Sentences with phrase «economic development schemes»

In May, the scheduled trial begins of the former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President who allegedly was involved in the economic development schemes mentioned before;

In May, just as the session winds down, a trial is scheduled for former SUNY nano mastermind Alain Kaloyeros and a host of upstate developers, although as much on the block for scrutiny will be the governor's upstate economic development schemes, and those who carried out his wishes.

It's a this - for - that bribery trial, unlike a far more complicated second corruption trial with other defendants, set for June, that will focus on the governor's big money economic development schemes.

«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.

Then in April came that totally unexpected flurry of subpoenas from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office, directed at Cuomo's executive chamber, broadening the ongoing inquiry into Cuomo's signature economic development scheme, the Buffalo Billion, and subsequently into a range of contracts and arrangements with other companies doing business with the state.

Under Dr. Kaloyeros, the school has amassed at least $ 475 million in debt to banks and bondholders, partly because he and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who decided to split off the college from the University at Albany, set up SUNY Poly to lead an upstate economic development scheme.

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China has rolled out two new long - term visa schemes to encourage foreigners to live in the country in a bid to strengthen its economic development.

He estimates that the organized working class will soon feel the pinch of a hi - tech development under TNC auspices which increasingly excludes them from sharing in the scheme of economic production and distribution.

The proposal comes weeks after eight people — including former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and ex-Cuomo aide Joe Percoco — were indicted on charges stemming from an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme involving upstate economic development projects.

Next year, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joe Percoco, will go on trial along with the former president of SUNY Nanotech and upstate developers, who are accused of being involved in a bribery and bid - rigging scheme for economic development projects.

The state budget includes no significant new controls or oversight on how the Cuomo administration spends money on economic development projects, and that troubles many lawmakers after federal prosecutors accused eight men of bid - rigging schemes in earlier development projects.

Former State University of New York Polytechnic Institute head Alain Kaloyeros» trial is set for June, allegedly for his involvement in a fraud and bribery scheme in connection with the governor's Buffalo Billion economic development initiative.

The other scheme involved a Syracuse - based developer that had received contracts under Cuomo's economic development programs.

In May, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, and the prior leader of Cuomo's high - tech economic development efforts, will be tried for allegedly conducting kickback and bid - rigging schemes related to economic development contracts between SUNY Poly and state contractors.

The grant scheme was established by the coalition in late 2011 «to enable the development of local funds to address infrastructure constraints, and promote economic growth and the delivery of jobs and houses».

It's been a week since a federal corruption investigation exploded in New York state, bringing fraud and bribery and charges against developers and state officials for allegedly running a pay - to - play scheme involving upstate economic development projects.

The aide, Joseph Percoco, was convicted of three felonies in March for running a bribery and extortion scheme involving state economic development contracts.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has had a difficult four weeks after his former top aide and eight others were charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme that went to the heart of his key economic development efforts in upstate New York.

But now, he's one of the figures at the center of federal and state investigations into alleged pay - to - play schemes for economic development projects and is increasingly on the outs with the administration.

But Cuomo's support for the conference also comes as he is facing a mounting of series of political headaches, including the arrest of his former top aide and others in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme involving the governor's signature economic development efforts in upstate New York.

State lawmakers want to see more oversight of economic development spending after the arrests of nine people last week in an alleged widespread scheme involving bid rigging and bribery within key projects designed to spur job creation upstate.

Boone says in a second scheme, Percoco received $ 35,000 for helping the principal figures in the Syracuse - based COR development, Steven Aiello and Joe Gerardi, with projects for Gov. Cuomo's economic development program, including the Inner Harbor project.

The indictment alleged that they plotted to solicit bribes for state assistance and to rig economic development contracts for companies that contributed to Cuomo's campaigns in a pair of interlinked schemes.

Federal authorities plan to unseal charges against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as early as Thursday in connection with an alleged bribery and kickback scheme involving the governor's signature economic - development program, according to people familiar with the matter.

He'll also, again, have to confront an inevitable chorus of advocates (including some elected lawmakers) to reform the systems of lobbying, campaign finance and economic development subsidies that made the alleged schemes possible.

