The New York State Legislature passed a bill four times in a decade to recognize the tribe, but it was vetoed each time by Andrew M. Cuomo and Kathy Hochul.
In her veto message, Ms. Hochul largely followed the reasoning that she and Mr. Cuomo had given previously. She said New York was still waiting to receive all the information the state had requested to process an application for official recognition.
Rather than asking the state to simply grant recognition to the Montauketts, the bill's sponsors asked for reinstatement of it, to emphasize that they once had it.
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