Sentences with phrase «upstate bid rigging»

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This is in line with the governor's public comments last year after Percoco was charged in a bribery and bid - rigging case that includes prominent upstate developers and former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros.

The proposal comes weeks after eight people — including former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and ex-Cuomo aide Joe Percoco — were indicted on charges stemming from an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme involving upstate economic development projects.

Next year, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joe Percoco, will go on trial along with the former president of SUNY Nanotech and upstate developers, who are accused of being involved in a bribery and bid - rigging scheme for economic development projects.

The push for procurement oversight reform began last year following the arrests of ex-SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and a former close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco as well as prominent upstate developers, accused of rigging bids for economic development contracts.

The changes come as lawmakers have sought to push for returning power to DiNapoli's office for procurement oversight following the arrests of prominent upstate developers, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic stemming from an alleged effort to rig state bids on lucrative economic development projects.

A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case alleging the bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects was scheduled to plead guilty this afternoon and begin cooperating with the government.

A federal grand jury in Manhattan Tuesday returned a 14 - count indictment of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, and seven others on corruption charges in two wide - ranging bribery schemes to rig bids and wield influence on upstate development projects.

The governor said he's met with federal prosecutors since former top aide Joe Percoco, a former lobbyist who was a close Cuomo associate, the head of SUNY Polytechnic and six others were charged with bribery, bid - rigging and other corruption charges in connection with the governor's upstate economic development programs.

It also alleged that Kaloyeros and developers rigged the construction bids for several facilities, which the Democratic governor has touted as a cornerstone of legacy in upstate New York.

A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case involving the alleged bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects pled guilty Friday afternoon and agreed to cooperate with the government.

Lawyers representing six of the defendants have spent the past several weeks in a new letter - writing campaign to a federal judge seeking dismissal of the bid - rigging corruption charges leveled against individuals involved in several major upstate economic development programs, including the mega-construction project at Tesla's Riverbend site in South Buffalo.

It has been the focus of several major corruption scandals, including two that led to jail time for both former legislative leaders, and nine Cuomo associates, including a former top aide and the former architect of his upstate economic development programs, are facing multiple charges, including bribery and bid - rigging.

The legislation was proposed after bid rigging charges were filed against prominent upstate developers, a former close aide to the governor and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic.

The Buffalo visit on Sept. 23 came one day after eight men were arrested, accused of an extensive bid - rigging scandal connected to Cuomo's banner upstate economic development initiative — the Buffalo Billion.

That was the day that Alain Kaloyeros, the founding president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, was swept up in an alleged bid - rigging scandal that has rocked the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and cast a long shadow on the future of SUNY Poly, considered a keystone of the region's high - tech sector and a beacon for similar development across upstate.

The former president of SUNY Poly Alain Kaloyeros was indicted earlier this year on corruption charges along with several other people associated with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's upstate development projects over an alleged bid - rigging scheme.

And nine Cuomo associates, including a former top aide and the former architect of his upstate economic development programs, are facing multiple charges, including bribery and bid - rigging.

The second will feature six defendants including SUNY Polytechnic founder Alain Kaloyeros, and will focus on charges of bid - rigging at upstate development projects in Syracuse and Buffalo.

The cases involve accusations of bid - rigging involving upstate economic development programs — including the ballyhooed Buffalo Billion — and related dealings involving ex-Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, who previously worked for Cuomo when he was federal housing secretary.

The issue fell by the wayside in the budget talks, but had initially been proposed in the wake of the arrests of a half dozen people charged in a bribery and bid - rigging case that included a former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic and upstate developers.

Following the bid - rigging scandal involving several upstate economic development projects last fall, it is clear stronger protections on the procurement process are necessary.9 All state agencies, public authorities, and affiliates should be required to have competitive and transparent contracting processes.

The push and pull over the control of the economic development spending comes after the arrests last year of prominent upstate developers, former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and an ex-top aide and confidant to the governor, Joe Percoco, in a case stemming from kickbacks and bid rigging related to key economic development spending in New York.

Cuomo is making the proposed changes after the arrests of prominent upstate developers, former SUNY Polytechnic leader Alain Kaloyeros and Joe Percoco, a former top aide and confidant to the governor, in a bribery and bid - rigging case.

Last year, a former close advisor to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, the former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros, and prominent upstate developers were arrested and charged in a kickback and bid - rigging case centering around key economic development projects.

Last year, a former close advisor to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, the former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros, and several upstate developers were arrested and charged in a kickback and bid - rigging case involving economic development projects.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has had a difficult four weeks after his former top aide and eight others were charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme that went to the heart of his key economic development efforts in upstate New York.

