Byline: JAMES M. ODATO Capitol bureau
The federal government Thursday announced approval of the St. Regis Mohawks' plan to build what is billed as the nation's largest casino about two hours from the Capital Region.
The action is the first time a tribe has gained federal approval to target land for a casino outside both its reservation and ancestral home in New York.
It came as another Native American group seeking to build a casino in the Capital Region is signaling plans to sue six upstate governments -- including the city and county of Albany -- for as much as $1.4 billion each.
The federal move leaves it in Gov. George Pataki's hands whether to approve a $500 million Mohawk project targeted for a 29-acre site at Monticello Raceway in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, 90 miles north of New York City.
``We believe (Pataki is) in our corner, and …
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