Sentences with phrase «felony bid rigging charges»
Alain Kaloyeros - Once head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Cuomo's chief development strategist who touted the Upstate / COR deal, Kaloyeros now faces felony bid rigging charges.
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Those dealings led to nine former Cuomo associates, including the governor's former closest aide and a highly paid former State University of New York official, being charged with felonies ranging from bribery to bid - rigging.
«I welcome the grand jury's decision to re-indict Robert Wiesner on a felony charge stemming from the joint investigation my office conducted with Comptroller DiNapoli into allegations of bid rigging in Monroe County.
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.
NEW YORK, NY — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the filing of a felony complaint charging two individuals for a scheme to rig the bidding process for three multimillion - dollar contracts.
The grants, rents and business he brought in to SUNY Polytechnic «all benefited him personally through his compensation package, and also added to his status as a kingmaker and an important person in state government,» said the New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, who charged Dr. Kaloyeros with three felony counts of bid - rigging at a news conference.
The need for state agencies to seek outside legal assistance in this matter may indirectly stem, at least in part, from a state attorney general's investigation that resulted in felony bid - rigging charges against Albany real - estate developer Joseph Nicolla and Kaloyeros.
Felony bid - rigging charges filed Sept. 22 against SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros, lobbyist Todd Howe and developers in other upstate cities have brought a new round of scrutiny to the college's shadowy contracting practices as Cuomo's administration scrambles to reconfigure who oversees the state's major economic development projects.
It is utterly remarkable for Jim Malatras, who served as chief policy adviser and state operations director for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to claim that he repeatedly told lobbyist Todd Howe (who pleaded guilty to felony charges concerning bid - rigging) to send his emails to Malatras» official business account and not, as he did a dozen times in violation of state policy, to his private email («Public matters, private emails,» Dec. 31).
Cor executives Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi are facing felony charges in U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's probe of alleged corruption and bid - rigging in connection with state - funded development projects.
Kevin C. Schuler, the LPCiminelli vice president charged in the politically charged Buffalo Billion bid rigging case, pleaded guilty to a pair of felony charges late Friday afternoon in federal court in Manhattan.
ALBANY — State and local officials are blaming the collapse of a plan to build a chip fab in Utica on Alain Kaloyeros, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute who has been charged in a felony bid - rigging scheme.
Cor's top two executives, Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, were charged last week with five felonies for bribery and bid - rigging.
Kaloyeros and prominent Albany developer Joseph Nicolla also face state charges of felony bid - rigging Thursday in a complaint that accuses the men of colluding on major development projects.
It also comes as State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is charging Kaloyeros and another SUNY Poly board member with felony bid - rigging in connection with several public development projects.