«I try not to be defensive and this is somewhat of an emotional situation for me,» Cuomo said when asked about the arrests of Percoco and eight other people on charges of bribery and bid rigging related to upstate economic development projects.

Economic development spending has come under renewed scrutiny after the governor's former top aide was arrested last year and charged in a sweeping bid - rigging case that included prominent upstate developers who have received contracts under the state's job spending efforts.

But Cuomo's support for the conference also comes as he is facing a mounting of series of political headaches, including the arrest of his former top aide and others in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme involving the governor's signature economic development efforts in upstate New York.

State lawmakers want to see more oversight of economic development spending after the arrests of nine people last week in an alleged widespread scheme involving bid rigging and bribery within key projects designed to spur job creation upstate.

What will happen to the complicated cases Bharara has built — especially against the eight men facing charges of bid rigging, bribery and extortion in connection with the governor's signature upstate economic development program, the Buffalo Billion?

Joe Percoco and prominent upstate developers face charges of bid rigging and bribery for state economic development projects.

Kaloyeros is embroiled in bid - rigging and bribery scandals tied to Governor Andrew Cuomo's upstate economic development programs.

The piece mentioned, among other corruption cases, the upcoming federal trial of former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros, who is alleged to have rigged bids for upstate construction projects through a SUNY - affiliated nonprofit, Fort Schuyler Management Corporation, several years ago.

The trial of Mr. Kaloyeros, the former president of the State University's Polytechnic Institute, involves bid - rigging in Mr. Cuomo's signature upstate economic development plan, the so - called Buffalo Billion.

It's been nearly two years since Jim Heaney, editor of the Investigative Post, broke open the Buffalo Billion bid - rigging scandal involving SUNY Polytechnic Institute and its allegedly illegal dealings with various upstate developers who were major donors to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The changes — primarily aimed at the two nonprofits that SUNY Poly operated called Fuller Road Management Corp. and Fort Schuyler Management Corp. — come less than two months after SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros was arrested Sept. 22 on state and federal bid rigging and corruption charges involving several upstate developers and two former Cuomo aides and family friends, Joe Percoco and Todd Howe.

Mr. Kaloyeros, who is accused of being part of a wide - ranging scheme that involved bid - rigging and bribery related to upstate economic development projects, is suing to force Fuller Road Management Corp. and Fort Schuyler Management Corp., which oversaw that economic development work, to pay his legal expenses as he fights the state and federal charges.

Percoco, former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and prominent upstate developers are accused of bid rigging and bribery.

In the Manhattan federal corruption case, Howe has admitted to pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars from developers and from rigged bids on state contracts linked to the upstate Buffalo Billion economic - revitalization plan — at the same time he was working as a consultant to the taxpayer - funded program.

Federal prosecutors have until Nov. 23 to persuade a grand jury that Joe Percoco, an aide Cuomo once likened to a brother, as well as former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros should stand trial for extortion and bid - rigging with executives at upstate development firms.

A former top aide and several former associates have been indicted for bid rigging, bribery and extortion in connection with upstate economic development contracts, including the Buffalo Billion, a situation that the governor calls «sad.»

Percoco's lawyer Barry Bohrer argued in a motion filed late last week that those charges should be separated from the alleged bid - rigging or request for proposal (RFP) schemes involving upstate development deals in Buffalo and Syracuse — also allegedly involving the two officials from COR Development — as well as three former leaders of Buffalo - based LPCiminelli plus Alain Kaloyeros, the former SUNY Polytechnic Institute leader.

Percoco, along with former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and prominent upstate developers face charges of bribery and bid rigging connected to economic development projects.

Felony bid - rigging charges filed Sept. 22 against SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros, lobbyist Todd Howe and developers in other upstate cities have brought a new round of scrutiny to the college's shadowy contracting practices as Cuomo's administration scrambles to reconfigure who oversees the state's major economic development projects.

Three businessmen arrested in a bid - rigging probe that ensnared aides to Gov. Cuomo are demanding that their portion of the case be dismissed — or at least moved to upstate...

Changes that lawmakers want to economic development programs were made ripe following allegations by federal prosecutors that the Buffalo Billion and a couple of other big upstate initiatives were part of a massive, alleged pay - to - play, bid - rigging scandal.

A former top aid and several former associates have been indicted for bid rigging, bribery and extortion in connection with upstate economic development contracts, including the Buffalo billion, a situation that the governor calls «sad».

Kaloyeros is facing state and federal charges related to a wide - ranging bribery and bid - rigging scheme involving several SUNY Poly development projects upstate.

Bharara, meanwhile, has a number of ongoing investigations, including into Gov. Cuomo's handling and abrupt shutdown of the Moreland anti-corruption commission, as well the governor's signature Buffalo Billions upstate economic development program to see if there was potential bid rigging.