Not exact matches
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.
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.
It's been a week since a federal corruption investigation exploded in New York state, bringing fraud and bribery and charges against developers and state officials for allegedly running a pay - to - play
scheme involving
upstate economic
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.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has had a difficult four weeks after his former top aide and eight others were charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging
scheme that went to the heart of his key economic
development efforts in
upstate New York.
But Cuomo's support for the conference also comes as he is facing a mounting of series of political headaches, including the arrest of his former top aide and others in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging
scheme involving the governor's signature economic
development efforts in
upstate New York.
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.
Joseph Percoco, a former top aide and confidant of Cuomo, as well as SUNY Polytechnic Institute's founding President and CEO Alain Kaloyeros and officials at some of
upstate New York's most prominent
development firms were charged in a federal complaint with allegedly engaging in two overlapping
schemes involving bribery, corruption and fraud in the award of hundreds of millions of dollars in state contracts and other official benefits.
In May, just as the session winds down, a trial is scheduled for former SUNY nano mastermind Alain Kaloyeros and a host of
upstate developers, although as much on the block for scrutiny will be the governor's
upstate economic
development schemes, and those who carried out his wishes.
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.
Percoco's lawyer Barry Bohrer argued in a motion filed late last week that those charges should be separated from the alleged bid - rigging or request for proposal (RFP)
schemes involving
upstate development deals in Buffalo and Syracuse — also allegedly involving the two officials from COR Development — as well as three former leaders of Buffalo - based LPCiminelli plus Alain Kaloyeros, the former SUNY Polytechnic Instit
development deals in Buffalo and Syracuse — also allegedly involving the two officials from COR
Development — as well as three former leaders of Buffalo - based LPCiminelli plus Alain Kaloyeros, the former SUNY Polytechnic Instit
Development — as well as three former leaders of Buffalo - based LPCiminelli plus Alain Kaloyeros, the former SUNY Polytechnic Institute leader.
Kaloyeros is facing state and federal charges related to a wide - ranging bribery and bid - rigging
scheme involving several SUNY Poly
development projects
upstate.
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.
And there are the 2018 trials: the corruption re-trials of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos; the pay - to - play trial in June involving Buffalo Billion and other Cuomo administration economic
development programs in
upstate, and the recently concluded trial in which Joseph Percoco, a longtime confidante of Cuomo, was found guilty in a
scheme of trading bribes for state action for those business executives giving him money.
The following day, the federal complaint from Bharara's office charged Percoco — who is also identified as «a / k / a «HERB,» the defendant» throughout — and several
upstate development executives (including the CPV executive referenced in the email) with taking part in a wide - ranging
scheme to trade money for official favors.
Under Dr. Kaloyeros, the school has amassed at least $ 475 million in debt to banks and bondholders, partly because he and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who decided to split off the college from the University at Albany, set up SUNY Poly to lead an
upstate economic
development scheme.
Last week, nine people, including Percoco, were arrested on corruption charges stemming from alleged bribery and bid rigging
scheme that grew out of Cuomo's signature economic
development proposal for
upstate New York, the Buffalo Billion.