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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.
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According to Berrero's report, federal charges will be presented today as part of an unsealed indictment.
Federal officials today released an 11 - count superseding indictment of Sen. Carl Kruger and Assemblyman William Boyland, along with those in what law enforcement has described as «broad - based bribery ring.»
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-...]
Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.
Today's arraignment followed the recent issuance of an indictment by a federal grand jury, which replaced the criminal complaint.
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.
Close to $ 2 Billion in public funds in play Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.
Today's three - count indictment focuses on the same allegations laid out by federal investigators on Jan. 22.
Governor Andrew Cuomo today endorsed State Senate challenger Dell Smitherman against incumbent senator John Sampson of Brooklyn, who is facing federal indictment on a variety of charges.
A federal judge said he won't dismiss the bribery indictments against state Sen. Malcolm Smith and two co-defendants, and will decide today if the case will be delayed or will end in a mistrial.
The trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in Federal District Court in Manhattan on an eight - count indictment that includes bribery and extortion charges is scheduled to begin today — just as the unrelated corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the State Assembly, enters its third week.
As The Times Union first reported today, lawyers for former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno filed a slew of documents in federal court seeking to dismiss the second indictment of public corruption charges calling the new case «fatally flawed.»
Today's indictment, the product of a federal grand jury, follows the arrests of the eight men Sept. 22, when they were first accused of the crimes by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.