Sentences with phrase «upstate development projects»

The same day, the administration acknowledged that it had been served with a federal subpoena asking for material concerning any action by a half - dozen current or former Executive Chamber officials that might have benefited two dozen companies involved in 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.

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.

Percoco, 47, of South Salem in Westchester County, is charged in two interlocking schemes with taking more than $ 300,000 to wield influence in Cuomo's executive chamber and working with former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros to rig bids on upstate 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.

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.

The complaint alleges that COR Development officials and those from Buffalo developer LPCiminelli paid bribes to Howe in exchange for his influence working as a paid representative for SUNY Polytechnic and Kaloyeros, who had control over upstate development projects funded by the Fort Schuyler Development Corp., a nonprofit development arm that gets substantial state funding.

The plans also come a week before the Nov. 23 deadline for federal criminal indictments against as many as eight individuals, including former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco, in a case brought by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara involving upstate development projects.

Looks like Howie Hawkins ran his grocery store into the ground squandering millions of taxpayer money on another bad, ill - advised upstate development project.

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.

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.

But there was no significant ethics reform enacted at any point in the session, despite the continued fallout from a pay - to - play scandal that in 2016 engulfed several upstate development projects.

Private investigator Bart Schwartz's probe into potential wrongdoing in upstate development projects is Cuomo's fourth investigation to be empowered under Section 6 of state Executive Law, otherwise known as the Moreland Act.

Howe was also expected to be a witness in the second trial to emerge from the federal probe into upstate 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.

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.

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.

Stern and the undercover FBI agent led the politicians involved to believe that they were wealthy developers looking for to curry favor and would use their economic resources to help Smith bribe his way into City Hall in exchange for political favors that would pave the way for their upstate development projects.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan leveled sweeping corruption charges against two former close aides to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Thursday in a complaint that detailed a spectacle of bid - rigging and bribery in upstate development projects and a Capitol awash in dirty money.

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.

Nine people face charges of bribery and bid - rigging through their work with Governor Andrew Cuomo's upstate development 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.

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.

Instead, the investigation into the upstate development projects at a heart of a wide - ranging pay - for - play scandal has been conducted by Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor, and his firm Guidepost Solutions on what Cuomo's spokesman Rich Azzopardi on Friday referred to as «good faith.»

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.

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.

ALBANY — More than a year and a half after a federal subpoena brought to light the federal investigation into alleged corruption in upstate development projects, a former top aide and longtime confidant of Gov. Andrew Cuomo goes on trial Monday to face charges he swapped bribes for official favors.

He pleaded guilty to helping developer clients including COR get the inside track bidding on upstate development projects.

Schwartz has also been assigned to serve as a de facto comptroller for the upstate development projects.

Citing unnamed sources, the paper said other individuals would face charges in the case, which is the result of a long - gestating probe into several state - funded upstate development projects — including the portfolio known as the Buffalo Billion and other initiatives headed up by Albany - based SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

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

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.

The verdict could further muddy Cuomo's re-election campaign, along with a companion trial in June that will focus on SUNY official Alan Kaloyeros and corruption in upstate development projects.

Aiello and Gerardi face more charges in another trial dealing with alleged fraud in upstate development projects that is slated to begin in June.

Despite the scandals that have hobbled many of Cuomo's upstate development projects, the governor is seeking a $ 500 million investment in Western New York, a plan he dubbed «Buffalo Billion Squared.»

Malatras, long viewed as one of the governor's most trusted aides, was among the half - dozen members of the administration whose actions were the subject of last spring's federal subpoena into upstate development projects.