayugas can’t be prosecuted

10/5/10; Syracuse Post Standard; Taxing Indian Smokes: A ‘simple’ proposition with no solution in sight

10/4/10; Syracuse Post Standard; Supreme Court sides with Cayugas in cigarette tax dispute with Cayuga and Seneca Counties

10/4/10; Finger Lakes Times; Motions set in tribe cigarette seizure

9/27/10; Dunkirk Observer; Roberto backs Seneca Nation

9/13/10; Buffalo News; Narrow rulings keep cigarette tax litigation open-ended

9/8/10; Buffalo News; Tribe gets no sympathy from senator

9/6/10; The Post-Standard; New York cigarette tax plans raise tensions on reservations

9/5/10; NY Post; Seneca threats

9/5/10; Auburn Citizen; Our View: Cayugas can’t have it both ways on tax

9/5/10; Albany Times Union; Smoke and taxes

9/3/10; WBEN Radio, Buffalo; American Cancer Society Getting Involved in Cigarette Tax Battle

9/3/10; NY Post; Gov: Indian tax war ain’t over

9/2/10; NY Post; Indians on warpath at cig tax

9/2/10; Dunkirk Observer; Seneca eyes assistance of U.N.

9/2/10; AP; New York not allowed to tax Native American cigarette sales

9/1/10; NY Times; Court Blocks New York Tax on Tribal Cigarette Sales

9/1/10; Rochester D&C; Judge allows Seneca, Cayuga nations to sell tax-free cigarettes

9/1/10; Buffalo News; On the reservation, resentment

8/31/10; Niagara Gazette; Falls a casualty in Seneca tax dispute

8/31/10; New York Times; New York Is Trying Again to Tax Indians’ Cigarette Sales

8/31/10; Buffalo News; Senecas gain cigarette tax reprieve

8/31/10; Lockport Union-Sun & Journal; Tuscaroras protest cigarette tax

8/31/10; Dunkirk Observer; Senecas lose one court battle over cigarettes

8/31/10; Buffalo News; Fast sell for tax-free cigarettes

8/30/10; Canandaigua Messenger; Editorial: New cigarette tax proving costly in unforeseen ways

8/30/10; Buffalo News; State lawyers win another round in cigarette tax battle

8/30/10; Buffalo News; Seneca leaders vote to withhold payments to state

8/28/10; NY Daily News; Time to kick butts: Gov. Paterson must crack down on Indian cigarette tax evasion

8/27/10; Buffalo News; Judgment reserved on cigarette tax

8/27/10; Syracuse Post-Standard; Onondagas say they will stop selling national-brand cigarettes

8/27/10; NY Daily News; Proposed tax on cigarettes sold at Native American stores has Gov. Paterson fretting

8/26/10; Syracuse Post-Standard; Have the Oneidas outfoxed the state again? Nation moves cigarette factory to tribe land

8/26/10; Capitol Confidential; Paterson: Cowboy hat or not, it’s not that easy

8/25/10; Oneida Dispatch; Nation cigarette plant moving to bingo hall on Route 46 (video)

8/25/10; Albany Times Union; Nations turning to President for tax help

8/23/10; NY Daily News; Native American Tribes To Protest Mayor Bloomberg Today

8/23/10; Albany Times Union; Tribes protest change

8/10; Gannett; N.Y. tribes fight cigarette-tax on state reservations

8/18/10; Albany Times Union; Senecas file suit to block state tax

8/17/10; Buffalo News; Senecas condemn Bloomberg

8/12/10; Buffalo News; Judges refuses to further delay enforcement of PACT Act

8/12/10; NY Post; Cig-taxed NYers run for border

8/11/10; Buffalo News; State to return Seneca truck, cigarettes

8/10/10; Buffalo News; State seizes truckload of Seneca cigarettes

8/10/10; AP; Cigarettes seized in transit between NY Indian reservations on eve of federal court hearing

8/7/10; Jamestown Post-Journal; Return To Court

7/30/10; Buffalo News; Mailing ban on cigarettes is upheld

7/30/10; Buffalo News; Collecting cigarette tax is a public health issue

7/27/10; NY Post; Counterfeit smokes, unchecked, growing in NY

7/7/10; AP; NY judge extends hold on mail-order cigarette

7/6/10; Catskill Daily Mail; Tobacco sellers fired up by new NY tax

6/30/10; Buffalo News; Buffalo News Mail-order cigarette shops close

6/24/10; Auburn Citizen; State will start collecting taxes on tribe cigarette sales Sept. 1

6/23/10; Finger Lakes Times; Extender prompts concerns

6/22/10; Oneonta Daily Star; Local smokers concerned over tax hike

6/22/10; NY Post; Paterson’s phantom tax

6/22/10; NY Daily News; Legislature OKs raising cigarette tax $1.60 to U.S. high $4.35 A PACK!

