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Aiello and Gerardi face more charges in another trial dealing with alleged fraud in upstate development projects that is slated to begin in June.

Immediately after the subpoena was received by the Executive Chamber, Cuomo's administration announced the hiring of outside investigator Bart Schwartz to conduct a probe into potential improper lobbying and conflicts of interest in the upstate development projects.

Private investigator Bart Schwartz's probe into potential wrongdoing in upstate development projects is Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fourth investigation to be empowered under Section 6 of state Executive Law, otherwise known as the Moreland Act.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

Stern and the undercover FBI agent led the politicians involved to believe that they were wealthy developers looking for to curry favor and would use their economic resources to help Smith bribe his way into City Hall in exchange for political favors that would pave the way for their upstate development projects.

Three former executives at LPCiminelli, the general contractor on the solar manufacturing plant construction financed by the state, are among those charged in a pay - to - play case involving several upstate economic development projects.

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.

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.

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.

While there are a lot of similarities in the Amazon and Apple projects, economic development officials in upstate say you're likely to hear much less about Apple's search moving forward.

DeFrancisco, 71, immediately emphasized what he sees as the governor's vulnerabilities: several economic development projects in upstate New York that have sputtered, chronic delays in the New York City subway system and a corruption trial involving the 60 - year - old governor's close confidant Joe Percoco — the first of six trials this year involving state figures.

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.

Before his fall, Skelos and other Republicans said the fund was going to be used for projects in their Long Island base — which they would help designate — and privately explained that they inserted it into the budget to offset $ 1.5 billion that Gov. Andrew Cuomo was directing to an economic development competition for upstate areas.

The windfall was carved up in a variety of directions, including a $ 1.5 billion upstate economic development program as well as funding for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project.

The Buffalo News recently reported that more than $ 3.5 billion has been invested in historic preservation credits statewide from 2015 to 2017, according to Preservation Buffalo Niagara, with more than 60 percent of the credits going toward upstate development projects.

The proposed nanotechnology center in Marcy is losing its main investor after the project has become entangled in the state corruption scandal involving the governor's upstate development programs.

The second will feature six defendants including SUNY Polytechnic founder Alain Kaloyeros, and will focus on charges of bid - rigging at upstate development projects in Syracuse and Buffalo.

Cox said Bharara's probe into Cuomo's signature «Buffalo Billion» upstate economic development project is proof the Republicans were right in criticizing the program as political.

The guest list at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fundraiser six months ago at a private club in Albany reads like a who's who in U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's investigation of the governor's upstate economic development projects.

Last year, a former close advisor to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, the former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros, and prominent upstate developers were arrested and charged in a kickback and bid - rigging case centering around key economic development projects.

Investigators from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office are examining an iPhone belonging to Alain Kaloyeros, the president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute and a key figure in the federal probe of the Buffalo Billion and other upstate economic development projects.

Last year, a former close advisor to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, the former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros, and several upstate developers were arrested and charged in a kickback and bid - rigging case involving economic development projects.

Smaller gambling developments proposed in economically strapped areas should be able to compete with resort projects proposed by big - name companies in more affluent areas, the head of the state Gaming Commission said of the contest to win up to four casino licenses upstate.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, making his first public comments since U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's bombshell yesterday charging nine men with ties to the governor with corruption in connection to upstate economic development projects, insisted he had «no idea» about anything untoward taking place in his administration.

State legislators in downstate New York are looking to divert money planned for upstate economic development for their own projects, according to Cuomo.

But the complaint also offered an unflattering view of Mr. Cuomo's preferred method of upstate development, which combined Dr. Kaloyeros's vision of high - tech hubs in faded Erie Canal cities with the university's ability to initiate large construction projects with less oversight than state agencies.

The Division of the Budget appears in the complaint in the context of an allegation that Percoco used his position to pressure the agency to release $ 14.2 million in funds owed to a Syracuse real - estate development company for two upstate projects.

The Cuomo administration announced in late April that Schwartz would conduct a review of the upstate development projects that were among the subjects of a subpoena dropped on the Executive Chamber by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office.

But there was no significant ethics reform enacted at any point in the session, despite the continued fallout from a pay - to - play scandal that in 2016 engulfed several upstate development projects.

Five days after he was at Marist College to discuss his budget and announce a few economic development projects in the Hudson Valley, Governor Cuomo introduced the first of four regional summits supporting the state's effort to protect lakes and waterbodies in upstate New York from harmful algal blooms, or HABs.

Sources have said that Percoco — who in January began working as a top executive for Madison Square Garden — is at the center of Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara's widening probe of potential corruption in a slew of upstate development projects.

One source familiar with Hoyt's plans questioned the timing of his decision given the ongoing federal corruption cases involving Cuomo's upstate development projects and the #metoomovement stemming from sexual harassment cases that have plagued those in the political, entertainment and media arenas.

As governor, Cuomo has pushed a wide - ranging economic development agenda, especially in upstate New York, while generally being hands - off when it comes to major projects in the city.

The payment issue has been a nagging yet sensitive one for SUNY Poly and the governor's office, which have become embroiled in an investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara into potential political patronage involving Cuomo's economic development projects across upstate.

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.

His decision to empower former SUNY Polytechnic president Alain Kaloyeros to manage big - ticket projects built at taxpayer expense upstate has mired his administration in scandal, culminating in criminal charges against state officials and developers, and leaving many planned developments in limbo.

But DeFrancisco said «new facts arise» — and he has been particularly critical of Cuomo's scandal - scarred upstate economic development programs, including projects in Syracuse.

BOLTON LANDING — In a speech to to the state's largest business group, Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would invest a third of the state's projected budget surplus in upstate development and incentivizing local governments to consolidatIn a speech to to the state's largest business group, Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would invest a third of the state's projected budget surplus in upstate development and incentivizing local governments to consolidatin upstate development and incentivizing local governments to consolidate.

After criminal charges against Kaloyeros and Percoco were unsealed in September, Cuomo declared the Utica fab — and SUNY Poly's other upstate projects — would be transferred to the Empire State Development corporation.

In December, Schneiderman sent a similar letter lambasting Cuomo's proposal to create a special criminal prosecutor to handle procurement matters — an action seen as a response to the federal investigation into upstate development projects that resulted in the arrest of a former top aide to the governor, among otherIn December, Schneiderman sent a similar letter lambasting Cuomo's proposal to create a special criminal prosecutor to handle procurement matters — an action seen as a response to the federal investigation into upstate development projects that resulted in the arrest of a former top aide to the governor, among otherin the arrest of a former top aide to the governor, among others.

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.

Fort Schulyer is the state - sponsored entity that oversaw major upstate development efforts like the RiverBend project in Buffalo and others in Syracuse.

Kaloyeros, the former president of the State University's Polytechnic Institute, faces charges involving bid - rigging in «Buffalo Billion,» Cuomo's signature upstate economic development project.

The probes are also looking into SUNY Polytechnic Institute CEO Alain Kaloyeros, a key player in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's upstate high - tech development initiative, and potential bid - rigging on a dormitory project near SUNY Poly's Albany campus.

Another bill introduced in the wake of a corruption scandal that hit Cuomo's signature upstate economic development projects would reinstate the state controller's ability to review potential contracts before they are approved.

Despite the scandals that have hobbled many of Cuomo's upstate development projects, the governor is seeking a $ 500 million investment in Western New York, a plan he dubbed «Buffalo Billion Squared.»

It had broad criteria for spending — eligible projects in New York City or Long Island need to «create or retain private - sector jobs» and «enhance the environment and quality of life for New York State residents» — but was included to offset $ 1.5 billion that Cuomo sought for an economic development competition upstate.