In the cartel at hand this worked out to the extent that the Court notes that more than half of the projects concerned
involved rigged bids, meaning that at least one third of the market volume was covered by the cartel.
Not exact matches
The proposal comes weeks after eight people — including former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and ex-Cuomo aide Joe Percoco — were indicted on charges stemming from an alleged bribery and
bid -
rigging scheme
involving upstate economic development projects.
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.
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-...]
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.
Nine people have pleaded guilty or been indicted in connection with alleged
bid -
rigging and other corruption charges
involving some of Cuomo's economic development programs.
Several former close associates go on trial later this year on bribery and
bid -
rigging charges in connection with a corruption scandal
involving the governor's signature economic 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.
And last week, Trump himself plucked the one thorn from the governor's side: Preet Bharara, the hot - dogging U.S. Attorney who indicted a score of the Cuomo's top aides and donors last year in alleged
bid -
rigging and bribery schemes
involving state contracts and services.
According to a recent filing in the federal case, prosecutors have sought records from more than a dozen individuals, companies and campaign accounts that were not named in a 2016 indictment that alleged key officials and developers were
involved in
rigging bids for some of the state's biggest projects.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo will «set aside» campaign contributions from COR Development and LPCiminelli, which federal prosecutors allege came to the governor's purse at the urging of a lobbyist
involved in several
bid -
rigging schemes.
Kaloyeros stepped down from the leadership of SUNY Polytechnic Institute in the fall after it was alleged in federal and state criminal complaints that he took part in a wide - ranging scheme that
involved bid -
rigging and bribery.
The cases
involve accusations of
bid -
rigging involving upstate economic development programs — including the ballyhooed Buffalo Billion — and related dealings
involving ex-Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, who previously worked for Cuomo when he was federal housing secretary.
Following the
bid -
rigging scandal
involving several upstate economic development projects last fall, it is clear stronger protections on the procurement process are necessary.9 All state agencies, public authorities, and affiliates should be required to have competitive and transparent contracting processes.
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.
Another corruption trial scheduled to begin this year
involves Alain Kaloyeros, who was president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute and is accused of
rigging bids for projects part of the «Buffalo Billion,» one of Cuomo's top economic development programs.
But Cuomo's support for the conference also comes as he is facing a mounting of series of political headaches, including the arrest of his former top aide and others in an alleged bribery and
bid -
rigging scheme
involving the governor's signature economic development efforts in upstate New York.
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.
The reference, of course, is to former aide Joseph Percoco who was one of eight men indicted in connection with a
bid -
rigging and bribery scheme
involving state contracts.
A spokesperson for Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office told The Alt that last year, in the wake of
bid -
rigging scandals
involving two SUNY Polytechnic Institute - affiliated nonprofits, it had «advised SUNY that our office was pushing» for both legislative and administrative reforms that would «significantly» impact the university system.
that last year, in the wake of
bid -
rigging scandals
involving two SUNY Polytechnic Institute - affiliated nonprofits, it had «advised SUNY
He was referenced in a scathing Inspector General's report into a possible
bid -
rigging scam
involving Senate Democrats during the awarding of the Aqueduct racino in Queens.
SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros reportedly is under scrutiny, as investigators turn over stones looking for possible «
bid -
rigging»
involving Kaloyeros» possible connections with a company picked to put a dormitory up on the SUNY Poly campus, and college board member Joseph Nicolla, who happens to be CEO of the construction company.
The trial of Mr. Kaloyeros, the former president of the State University's Polytechnic Institute,
involves bid -
rigging in Mr. Cuomo's signature upstate economic development plan, the so - called Buffalo Billion.
It's been nearly two years since Jim Heaney, editor of the Investigative Post, broke open the Buffalo Billion
bid -
rigging scandal
involving SUNY Polytechnic Institute and its allegedly illegal dealings with various upstate developers who were major donors to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The changes — primarily aimed at the two nonprofits that SUNY Poly operated called Fuller Road Management Corp. and Fort Schuyler Management Corp. — come less than two months after SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros was arrested Sept. 22 on state and federal
bid rigging and corruption charges
involving several upstate developers and two former Cuomo aides and family friends, Joe Percoco and Todd Howe.
