USA v. Percoco et al

  1. May 29, 2018

    Jailed Ex-Lobbyist Won't Testify At 'Buffalo Billion' Trial

    Manhattan federal prosecutors disclosed Tuesday that they won't call jailed former lobbyist Todd Howe to testify against five men, including former State University of New York Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros, who are accused of rigging big-dollar bids connected to the Empire State's "Buffalo Billion" revitalization initiative.

  2. May 18, 2018

    Construction Exec Cops Plea Before 'Buffalo Billion' Trial

    An executive with Buffalo construction firm LPCiminelli avoided trial on charges of rigging hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of bids connected to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "Buffalo Billion" revitalization initiative, copping Friday to conspiracy and wire fraud and agreeing to testify against his colleagues.

  3. May 11, 2018

    Exec Admits To Lying About Job For Ex-Cuomo Aide's Wife

    An energy executive accused of paying $287,000 in bribes to a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pled guilty to a count of conspiracy Friday, telling a Manhattan federal judge that he lied to his company, Competitive Power Ventures Holdings LLC, about having had clearance to hire the aide's wife.

  4. March 13, 2018

    Jury Convicts Ex-Cuomo Aide In Mixed Bribery Case Verdict

    A Manhattan jury on Tuesday convicted Joe Percoco, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former "right-hand man" in Albany, of three of six corruption counts he faced, ending the marathon federal bribery trial with a mixed verdict for him and three co-defendants.

  5. March 12, 2018

    Graft Trial Judge Won't 'Coerce' Deadlocked Jury

    Prosecutors seeking to convict an ex-aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of bribery asked a Manhattan federal judge Monday to prod a mired jury toward a verdict using strong language, but the judge left the proposed language on the cutting room floor when she told jurors to keep working.

  6. March 02, 2018

    Graft Trial Judge Discloses Clerk's Jury Room Cookie Raid

    The trial of a former top aide to New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo accused of bribery was marked on Friday by the judge's disclosure that her law clerk, while snooping in the jury room in search of leftover cookies on Thursday evening, saw a juror reading legal instructions after deliberations had ended.

  7. March 01, 2018

    NY Graft Case Goes To Jury After Atty Warns About Witness

    A Manhattan jury on Thursday began deliberating charges against Joe Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo accused of bribery alongside two developers and an energy executive, after hearing a final caution from Percoco's lawyer about the credibility of a key prosecution witness who was arrested in the middle of the marathon trial.

  8. February 27, 2018

    Cuomo Aide's Call Proves Bribe Plot, Prosecutor Tells Jury

    A single call placed by Joe Percoco, a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on behalf of developers Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi is "all you need" to convict all three of bribery, a prosecutor said Tuesday as a six-week trial delving into alleged corruption in the Empire State ground its way toward a conclusion.

  9. February 26, 2018

    Extortion Count Against Ex-Cuomo Aide Cut From Graft Trial

    A former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo couldn't have used his official role to extort money from a developer because the aide was in the private sector when the alleged misconduct took place, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Monday, trimming a charge from an 11-count corruption indictment.

  10. February 20, 2018

    Graft Jury Won't See Video Of Cuomo Aide's Wife Teaching

    Video of Joe Percoco's wife teaching at an energy company's school outreach program is irrelevant to the bribery case against the ex-aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Manhattan trial judge ruled Tuesday, short-circuiting a fresh defense effort to blunt the charge that her "low-show" job was tied to illegal payments.