Senecas: NYS playing politics with I-86 roadwork

A surprise decision by the New York State Department of Transportation to stop planned roadwork on Interstate-86 in the Southern Tier has the Seneca Nation of Indians asking federal officials to reroute the repair funds directly to the Indian nation.

At issue is an apparent reversal by state DOT officials to back off in 19-year agreement that calls for Seneca Nation representatives to monitor road construction sites that cut through sovereign territory. The decision, some feel, may further fray...