Sentences with phrase «improper lobbying»

David said Bharara's investigation «has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state.»

Two state agencies that supported and provided key approvals for state energy projects involved in a federal investigation into improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest — NYSERDA and the PSC — have been subpoenaed as part of the probe.

A state judge has ordered Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit de Blasio established to promote his policies, to release documents and communications between the mayor and the nonprofit — sought by the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics as part of a probe into potential improper lobbying.

According to reports in the New York Times and the New York Daily News, the U.S. Attorney's office is investigating whether Percoco had undisclosed conflicts of interest and participated in improper lobbying related to companies that won contracts in the Buffalo Billion program.

SolarCity, whose state - funded «gigafactory» is the plum of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative, acknowledged Thursday it had received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney's office investigating improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts in state contracts.

A number of those projects have drawn the scrutiny of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for possible improper lobbying and conflicts of interest.

State officials acknowledged the ongoing federal probe centers around undisclosed conflicts of interest and improper lobbying involving Percoco, who left state service at the end of last year, and a lobbyist named Todd Howe.

That arrangement was reached in the wake of the revelation in April that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration had been served with a federal subpoena seeking information about potential conflicts of interest and improper lobbying related to several SUNY Poly upstate development projects.

While the probe seems to be focusing on the selection of developers for various projects by SUNY Poly — including improper lobbying by Todd Howe, who advised both the school and several contractors — ESD holds the purse strings in all of the high - tech school's efforts.

Though Cuomo hired Bart Schwartz to investigate potentially improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interests in the administration, Schwartz's firm is a player in New York beyond the probe and has a handful of contracts with the Port Authority.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A former top aide for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and several others are under investigation over improper lobbying tactics and conflicts of interest in connection to the «Buffalo Billion» project.

The designation, confirmed by Cuomo's office on Tuesday, gives the former federal investigator the power to issue civil subpoenas as he looks into whether improper lobbying or undisclosed conflicts of interests occurred in the governor's sweeping Buffalo Billion initiative.

At issue is whether bid rigging and improper lobbying took place surrounding the program.

In a statement, Cuomo's counsel said the probe has raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest and may have defrauded the state.

A former top aide (Joe Percoco) and several others close to Gov. Andrew Cuomo are being probed for potential improper lobbying and «undisclosed» conflicts of interest having to do with the governor's signature «Buffalo Billion» economic development program.

JCOPE, which is filled with Cuomo appointees, is investigating whether de Blasio's nonprofit group, The Campaign for One New York, was involved in improper lobbying.

The governor's office itself has acknowledged that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is investigating possible improper lobbying and conflicts of interest related to the Buffalo Billion and related economic development projects.

SolarCity, whose state - funded «gigafactory» is the plum of Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative, acknowledged it had received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney's office investigating improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts in state contracts.

At the same time, the administration revealed that two longtime Cuomo confidants, former Executive Deputy Secretary Joe Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, were among the targets of the federal probe into improper lobbying and conflicts of interest.

The feds are looking at undisclosed conflicts of interest and improper lobbying by Howe and Joe Percoco, formerly a top Cuomo administration aide who the governor has likened to a brother.

The administration announced he would launch an independent inquiry into potentially improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest, including allegations that swirled around a former confidante of Cuomo's.

Cuomo's office has opened its own investigation into what it has called suspicions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest» that may have defrauded the state.

Last Friday, Ken Lovett of the Daily News popped a doozy of story involving «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interests» among some of the key players in Cuomo's signature economic development plan for western New York known as the «Buffalo Billion.»

Cuomo's chief counsel, Alphonso David, has already said in statements that he believes some improper lobbying or fraudulent self - dealing by some individuals might have occurred.

State and federal investigators are looking into improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by Howe and Percoco, as well as how SUNY Poly awarded construction contracts.

This investigation has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state,» David said in a statement.