6/21/10; Buffalo News; Legislature approves cigarette tax increase

6/21/10; NY Daily News; Vote the cigarette tax: Rejecting tobacco levy is hazardous to NY’s health

6/21/10; Auburn Citizen; Carole Estabrook: ‘Sin’ tax will only kill N.Y. business

6/21/10; Albany Times Union; Tobacco on legislators’ agenda

6/21/10; Albany Times Union; Too sweet a tax ploy?

6/18/10; Buffalo News; Paterson stance against borrowing

6/10; Westchester Journal News; Tobacco tax hike gets mixed reaction in Westchester

6/16/2010; Buffalo News; More ‘tough choices’ due as Paterson keeps pressure on lawmakers

6/16/10; NY Post; Gov eyes emergency cig-tax hike

6/14/10; Buffalo News; State’s emergency spending bill OK’d by Senate, 34-27

6/2/10; Finger Lake Times; Kolb: Collect smoke tax now

6/10; YNN; Paladino speaks out against Nation’s operations

5/23; Syracuse Post-Standard; Cayuga County DA to seek criminal charges in cigarette tax dispute despite top court ruling

5/20/10; Buffalo News; Senecas defend right to sell tax-free tobacco

5/18/10; Finger Lakes Times; Seneca County frustrated

5/18/10; Auburn Citizen; County seeks state, federal help in cigarette case

5/15/10; NY Post; David hearts buttleggers

5/14/10; Finger Lakes Times; Seneca, Nozzolio to talk Cayugas

5/12/10; Albany Times Union; Court sides with Cayugas

5/11/10; Syracuse Post Standard; Less tobacco control from Albany

5/8/10; Rochester D&C; N.Y. wants piece of Indian cigarette sales

5/2/10; Utica Observer Dispatch; Tobacco giant targets tax-free cigarette sales

4/28/10; Syracuse Post Standard; Court: Oneida Indian Nation can ignore tax collector

4/25/10; Buffalo News; Ruse foils ploy to evade tax on cigarettes

4/22/10; The Post-Standard; Lawmakers call on state officials to collect tax from tribal tobacco sales

4/22/10; Cigarette tax hike a good deterrent

Gannett; Lobbyists for soda, cigarette, wine, liquor companies busy at Capitol

4/10; Olean Times Herald; Businesses brace for ban on mailing smokes

4/4/10; Jamestown Post Journal; Salamanca Business Adjusts To PACT Act

4/1/10; Dunkirk Observer; Obama signs PACT Act

4/10; WIVB TV Buffalo; Seneca Nation fired up over federal law Law could stamp out mail-ordered cigarette

3/31/10; Buffalo News; Obama signs bill restricting mail-order cigarette sales

3/31/10; Buffalo News; President Obama signs PACT Act

3/10; Indian Country Today; Seneca Nation asks Obama to veto anti-sovereignty PACT Act

3/26/10; Auburn Citizen; State’s highest court hears cigarette tax case

3/25/10; AP; N.Y. top court weighs tax claim on Indian cigarettes

3/25/10; NY Times; Cigarette Smuggling Crackdown

3/22/10; NY Daily News; Senate set to OK Gov. Paterson’s state budget

3/19/10; Buffalo News; In letter to Obama, Snyder urges a veto on PACT Act

3/18/10; NY Daily News; Bustin’ butts: New law will make Indians kick the cigarette-tax-scam habit

3/18/10; Dunkirk Observer; PACT Act moves forward

3/18/10; Buffalo News; Cigarette mail ban in Obama’s hands Senecas’ lucrative tobacco trade in peril as House approves measure

3/17/10; NY tribe says cigarette mailing ban threatens jobs

3/17/10; Buffalo News; House vote sends cigarette mailing ban to president

3/17/10; Gannett; Tax on soft drinks, wine in groceries unlikely to pass

3/12/10; NY Times; Senate Backs Ban on Mail-Order Cigarettes in Setback for Tribe

3/12/10; Buffalo News; Senate vote endangers Seneca mail-order cigarette business

2/28/10; Gannett; State seeks to further curb smoking

2/24/10; Buffalo News; Paterson proposes new rules for collecting taxes at wholesale level Another try at taxing Indian cigarettes

2/23/10; Buffalo News; New plan to collect tax on cigarettes sold by Indian retailers

2/21/10; Auburn Citizen; Our View: State needs to back counties’ tobacco tax fight

2/19/10; Finger Lakes Times; Cancer Society says 100K would quit with tax on tribal cigarette sales

2/19/10; SI Advance; The limits of a ‘sin tax’

2/5/10; Journal News; Cigarette, soda taxes make good sense

2/10; Reuters; U.S. would reap billions from $1 cigarette tax hike

1/27/10; Watertown Times; Mohawks unhappy with Paterson plan to collect tax

1/10; Gannett; Fiscal crisis prompts renewed effort to collect cigarette taxes

1/27/10; Buffalo News; Tobacco tax boost tied to Indian issue

1/10; AP; Supreme Court says New York City cannot use racketeering law against online cigarette vendor

1/21/10; AP; Paterson revisits Indian cigarette tax

1/20/10; Buffalo News; Seneca leader condemns effort to boost state revenue from Native Americans Governor to get tough on cigarette tax

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