Sentences with phrase «several upstate developers»
Kaloyeros has been accused of being part of an alleged bid - rigging scheme along with several upstate developers and a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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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.
A few weeks later, the United States attorney in Manhattan, Preet Bharara, released a criminal complaint charging Mr. Kaloyeros; Mr. Howe; Joseph Percoco, another former aide to the governor; and several upstate developers in a yearslong bribery scheme.
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.
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It also alleged that Kaloyeros and developers rigged the construction bids for several facilities, which the Democratic governor has touted as a cornerstone of legacy in upstate New York.
Cuomo has made a few public appearances since U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued criminal complaints against nine people, including several close to Cuomo and two major upstate real estate developers.
Cuomo's made a few public appearances since U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued criminal complaints against nine people, including several close to Cuomo and two major upstate real estate developers.
Percoco, who served as the governor's executive secretary, is accused of taking more than $ 600,000 in bribes from an energy company that needed state approval to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley and an upstate developer that received several state contracts.
Trump took credit for the governor's recent move to cut the tolls on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, a decision the celebrity real estate developer said came after he noted in several speeches upstate that the toll on that bridge was the highest of any bridge in the country.
Kaloyeros and the other defendants in the case, including several prominent upstate developers and a former top aide to Cuomo, have all pleaded not guilty in the case.
Aiello is the son of Syracuse - area developer Steven F. Aiello, whose company COR Development is of significant interest in Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's probe into several state - funded, upstate development deals.
Percoco served as the governor's executive secretary, he is accused of taking more than $ 600,000 in bribes from an energy company that needed state approval to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley and an upstate developer that received several state contracts, as well as getting a job at the energy company for his wife.
Cuomo's made a few public appearances since the US Attorney, Preet Bharara, issued criminal complaints against nine people, including several close to Cuomo and two major upstate real estate developers.
COR, a major developer in Syracuse involved in several upstate nanotechnology and development projects receiving state funds, told The Post-Standard on Saturday that it had not paid any money to Mr. Percoco.