Mr. Kaloyeros, who is accused of being part of a wide - ranging scheme that involved bid - rigging and bribery related to upstate economic development projects, is suing to force Fuller Road Management Corp. and Fort Schuyler Management Corp., which oversaw that economic development work, to pay his legal expenses as he fights the state and federal charges.

Boone says in a second scheme, Percoco received $ 35,000 for helping the principal figures in the Syracuse - based COR development, Steven Aiello and Joe Gerardi, with projects for Governor Cuomo's economic development program, including the Inner Harbor project.

Federal authorities plan to unseal charges against Joe Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as early as today in connection with an alleged bribery and kickback scheme involving the governor's signature economic - development program, according to people familiar with the matter.

Percoco was among a slew of defendants named in an 80 - page complaint unsealed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today, outlining schemes to take favorable state actions for an energy company that in exchange employed Percoco's wife (when discussing her salary, Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe colorfully used the codeword «ziti,» a kind of macaroni, for money — something he lifted from The Sopranos) and to rig bids considered by SUNY Polytechnic University for funding through Cuomo's economic development program, the Buffalo Billion.

An array of figures from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's inner circle — including a confidante so close the governor called him «my father's third son» — got slapped with a sweeping 14 - count federal indictment today, which alleges they colluded in a pair of schemes to solicit bribes for state assistance and to rig economic development contracts for companies that gave to Cuomo's campaigns.

And in May, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, will be tried for allegedly conducting kickback and bid rigging schemes related to economic development contracts between SUNY Poly and state contractor.

The other scheme involved a Syracuse - based developer that had received contracts under Governor Cuomo's economic development programs.

ALBANY — The new leader of two arms of SUNY Polytechnic Institute implicated in a bid - rigging scheme last year said a legislative push to pre-audit its economic development activities would just slow it down.

Picente and Brindisi have a proven record as willing shills for strong - arming through Cuomo - style «economic development,» corporate welfare schemes to appease the likes of tax - cheat Ray Halbritter and their Albany insider friends.

Non-profits such as the Fuller Road and Fort Schuyler management corporations have emerged as a focus in U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's allegations that these groups served as vehicles for bid rigging and kickback schemes relating to large construction projects that are part of Cuomo's efforts to use the State University system as a platform for upstate economic development.

And there are the 2018 trials: the corruption re-trials of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos; the pay - to - play trial in June involving Buffalo Billion and other Cuomo administration economic development programs in upstate, and the recently concluded trial in which Joseph Percoco, a longtime confidante of Cuomo, was found guilty in a scheme of trading bribes for state action for those business executives giving him money.

Last week, nine people, including Percoco, were arrested on corruption charges stemming from alleged bribery and bid rigging scheme that grew out of Cuomo's signature economic development proposal for upstate New York, the Buffalo Billion.

The other scheme involved a Syracuse based developer that had received contracts under Governor Cuomo's economic development programs.

Then in May, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, will be tried for allegedly conducting kickback and bid rigging schemes related to economic development contracts between SUNY Poly and state contractors.

We think that there are models whereby you can protect carbon, you can pay for it with a cap and trade or an offset scheme, and you can endow these wonderful wild areas with a sustaining trust fund that also flows money to local people for short - term, medium - term and long - term economic development.

«Development schemes requiring massive displacements, carried out purportedly for the sake of economic growth, tend to target the black and brown poor through dramatic applications of eminent domain or the slow squeeze of gentrification,» writes Connolly, a South Florida native and a history professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

The schemes will co-fund projects or people (for a limited time) to aid development and retention of talented researchers, foster industrial collaborations and develop capacity in areas of current and emerging economic importance.

The assessment quantifies the economic trade - offs between unsustainable and sustainable forms of land use, and considers the role of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) and broader Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes in achieving balanced conservation and development objectives.

It reviews acts of relevance to local authorities as well as local authority council regulations, town planning schemes, structure and zoning plans, local economic development and upgrading strategies, the latter with a focus on Windhoek.

I am interested in any research that the Australian Government may be able to provide that links its individual titling scheme with economic development and wealth creation.

a) That the CDEP scheme be reinstated in the Northern Territory, with community economic development plans developed into the future to ensure the transition from CDEP into «real jobs» where possible.