Oct 8, 2026 · 15 min · 11 segments
The City of Buffalo has regained control of a premium piece of waterfront real estate. Also, as tensions ramp up between the city and Senecas, is it possible to get them both to the negotiating table?…
Mitch NowakowskiGuest
Brian MazurowskiHostSusan RoseHostAaron Mankowskispeaker_10
Brayton Wilson
Pierre ThomasThe city of Buffalo suing the Seneca Nation to try and stop construction of a planned gas station along Ohio Street near the waterfront.
We're asking the court to maintain the status quo, which is no construction on that site, leaving it like it is.
So that's what we filed today.
Ryan believes he, that the city has legal standing even though the federal government considers it sovereign land.
Whether you're a sovereign, whether you're a non-profit, whether you have restricted fee, that doesn't clearly say that you don't have to follow the rest of the rules.
So you have to do fire suppression system based on New York state rules.
You have to follow the land use permit.
Right now, you're not allowed to disturb soil in that area unless you do environmental testing.
Well, the lawsuit claims that the site prep work has already disturbed that soil that could be contaminated, potentially releasing that contamination into the Buffalo River.
Well, Seneca Nation President JC Seneca said in a statement, quote, "The city, and especially the mayor, simply do not get it.
That land is Seneca Nation land now and forever." And on Mayor Ryan, Seneca said, quote, "His lies and continued hostility toward the Seneca Nation regarding our land are nothing short of a purposeful distraction."
Meanwhile, the city of Buffalo has won a court battle, allowing it to keep control of the Templeton Landing Restaurant site next to Erie Basin Marina.
A state supreme court judge ruled that a California company that owns Templeton Landing did not hit benchmarks set in a lease-to-own deal that it had signed with the city, going all the way back to 2003.
The city of Buffalo suing the Seneca Nation to try and stop construction of a planned gas station along Ohio Street near the waterfront.
We're asking the court to maintain the status quo, which is no construction on that site, leaving it like it is.
So that's what we filed today.
Ryan believes he, that the city has legal standing even though the federal government considers it sovereign land.
Whether you're a sovereign, whether you're a non-profit, whether you have restricted fee, that doesn't clearly say that you don't have to follow the rest of the rules.
So you have to do fire suppression system based on New York state rules.
You have to follow the land use permit.
Right now, you're not allowed to disturb soil in that area unless you do environmental testing.
Well, the lawsuit claims that the site prep work has already disturbed that soil that could be contaminated, potentially releasing that contamination into the Buffalo River.
Well, Seneca Nation President JC Seneca said in a statement, quote, "The city, and especially the mayor, simply do not get it.
That land is Seneca Nation land now and forever." And on Mayor Ryan, Seneca said, quote, "His lies and continued hostility toward the Seneca Nation regarding our land are nothing short of a purposeful distraction."
Meanwhile, the city of Buffalo has won a court battle, allowing it to keep control of the Templeton Landing Restaurant site next to Erie Basin Marina.
A state supreme court judge ruled that a California company that owns Templeton Landing did not hit benchmarks set in a lease-to-own deal that it had signed with the city, going all the way back to 2003.
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