Sentences with phrase «rigging the bids on»
The 35 - page indictment, which largely tracked a criminal complaint filed in September, accused Percoco of taking over $ 300,000 in payoffs to wield influence in Cuomo's executive chamber, while former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros worked to rig bids on $ 850 million in development projects in Syracuse and Buffalo.
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In the other, he allegedly worked as a consultant to Kaloyeros and rigged bids on nearly $ 1 billion in projects for his clients.
Now, as Cuomo's closest friend and former top advisor, Joseph Percoco, is about to be indicted for rigging bids on state contracts, the governor proposed a raft of ethics reforms on Wednesday that stand little chance of ever getting made into law.
The indictment alleges Howe took the bribes and worked with then - SUNY Polytechnic chief Alain Kaloyeros, who also was indicted, to rig the bids on the solar panel plant in LPCiminelli's favor, after the Buffalo company made contributions to the Cuomo campaign.
(WBEN / AP) As expected, a judge has delayed and split the trials of top aides to Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the companies - including Buffalo's LP Ciminelli Corp. - they are accused of working with to rig bids on the Buffalo Billion economic development effort.
In the Manhattan federal corruption case, Howe has admitted to pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars from developers and from rigged bids on state contracts linked to the upstate Buffalo Billion economic - revitalization plan — at the same time he was working as a consultant to the taxpayer - funded program.
The men were charged with rigging the bids on high - tech facilities that SUNY Poly built in Buffalo and Syracuse, and Percoco was charged with extorting companies for official favors.
Prosecutors charged executives at three development companies, as well as SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros and lobbyist Todd Howe, with rigging the bids on facilities that SUNY Poly built in Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse.
In the last year, founding SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros was indicted by state and federal prosecutors for allegedly rigging the bids on high - tech facilities the school built in Buffalo and Syracuse.
But Hyde said that during the same visit the CEO pulled his aside and asked him to tell him what «really happened» with the SUNY Poly scandal, in which Kaloyeros and the other defendants were accused of rigging bids on projects for large Cuomo donors.
The federal government was accusing the retired Allstate agent of conspiring to rig bids on foreclosed houses.Tolar...
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While Glass Lewis, along with the Company's shareholders, will not know the extent of the bid - rigging and its effect on the Company, we anticipate that concerns will be raised regarding the Company's corporate governance structure and internal controls.
Buffett was not apologizing on behalf of actions taken by himself, but those taken by members of investment bank Salomon Brothers, a New York - based firm that had been caught rigging Treasury bids.
A former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was found guilty on three counts of federal corruption charges related to a bribery and bid rigging scheme.
One of the key players in Rochester's multi-million dollar Photonics institute, Dr. Alain Kaloyeros, was charged for extortion and bid - rigging by both the state attorney general's office and the U.S. attorney's office, raising questions about possible impact on the city's $ 600 million dollar project.
Cuomo's former close aide, Joe Percoco, will go on trial next month on bribery and bid rigging charges.
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.
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.
The state budget includes no significant new controls or oversight on how the Cuomo administration spends money on economic development projects, and that troubles many lawmakers after federal prosecutors accused eight men of bid - rigging schemes in earlier 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.
Several former Cuomo associates, including a former top aide, face federal corruption trials on charges of bribery and bid - rigging in connection with the contracts for some of the governor's signature economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.
Cuomo has been talking about reforming economic development contract awards in his administration, following federal criminal charges against nine people — one a former top aide — on bribery and bid - rigging charges in connection with the Buffalo Billion and other projects.
Molinaro says it would be a conflict of interest for Cuomo to interview candidates, since the Attorney General's office is investigating former Cuomo associate and former SUNY Polytechnic Institute head Alain Kaloyeros on potential bid - rigging and pay - to - play corruption charges.
Molinaro said it would be a conflict of interest for Cuomo to interview candidates since the attorney general's office is investigating former Cuomo associate and former SUNY Polytechnic Institute head Alain Kaloyeros on potential bid - rigging and pay - to - play corruption charges.
The federal charges of bid - rigging and bribery center on Cuomo's key economic development programs, including the Buffalo Billion.
Schneiderman is focused more narrowly on possible bid - rigging and a violation of state antitrust laws in relation to a SUNY Polytechnic dorm construction project.
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.
Molinaro says it would be a conflict of interest for Cuomo to interview candidates, since the attorney general's office is investigating former Cuomo associate and former SUNY Polytechnic Institute head Alain Kaloyeros on potential bid rigging and pay - to - play corruption charges.
The Silver ruling will not affect the federal corruption trials later this year of nine former associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, including Cuomo's former top aide, on bribery and bid - rigging because those trials will take place after the Supreme Court's McDonnell ruling.
Nine former Cuomo associates have either admitted to crimes or are facing trial on charges including bribery and bid rigging in connection with the governor's economic development projects.
In May, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, who spearheaded many of the governor's economic development projects, will go on trial for charges that include bid - rigging of state contracts.
Cuomo says the process used for awarding contracts to private developers, which is now the focus on federal bid rigging charges, was created before he was governor.
The tensions come just weeks before several former Cuomo associates, including former key economic development officials, go on trial on federal corruption charges for alleged offenses including bribery and bid - rigging.
Former SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros had led the two organizations until his indictment on bid - rigging charges in 2016.
They say the bid rigging charges on state contracts totaling more than $ 780 million dollars show clearly that the state's contracting oversight system has «failed».
Albany, New York — Prominent budget and transparency watchdog groups today called on the legislative leaders to act on their public statements on clean contracting, and pass meaningful legislation in response to the largest bid - rigging scandal in state history.
Kaloyeros resigned on Monday after being charged in a bribery and bid - rigging case.
Others, including the governor's former top aide, face trials later this year on charges of bribery and bid - rigging.
Syracuse, N.Y. — The attorney for two Cor Development executives charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme said Friday the case is based on lies by Todd Howe, the government's main witness against them.
Last Thursday, the prominent developer was named in a state - level indictment and accused of colluding with SUNY Polytechnic leader Alain Kaloyeros to rig a lucrative construction bid on a new UAlbany apartment complex.
Governor Cuomo is making some changes to prevent any future bid rigging in some of his major economic development projects, but critics on both the left and the right say the governor is failing to address the bigger picture — whether the $ 8.6 billion dollars» worth of programs are an effective use of public monies.
There's an ongoing federal investigation into potential bid - rigging and the state's repeatedly been late on payments to contractors.
The Buffalo visit on Sept. 23 came one day after eight men were arrested, accused of an extensive bid - rigging scandal connected to Cuomo's banner upstate economic development initiative — the Buffalo Billion.
Charges against Kaloyeros will focus on bid rigging.
«I welcome the grand jury's decision to re-indict Robert Wiesner on a felony charge stemming from the joint investigation my office conducted with Comptroller DiNapoli into allegations of bid rigging in Monroe County.
Kaloyeros was indicted in November on charges of bid - rigging, including allegations that he conspired to rig a request for proposals so that Cor Development would be selected as SUNY Poly's preferred developer in Central New York.
The same outsider referred to Maziarz as the «king,» Norris as the «patsy,» and Kevin Schuler (indicted last year on bid rigging charges in the Buffalo Billion scandal) as the «thinker.»
Others surmise that the investigation stems from the Buffalo Billion case, which snared three executives of the LPCiminelli Co. on bid rigging and other corruption charges stemming from a statewide case launched by then - Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
They failed to agree on a bill that would increase the statute of limitations for victims of child sex abuse, and did nothing to change procurement processes after a bid - rigging scandal that ensnared top Cuomo aides.