ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs on Friday rejected a proposal to build a Native American casino within driving distance of New York City in the storied Catskill mountains.

The decision ends the effort by the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians in Wisconsin to open a casino in the long economically depressed area, once a destination for top celebrities at world-class resorts in what was known as the Borscht Belt.