New York suffered a setback this week in its fight against the Cayuga Indian Nation. The Cayugas have been selling cigarettes without New York sales and cigarette taxes; district attorneys had previously executed search warrants and seized records from their cigarette stores. A state appellate court issued a preliminary injunction stopping the district attorneys from pursing the matter until the appeal is heard.
The stores, operated by the Cayugas, have been closed since mid-December. It’s likely they’ll soon be reopened. The last time I reported on this the score was New York 4, Indians 3. It looks like a two-run homer for the Indians from this vantage point.