Mr. Kaloyeros, who is accused of being part of a wide - ranging scheme that
involved bid -
rigging and bribery related to upstate economic development projects, is suing to force Fuller Road Management Corp. and Fort Schuyler Management Corp., which oversaw that economic development work, to pay his legal expenses as he fights the state and federal charges.
New York's AJ Contracting dissolved in 2002 in the wake of a
bid -
rigging scandal
involving its founder, Charles Uribe, and a bankruptcy.
Percoco's lawyer Barry Bohrer argued in a motion filed late last week that those charges should be separated from the alleged
bid -
rigging or request for proposal (RFP) schemes
involving upstate development deals in Buffalo and Syracuse — also allegedly
involving the two officials from COR Development — as well as three former leaders of Buffalo - based LPCiminelli plus Alain Kaloyeros, the former SUNY Polytechnic Institute leader.
Ciminelli has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors as they look into whether there was potential
bid -
rigging involving a contract won by his company to build a state - funded $ 750 million SolarCity plant in Buffalo.
The New York attorney general's office is investigating possible
bid -
rigging related to a proposed dormitory at a State University of New York campus in Albany, part of a broader probe of contracting issues
involving an ally of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
Howe pleaded guilty last month to eight felonies in connection with a corruption scheme
involving bribery and
bid -
rigging on state development contracts.
The enhanced state oversight came in response to the allegations of
bid -
rigging involving two SUNY Polytechnic Institute - affiliated nonprofits presented by federal prosecutors in September 2016, the comptroller's office told The Alt at the time.
The case
involved two separate, but overlapping schemes
involving bribery, influence peddling, and
bid rigging of hundreds of millions of dollars» worth of state contracts.
Howe is a central player in that case, which
involves allegations of
bid -
rigging, but his lawyer said Tuesday it's not clear whether he will be called to testify.
Kaloyeros is facing state and federal charges related to a wide - ranging bribery and
bid -
rigging scheme
involving several SUNY Poly development projects upstate.
Zemsky's agency took control of the projects after SUNY Poly President Alain «Dr. K» Kaloyeros and eight others were charged in an alleged bribery and
bid -
rigging scheme
involving state - funded projects, including the one in DeWitt.
Nine people have pleaded guilty or been indicted in connection with alleged
bid rigging and other corruption charges
involving some of Governor Cuomo's economic development programs, and they face trial later this year.
Others are upset that the legislature did not approve ethics reform and are not convinced by the governor's proposal because of the involvement of nine associates of the governor
involved in bribery and
bid -
rigging scandals and the governor's decision to disband the Moreland Commission.
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 money was approved with special conditions that would appear to reference the ongoing criminal case
involving former SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros and allegations of
bid -
rigging on the school's projects.
Several former close associates go on trial later this year on bribery and
bid rigging charges, in connection with a corruption scandal
involving the governor's signature economic development projects.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo used part of his budget address to the press last night to reveal a plan to prevent ethical improprieties
involving companies seeking business with the state — months after a pair of his top lieutenants and several executives from companies that donated to his campaign got indicted on charges of
bid -
rigging and bribery.
Still ahead are the trials of eight individuals, including people close to Cuomo,
involved in alleged
bid -
rigging and bribery schemes.
He was referring to the U.S. Attorney's prosecution of a
bid -
rigging case against eight individuals
involving several projects, including the Buffalo Billion's construction program at the SolarCity plant.
Smith, representing much of southeastern Queens, was also
involved in an embarrassing Aqueduct casino
bid -
rigging scandal, which remains under investigation by the FBI.
He also has an open pay - to - play and
bid -
rigging case
involving associates of Gov. Cuomo, including former top aide and close friend Joseph Percoco.
A former superintendent of community schools in the New York City borough of Queens, her husband, and four associates were charged last week in an alleged bribery scheme
involving what authorities said were
rigged bids for new computer labs.
The decision concerned a
bid rigging cartel
involving four well - known firms (Kone, Schindler, Otis and ThyssenKrupp) active in the market for the production, installation and servicing of elevators and escalators.