New York ? Should Indian tribes be allowed to build casinos outside their reservations? No, according to a Senate bill approved Wednesday.

“Every tribe would like to have a casino in downtown New York City,” said North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan, the top Democrat on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. “But that’s not how it should be.”

Some tribes have criticized the bill, saying it would prevent them from creating more jobs for members. Bill Johnson, a member of North Dakota’s Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, says his tribe’s proposed casino near Grand Forks, N.D., would be a major economic boost.

“No one’s going to get rich in North Dakota,” he said. “But every dollar that comes in will help a tribe like ours that has almost 70 percent unemployment.”