There's not even a publicly stated rate of pay for his hand - picked investigator, who was assigned, from what the governor says, to look into what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara already was looking into — which seems so far to be improper lobbying and conflicts of interest involving the Buffalo Billion and upstate nanotech economic development initiatives, connected to SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany.

Investigators working in the offices of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara are examining how SUNY Poly awarded these contracts, a person familiar with the matter said, including «improper lobbying» and «undisclosed conflicts of interest» involving both Howe and Percoco.

The federal subpoena prompted a state - commissioned inquiry into possible «improper lobbying» and «undisclosed conflicts of interest» between the two men, who shared a campaign office during Cuomo's 2014 re-election.

Cuomo's office said that contractors may have deceived and defrauded the state and that one of his longtime aides, Joseph Percoco, may have engaged in improper lobbying.

After it received the subpoena, the Cuomo administration acknowledged that Bharara's investigation, which has been under way for at least a year, had raised questions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest» related to the portfolio of projects in the «Buffalo Billion» initiative and related upstate development deals.

The governor's administration appeared to admit last month that Joseph Percoco — the governor's political enforcer and body man — had possibly engaged in «improper lobbying» and that contractors may have «deceived» and «defrauded» the state.

Bharara's work «has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state,» said Alphonso David, Cuomo's counsel, in a news release issued April 29.

Cuomo's counsel, Alphonso David, issued the statement Friday, saying Bharara's investigation has «raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest «by individuals who «may have deceived state employees.»

Sources have told The Post that Percoco is at the center of a federal probe into what Cuomo's office last week called «questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state.»

Two weeks ago, a lawyer for Cuomo announced that a former federal prosecutor would lead the administration's own investigation into the Buffalo Billion and other economic development programs, saying the ongoing federal probe had raised questions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest.»

Howe, a former scheduler for Mario Cuomo and deputy chief of staff to Andrew Cuomo when the latter was secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration, was fired by his firm, Whiteman Osterman & Howe, after Cuomo's office banned state contact with him citing «improper lobbying.»

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.

After it received the subpoena, the Cuomo administration acknowledged that Bharara's investigation — which has been under way for at least a year — had raised questions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest» related to the portfolio of projects in the «Buffalo Billion» initiative and related upstate development deals.

Cuomo said he learned last week of the investigation into Percoco and others close to his administration by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office for potential improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest.

While no one has been charged, the governor's office has opened its own investigation into what it has called suspicions of «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest» that may have defrauded the state.

«This [federal] investigation has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state,» David wrote.

The office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is investigating possible improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest related to several state - backed initiatives, including the Buffalo Billion developments and a handful of projects managed by SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

But after the Daily News reported that Percoco and others close to the governor were under investigation, Cuomo Counsel Alfonso David confirmed the federal probe has raised «questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals.»

These other economic development projects are the focus of a federal investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who is examining undisclosed conflicts of interest and improper lobbying in the way SUNY Poly managed the construction.

The governor's office released a letter from Cuomo's top counsel to the heads of the state Power Authority, Department of Environmental Conservation, and Public Service Commission, telling them to cut off all contact with Competitive Power Ventures, while the probe continues saying there's reason to believe that there was improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest.

Late one Friday afternoon in April, the governor's office released a statement admitting certain contractors may have «deceived» and «defrauded» the state — and acknowledged that «former state employees» might have engaged in «self - dealing» and «improper lobbying.»

Two state agencies that supported and provided key approvals for state energy projects involved in a federal investigation into improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest have been subpoenaed as part of the probe, according to a source.

His «Buffalo Billion» initiative, meanwhile, is now the subject of a federal probe into improper lobbying and potential fraud by a pair of close Cuomo associates.

Mr. Cuomo's office announced last month it had enlisted a former federal prosecutor to conduct an internal «review» of the Western New York program to examine potential «improper lobbying» and «self - dealing» involving «former state employees» — an apparent reference to Mr. Percoco, who left his post as Mr. Cuomo's executive deputy secretary at the end of last year to take a job at Madison Square Garden.