Not exact matches
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, making his first public comments since U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's bombshell yesterday charging nine men with ties to the governor with corruption in connection to
upstate economic development projects, insisted he had «no idea» about anything untoward taking place in his
administration.
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.
Those under scrutiny include Joseph Percoco, a top Cuomo aid and political enforcer who recently left the
administration; longtime associate and lobbyist Todd Howe; and Alain Kaloyeros, the so - called nanotech guru who the governor has entrusted to quarterback the Buffalo Billion and several other big - ticket
upstate economic development projects.