Sentences with phrase «of upstate development projects»

Howe pleaded guilty last month to multiple felonies related to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's investigation of upstate development projects.

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.

The personal and professional ties connecting Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the two men at the center of an ongoing federal investigation of upstate development projects reach back over many years.

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.

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.

The changes come as lawmakers have sought to push for returning power to DiNapoli's office for procurement oversight following the arrests of prominent upstate developers, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic stemming from an alleged effort to rig state bids on lucrative 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.

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.

With the discussion surrounding a federal probe of contracts connected to the Buffalo Billion, there are concerns about possible effects on any related economic development projects throughout the upstate New York area.

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 lawyer for Kaloyeros, 60, of upstate Slingerlands, who made an $ 800,000 salary at SUNY and oversaw state high - tech development projects, said he was innocent and would be vindicated on wire fraud and conspiracy charges.

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.

Cuomo has also decried the lack of oversight of the SUNY Poly contracts for upstate development by the state comptroller, among others, and has said he's turning all of the contracts over to his own Empire State Development authority, which routinely approves economic development projects where more checks and balances ardevelopment by the state comptroller, among others, and has said he's turning all of the contracts over to his own Empire State Development authority, which routinely approves economic development projects where more checks and balances arDevelopment authority, which routinely approves economic development projects where more checks and balances ardevelopment projects where more checks and balances are required.

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.

But he says their activities were ramped up under Cuomo, and expanded to include projects like the billion dollar economic development plan for Buffalo, and millions of dollars of other high tech projects across upstate New York.

But Kaehny said their activities ramped up under Cuomo and expanded to include projects like the billion - dollar economic development plan for Buffalo, and millions of dollars of other high - tech projects across upstate New York.

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 former president of SUNY Poly Alain Kaloyeros was indicted earlier this year on corruption charges along with several other people associated with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's upstate development projects over an alleged bid - rigging scheme.

Another part of Cuomo's model for upstate places the power to develop projects to nonprofit development corporations affiliated with the state university system.

The development firm was one of the biggest contributors to Cuomo's 2014 reelection campaign and was responsible for the redevelopment of Syracuse's Inner Harbor, a marquee project that was supposed to be one of the centerpieces of Cuomo's upstate economic revitalization plans during his second term.

Prosecutors have alleged a widespread corruption scandal involving one of Cuomo's signature upstate New York economic development projects.

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.

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.

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.

«I try not to be defensive and this is somewhat of an emotional situation for me,» Cuomo said when asked about the arrests of Percoco and eight other people on charges of bribery and bid rigging related to upstate 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.

Joe Percoco and prominent upstate developers face charges of bid rigging and bribery for state economic development projects.

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 federal probe into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's upstate development projects has extended to several members of the governor's inner circle, including his former aide Joe Percoco, longtime lobbyist Todd Howe, and companies who have worked on a portfolio of upstate economic development projects.

New York's U.S. Attorney for the Southern District, Preet Bharara, has been investigating several of Cuomo's upstate economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.

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.

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.

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.

ALBANY — The federal probe of New York development initiatives is broader than the Buffalo Billion projects, the highest - profile piece of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's upstate economic strategy.

Percoco, along with former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and prominent upstate developers face charges of bribery and bid rigging connected to economic development projects.

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.

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.

Though not accused of any wrongdoing, Cuomo will have to react to two trials that will now drag on over at least the first half of 2018 and involve either close former advisers or major upstate economic development projects that he spearheaded.

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 consolidate.

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 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.

The charges came the same day Bharara announced unrelated charges against Kaloyeros — one of the state's highest paid employees — and eight others as part of a probe into Cuomo's signature upstate «Buffalo Billion» economic development project.

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.

Howe is a registered lobbyist of a major Buffalo Billion developer, Syracuse - based COR Development, and Percoco is being investigated for making between $ 70,000 and $ 125,000 from two development companies, Clough, Harbour & Associates of Albany and COR Development, both of whom received state contracts on upstate economic developmenDevelopment, and Percoco is being investigated for making between $ 70,000 and $ 125,000 from two development companies, Clough, Harbour & Associates of Albany and COR Development, both of whom received state contracts on upstate economic developmendevelopment companies, Clough, Harbour & Associates of Albany and COR Development, both of whom received state contracts on upstate economic developmenDevelopment, both of whom received state contracts on upstate economic developmentdevelopment projects.