Now he's being looked at for taking hefty
consulting payments from contractors, although these may or may not have been taken when he was officially in state employ, it's murky.
Prosecutors say Percoco helped the developers of a Hudson Valley power plant in exchange
for consulting payments to his wife, and assisted developers in Syracuse in exchange for sham consulting fees.
The governor says he believes the targets are limited to his former close associate, Joe Percoco, who is being scrutinized for
taking consulting payments from companies doing business with the state.
State and federal investigators have subpoenaed many of the companies, seeking information
about consulting payments that three of them — the Albany - based engineering form CHA Consulting, COR Development of Syracuse, and Competitive Power Ventures, which is developing a power plant in Orange County — made directly or indirectly to Percoco and his wife.
Senator Skelos, 67, and his son, Adam, 33, are charged with eight counts of bribery, extortion and conspiracy in a scheme that prosecutors have said used the senator's official position to
direct consulting payments to Adam Skelos, as well as a check and a no - show job — all worth a total of roughly $ 300,000.
Some of the companies Howe represented
gave consulting payments to Joe Percoco, a former aide whom Cuomo has likened to a brother, and his wife.
Skelos and his son were accused of bribery, extortion, and conspiracy charges related to an alleged scheme to
deliver consulting payments and a no - show job the younger Skelos, who was also found guilty on all charges.
The hearings were prompted by a Los Angeles Times investigation that uncovered hundreds of
unreported consulting payments to NIH researchers from private industry.
Cuomo says he believes the targets are limited to his former close associate, Joe Percoco, who is being scrutinized for taking
consulting payments from companies doing business with the state.
Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito was whacked by the city's Campaign Finance Board Thursday after her 2013 campaign committee failed to show $ 3,000 in
consulting payments were connected to her re-election...
The documents stemming from the FBI investigation suggested the scheme centered around hiding Aronow's
consulting payments to avoid claims that Maziarz employed a sexual harasser.