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Kevin C. Schuler, the LPCiminelli vice president charged in the politically charged Buffalo Billion bid rigging case, pleaded guilty to a pair of felony charges late Friday afternoon in federal court in Manhattan.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the last two days has sidestepped questions about the departure of Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney who has charged his former close aide in a sweeping bribery and bid rigging case.

The measure was proposed in the wake of a bribery and bid rigging case that engulfed the former president of SUNY Polytechnic and an ex-aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Not exact matches

Developer Louis Ciminelli last month was ordered by a federal judge to surrender a firearm purchased and registered under his wife's name as he faces trial in a bid rigging and bribery case.

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.

Buffalo developer Louis Ciminelli last month was ordered by a federal judge to surrender a firearm purchased and registered under his wife's name as he faces trial in a bid rigging and bribery case.

The latter issue is potentially a tricky one of the Assembly: Lawmakers in the wake of charges in a bid rigging and bribery case that has ensnared a former close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, sought changes to procurement that would restore some of the power of the state comptroller, who has been at odds with Cuomo.

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 cooperating witness in the case who had already pleaded guilty is lobbyist Todd Howe, who admitted orchestrating the bid - rigging of «Buffalo Billion» development initiatives in exchange for kickbacks.

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.

A federal judge has officially «severed» the corruption trials against eight individuals in a case that began with an alleged bid - rigging probe of the Cuomo administration's Buffalo Billion program — setting one of the trial dates in the midst of the governor's expected re-election bid.

SUNY Poly, the state research institute, is laying off 38 employees, a shakeup that comes after its former leader was charged in a bribery and bid - rigging case that rattled Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration.

Kaloyeros resigned on Monday after being charged in a bribery and bid - rigging case.

In their case, the issue is whether government officials rigged bids so these companies would win — which is not legal.

The defendants in that case include Alain Kaloyeros, former president and CEO of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, who's accused of rigging bids for a $ 750,000 contract tied to that project and $ 105 million in contracts for a film studio and manufacturing plant near Syracuse.

It's not the only trial in the case, which is so sprawling it's been divided in two: A second trial, over allegations of bid - rigging in government development projects in Buffalo and Syracuse, is slated to begin in June, just before the governor's reelection campaign will start in earnest.

Syracuse, N.Y. — The attorney for two Cor Development executives charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme said Friday the case is based on lies by Todd Howe, the government's main witness against them.

Others surmise that the investigation stems from the Buffalo Billion case, which snared three executives of the LPCiminelli Co. on bid rigging and other corruption charges stemming from a statewide case launched by then - Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought corruption cases against both former legislative leaders, and charged nine of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former associates with offenses including bribery and bid - rigging, weighed in on Twitter with a one - word tweet: «huzzah.»

«Marsh's behavior was a blatant abuse of law and market power: price - fixing, bid - rigging and kickbacks,» Spitzer wrote in the piece, which he said he penned to counter a Wall Street Journal editorial that sought to «disparage the cases my office brought against Marsh & McLennan.»

«In each case, the bids were rigged and the results were pre-ordained,» Bharara said.

According to a recent filing in the federal case, prosecutors have sought records from more than a dozen individuals, companies and campaign accounts that were not named in a 2016 indictment that alleged key officials and developers were involved in rigging bids for some of the state's biggest projects.

The dispute is significant because COR and two of its executives have been caught up in the federal bid - rigging case that led to the arrest of SUNY Poly founder Alain Kaloyeros, whose 2016 resignation preceded a period of financial difficulties at the school.

The three local construction executives indicted in the Buffalo Billion bribery and bid - rigging case are seeking to have the charges dismissed, or — if that fails — at least to be tried separately from the other defendants in the indictment.

Grant said the raids could be about other things, including Garner's work for contractor LPCiminelli, currently the subject of a bid - rigging case.

Separate letters to the judge, supplementing previous motions earlier this spring to get the corruption cases dismissed, came from Steptoe & Johnson, a Manhattan firm representing Kaloyeros, and O'Connell & Aronowitz, an Albany firm that wrote to the judge on behalf of Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, executives of a development firm charged in a Syracuse bid - rigging scheme that includes some of the same players as the Buffalo Billion case.

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 comments come after Republican Senate candidate Chris McGrath blasted Cuomo's endorsement and fundraising support for Democratic Sen. Todd Kaminsky, linking him to the arrests of nine people in a bid - rigging and bribery case, as well as the «Bridgegate» scandal in New Jersey.

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.

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.

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.

Cuomo's administration has also been investigated by the U.S. attorney's office under the tenure of Preet Bharara, who probed the shuttering of the Moreland Commission and charged a top former aide to the governor in an unrelated bribery and bid - rigging case.

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?

When Sen. Malcolm Smith was arrested in an unrelated corruption case, the buzz around the Capitol was Sampson had a lot to worry about, considering Smith's possible knowledge of bidding rigging for AEG.

He is a defendant, along with Joseph Percoco, in a case of alleged bid - rigging and bribery that reached some of the highest levels of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration.

Company founder and former CEO Louis P. Ciminelli is under federal indictment, along with two of his executives, for alleged bid - rigging and bribery in a public corruption case that stemmed from the state's Buffalo Billion project at RiverBend.

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.

It would certainly help: Even before bid - rigging case broke, SUNY Poly faced $ 475 million in debts owed to banks and bondholders for projects over the last decade.

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.

This is a town, after all, that over the past 15 years or so has seen people accused — and convicted in dozens of cases — of everything from embezzlement, bribery and rape to racketeering, bid - rigging and kickbacks.

Percoco and several co-defendants have pleaded not guilty in a case that alleges bid - rigging and bribery related to state economic development projects.

Buffalo developer Louis Ciminelli, head of one of the state's largest construction contractors, and two other company executives charged in state contracts bid - rigging case could find themselves facing a grand jury indictment before their next court appearance on Oct. 24.

The CEO of Columbia Development entered a not guilty plea in the bid - rigging case being brought by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The attorney for two Cor Development executives charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme said the case is based on lies by Todd Howe, the government's main witness against them.

Lobbyist Todd Howe, now cooperating in widespread bribery and bid - rigging case, appears to have been paid by both the state and a developer in a failed economic development deal.

Although he didn't speak with reporters afterward, Bharara tipped his hat to the press, explaining his office began looking into bid - rigging cases after seeing reports.

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...