According to the federal
criminal complaint unveiled Sept. 22 by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara, «Herb» was the nickname traded by Howe and Joseph Percoco, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former executive deputy secretary.
A total of eight people, including Buffalo developer Louis Ciminelli and Syracuse executive Steven Aiello, were named in a 12 - count federal
criminal complaint unveiled by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara.
Mr. Bharara said this structure could lead to the kind of corruption outlined in
the criminal complaint unveiled on Thursday against Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who has been the Assembly speaker for two decades.
Not exact matches
That stance, attributed to an unnamed aide, comes days after his administration was hit with its biggest scandal to date with the
unveiling of a
criminal complaint against former Cuomo aide and longtime friend of the governor Joseph Percoco and now - suspended SUNY Polytechnic Institute President and CEO Alain Kaloyeros, among others.
Cuomo plans to
unveil sweeping reforms to the state's voting laws,
criminal justice system and the handling of sexual harassment
complaints.
After the late - September
unveiling of state and federal
criminal complaints, Cuomo handed oversight of the entities to Empire State Development, which he controls.
Howe pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in September 2016 when the
criminal complaint against Percoco and seven other defendants was
unveiled.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara lashed out at the state's executive branch and the «show - the - money - culture in Albany» today as he
unveiled a massive
criminal complaint implicating some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's closest associates — but he refused to say what the governor's knowledge of the alleged scheme might be.
The Fuller Road board does not appear to have met since early August, while the Fort Schuyler board last met on Sept. 13 — two days before Destito's departure, and nine days before the
unveiling of a federal
criminal complaint against former SUNY Poly president and CEO Alain Kaloyeros, former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and six upstate development executives.
In his press conference
unveiling a six - count
criminal complaint against Dean Skelos, the Republican majority leader, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara was a subdued version of himself, reciting the charges, taking a limited number of questions, and swiftly departing.