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.
Not exact matches
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's multibillion - dollar
upstate economic development plans, including the massive Buffalo Billion
project, may be derailed by growing nervousness from IBM and
other companies over the continuing corruption probes.
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 ar
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 ar
Development authority, which routinely approves
economic development projects where more checks and balances ar
development projects where more checks and balances are required.
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.
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.
Unlike most
other SUNY Poly
projects across
upstate, the Film Hub did not get its grant money from Empire State
Development, the state's economic devel
Development, the state's
economic developmentdevelopment arm.
Fred Dicker: Cuomo's multibillion - dollar
upstate economic -
development plans, including the massive Buffalo Billion
project, may be derailed by growing nervousness from IBM and
other companies over the continuing corruption probes.
«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.
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.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's probe involves the Buffalo Billion
project and
other upstate economic development programs.
Those under scrutiny include Joseph Percoco, a top Cuomo aid and political enforcer who recently left the administration; longtime associate and lobbyist Todd Howe; and Alain Kaloyeros, the so - called nanotech guru who the governor has entrusted to quarterback the Buffalo Billion and several
other big - ticket
upstate economic development projects.
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.
Unlike most
other SUNY Poly
projects across
upstate, the film hub did not get money from Empire State
Development, the state's economic devel
Development, the state's
economic developmentdevelopment arm.
The
economic -
development chief said he has a team looking at how to change the governance structure over SolarCity and the
other upstate projects.