Sentences with phrase «federal bid rigging»

The changes — primarily aimed at the two nonprofits that SUNY Poly operated called Fuller Road Management Corp. and Fort Schuyler Management Corp. — come less than two months after SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros was arrested Sept. 22 on state and federal bid rigging and corruption charges involving several upstate developers and two former Cuomo aides and family friends, Joe Percoco and Todd Howe.

Cuomo says the process used for awarding contracts to private developers, which is now the focus on federal bid rigging charges, was created before he was governor.

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His Buffalo Billion (as in dollars invested) project — although the subject of federal and state bid - rigging probes — is highlighted by a 1.2 - million - square - foot «gigafactory» that will be run by Elon Musk's SolarCity and fabricate up to 10,000 solar panels per day.

Bid rigging is defined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as any situation in which «business contracts are awarded by soliciting competitive bids... [and there exists] coordination among bidders that undermines the bidding process.»

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.

A former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was found guilty on three counts of federal corruption charges related to a bribery and bid rigging scheme.

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 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.

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 federal grand jury in Manhattan Tuesday returned a 14 - count indictment of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, and seven others on corruption charges in two wide - ranging bribery schemes to rig bids and wield influence on upstate development projects.

Several former Cuomo associates, including a former top aide, face federal corruption trials on charges of bribery and bid - rigging in connection with the contracts for some of the governor's signature economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.

Cuomo has been talking about reforming economic development contract awards in his administration, following federal criminal charges against nine people — one a former top aide — on bribery and bid - rigging charges in connection with the Buffalo Billion and other projects.

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-...]

The federal charges of bid - rigging and bribery center on Cuomo's key economic development programs, including the Buffalo Billion.

The governor said he's met with federal prosecutors since former top aide Joe Percoco, a former lobbyist who was a close Cuomo associate, the head of SUNY Polytechnic and six others were charged with bribery, bid - rigging and other corruption charges in connection with the governor's upstate economic development programs.

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.

Federal prosecutors charged nine former associates of Cuomo, including a former top aide, with corruption, including bribery and bid - rigging, in connection with the procurement of contracts for some of the governor's largest economic development projects.

The Silver ruling will not affect the federal corruption trials later this year of nine former associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, including Cuomo's former top aide, on bribery and bid - rigging because those trials will take place after the Supreme Court's McDonnell ruling.

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.

Lawyers representing six of the defendants have spent the past several weeks in a new letter - writing campaign to a federal judge seeking dismissal of the bid - rigging corruption charges leveled against individuals involved in several major upstate economic development programs, including the mega-construction project at Tesla's Riverbend site in South Buffalo.

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.

The tensions come just weeks before several former Cuomo associates, including former key economic development officials, go on trial on federal corruption charges for alleged offenses including bribery and bid - rigging.

Cuomo said the process used for awarding contracts to private developers, which is now the focus of federal bid - rigging charges, was created before he was governor.

Kaloyeros has pleaded not guilty to federal and state charges stemming from allegedly rigging bidding processes for SUNY Poly's facilities.

The proposals come after a corruption wave at the Capitol that's led to prison sentences for both former legislative leaders, jail time for a former state comptroller and federal charges, including bribery and bid - rigging, against nine Cuomo associates.

«Our latest bid rigging scandal resulted in eight federal entitlements and $ 800 million in misused state funds.

There's an ongoing federal investigation into potential bid - rigging and the state's repeatedly been late on payments to contractors.

Then add umpteen jury delivered, federal convictions for major environmental fraud, money laundering, tax evasion and bid rigging.

The SolarCity construction project, the biggest part of the Buffalo Billion, is embroiled in a corruption scandal as federal prosecutors alleged the $ 750 million state investment was awarded to LPCiminelli through a bid - rigging scheme.

The quasi-public Fuller Road and Fort Schuyler, placed into ESD custodianship after federal and state prosecutors alleged that bidding processes for construction projects had been rigged by former SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros and others (all of whom maintain their innocence), have not entirely allayed concerns about transparency under their new leadership.

Federal charges are being levied against top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, the influential head of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, and others for a series of alleged schemes that include fraud, bid - rigging and bribery; Kaloyeros is also facing felony corruption charges from the state.

Federal prosecutors charged former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and seven others in a sprawling bribery and bid - rigging scheme in November.

Nine former associates of Cuomo, including his former closest aide, face federal corruption charges of bribery and bid rigging in connection with hundreds of millions of dollars of the governor's signature economic development projects.

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.

Gov. Cuomo's signature Buffalo Billion initiative was mired in corruption and bid - rigging, according to a federal complaint unsealed Thursday.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo will «set aside» campaign contributions from COR Development and LPCiminelli, which federal prosecutors allege came to the governor's purse at the urging of a lobbyist involved in several bid - rigging schemes.

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.

Kaloyeros stepped down from the leadership of SUNY Polytechnic Institute in the fall after it was alleged in federal and state criminal complaints that he took part in a wide - ranging scheme that involved bid - rigging and bribery.

Aiello was one of two COR executives arrested along with Kaloyeros a year ago and charged in the federal bid - rigging scheme alleged against SUNY Poly.

Buffalo Billion, the state's $ 1.7 billion plan to revitalize Buffalo, has attracted the attention of federal investigators who have subpoenaed records relating to bid - rigging and improper lobbying.

Three LPCiminelli executives, including CEO Louis Ciminelli, are facing federal criminal charges of bribery and bid - rigging over their actions leading up to the awarding of the contract.

In the wake of a federal bid - rigging indictment that led to the departure of Kaloyeros in the fall of 2016, there have been calls for the state to stop spending money on SUNY Poly.

Kaloyeros, one of the state's highest paid employees, is facing federal and state charges for alleged bid - rigging and bribery.

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.

Cuomo seemed to be of two minds about Alain Kaloyeros, who is facing both state and federal charges alleging that he engaged in bid rigging on contracts worth millions of dollars of taxpayer money and has been suspended without pay from his post as president of SUNY Poly.

The State University of New York Board of Trustees have named an interim president for SUNY Poly to replace the embattled former president Alain Kaloyeros, who is facing federal bid - rigging charges.

Howe worked with Kaloyeros to rig bids in favor of the developers, the federal complaint alleges, issuing requests for proposals (RFPs) that were tailored for the favored companies and virtually precluded competing bids.

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.

State and federal prosecutors also charged SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros with rigging the bids for facilities it built in Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse.