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.
James Burke, the imprisoned
former Suffolk police chief at the center
of the
indictments of Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota and a
top aide, currently collects an annual pension
of $ 145,485, according to state records.