Sentences with phrase «close aide to governor»

The measure comes after the arrests of prominent upstate developers, ex-SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and Joe Percoco, a former close aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

However, evidence revealed errors in the NYPD response to the incident and errors in judgment following the incident by the headof the Governor's State Police protection detail, by Johnson and by another close aide to the Governor, and indeed by the Governor himself.

The push for those changes were prompted in part by the arrest last year of a formerly close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic, accused alongside prominent upstate developers of bribery and kickbacks in economic development spending.

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 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 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.

DeFrancisco, meanwhile, kept the focus on the corruption trial of Joe Percoco, the former close aide to the governor who is accused of fraud and bribery.

But a corruption scandal last year — engulfing a former close aide to the governor, prominent upstate developers and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic — has caused lawmakers to reconsider oversight.

Talk about ethics reform in the new legislative session has been largely muted this year, even as a year filled with corruption trials involving prominent New York figures is underway, including the ongoing trial this week of Joe Percoco, a former close aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Not exact matches

Cuomo's closest aide, Joe Percoco, received a $ 90,000 bonus and is now executive deputy secretary to the governor.

Spitzer's closest aide, Richard Baum, got the biggest bonus of $ 200,000 and then went into the government payroll as secretary to the governor.

«What we know for certain is he created these elaborate economic development schemes to take in millions of pay - to - play campaign donations by creating a culture of corruption that allowed his closest aide to line to his own pockets the way the Governor was lining his campaign coffers.

The Journal News: «It would be nice if Cuomo addressed the question on everyone's mind: How one of his closest aides, perhaps his closest, could use his relationship with the governor to try to enrich himself by illegal means, without Cuomo knowing or suspecting.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed a new top aide, naming his already - close advisor, Melissa DeRosa, as secretary to the governor.

The Blackstone Group, a hedge fund that is among opponents of closing the carried interest loophole at the state level, is home — once again — to ex-top Cuomo administration aide Bill Mulrow, who is chairing the governor's 2018 campaign.

The Moreland probes helped lead to the corruption convictions of both of the legislative leaders who were in power in 2013, and the conviction of the governor's former closest aide, Joe Percoco, on bribery charges.

By the end of today, the three biggest recipients of state economic development building contracts, plus the governor's Upstate nano - tech czar and SUNY Poly President, and one of the governor's closest aides will all be under federal or state indictment in a sprawling bribery and bid rigging scandal that involves close to $ 2B in state -LSB-...]

Aides to the governor have been trying for several weeks to dissuade Entergy from closing one of them, the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County.

Nixon went on to critique the governor's record on ethics, saying he closed down a Moreland Act Commission that was actively investigating corruption in state government, and earlier this month saw his former closest aide convicted of bribery.

All afternoon, aides to de Blasio were behind closed doors counting votes for the governor.

By the end of today, the three biggest recipients of state economic development building contracts, plus the governor's Upstate nano - tech czar and SUNY Poly President, and one of the governor's closest aides will all be under federal or state indictment in a sprawling bribery and bid rigging scandal that involves close to $ 2B in state funds.

His comments came during private budget talks with top aides, a source close to the governor said.

Those dealings led to nine former Cuomo associates, including the governor's former closest aide and a highly paid former State University of New York official, being charged with felonies ranging from bribery to bid - rigging.

On September 22, 2016 nine people, including Governor Cuomo's former top aide, nano - tech subsidy czar and three largest Upstate campaign contributors were arrested for rigging close to $ 780 million in state funded construction contracts related to Buffalo Billion, SUNY Poly and nano - tech factories.

The bill is being pushed after the arrests of developers and a close former aide to the governor accused of bid rigging and fraud.

The indictment of aides close to Governor Cuomo and Competitive Power Ventures executive Galbraith Kelly validates what residents of Orange County New York have long suspected, that the CPV Valley Power Plant and its related facilities would never have been approved absent undue influence.

Percoco spent decades as one of the closest friends and aides to the governor, who referred to Percoco as the late Mario Cuomo's third son.

Federal corruption charges were announced on Thursday against two former close aides to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a senior state official and six other people, in a blow to the governor's innermost circle and a repudiation of the way his prized upstate economic development programs were managed.

He told reporters the trial of Governor Cuomo's closest aide, Joe Percoco, going on inside the courthouse, is revealing that Cuomo presided over a pay to play culture in his office, where large donors to his campaign were rewarded with special favors.

«I am being realistic about politics,» Paterson said, alluding to the scandal involving contacts he and members of his state police security detail had with a woman who was seeking a court restraining order against one of the governor's closest aides.

The aide denied the timing of the governor's position has anything to do with the fact that nine Cuomo associates, including several close to him, were hit with criminal charges last week.

Both governors set about to closing massive budget deficits, with Malloy often reacting negatively to comparisons to Cuomo's efforts in New York, which reportedly culminated with a call from Cuomo's top aide telling Malloy's office: «We operate on two speeds here: Get along, and kill.»

He has said he knew nothing about the alleged kickback scheme, and another aide testified the governor was shocked to learn of the investigation of one of his closest confidants.

The new governor, who has rejected the state's traditional reliance on higher taxes and borrowing to close budget gaps, will outline specifics of his tough spending plan on Feb. 1, setting the stage for what one legislative aide called «a budget Armageddon» with the Legislature.

The governor's move infuriated Bharara and led, indirectly, to his indicting one of Cuomo's closest aides.

With his former top aide facing a federal probe for potential conflicts of interest for consulting work, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D - N.Y.) has said twice now that he did not know what the former close associate of the Cuomo family was up to.

In their absences, federal investigations into aides close to Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio have intensified, spurring even more calls for reform.

Catsimatidis said the heavy focus was on how to use the upcoming federal corruption trials of former Cuomo aides and associates, including one set to begin next week involving long - time close aide and friend Joseph Percoco, against the governor.

Cuomo's economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion, were the target of a federal corruption probe that led to the arrest of nine former Cuomo associates, including the governor's former closest aide.

The governor's former top aide, a lobbyist close to the Cuomo family, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic and several others have been charged with or pleaded guilty to bribery and bid - rigging in connection with an economic development contract scandal that includes Buffalo Billion projects.

Jeffries called for the Democratic National Committee to give Gov. Andrew Cuomo a chance to address the nation at its convention in July, despite an escalating Justice Department investigation into one of the governor's key economic development initiatives and one of his closest aides.

As part of a probe into former top Cuomo aide and friend Joseph Percoco and others close to the governor, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued a subpoena to the administration for records and communications pertaining to various economic development and nano - tech projects.

A former top aide (Joe Percoco) and several others close to Gov. Andrew Cuomo are being probed for potential improper lobbying and «undisclosed» conflicts of interest having to do with the governor's signature «Buffalo Billion» economic development program.

As U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office issues a storm of subpoenas to the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his close associates in relation to the state's Buffalo Billion economic development program, the governor and his aides have delivered a consistent message: the investigation targets the dealings of a few bad apples, the governor wasn't aware of any wrongdoing and he wants to get to the bottom of the situation as quickly as pGovernor Andrew Cuomo and his close associates in relation to the state's Buffalo Billion economic development program, the governor and his aides have delivered a consistent message: the investigation targets the dealings of a few bad apples, the governor wasn't aware of any wrongdoing and he wants to get to the bottom of the situation as quickly as pgovernor and his aides have delivered a consistent message: the investigation targets the dealings of a few bad apples, the governor wasn't aware of any wrongdoing and he wants to get to the bottom of the situation as quickly as pgovernor wasn't aware of any wrongdoing and he wants to get to the bottom of the situation as quickly as possible.

The complaint announced on Sept. 22 by Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, also resulted in charges against two of Mr. Cuomo's former top aides: Joseph Percoco, who served as his executive deputy secretary and close confidant, and Todd R. Howe, whose relationship with Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, dates back to the days his father, Mario M. Cuomo was governor.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is investigating a former top Cuomo aide and others close to the governor.

In their absences, federal investigations into aides close to Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have intensified, spurring even more calls for reform.

He told reporters the trial of Governor Cuomo's closest aide, Joe Percoco, going on inside the courthouse, is revealing that Cuomo presided over a pay - to - play culture in his office, where large donors to his campaign were rewarded with special favors.

Five days after Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State address, the corruption trial of his former close aide Joe Percoco is scheduled to begin — kicking off a year of fraud and bribery trials featuring once powerful men in Albany and shining a light on economic development spending.

Shortly after the Daily News reported Friday that Howe, former Cuomo top aide and longtime friend Joseph Percoco, and others close to the governor were being probed by the feds, Cuomo Counsel Alfonso David issued a statement saying that the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's probe «has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state.»