USA v. Percoco et al

  1. December 14, 2017

    Ex-Cuomo Aide Pleads Not Guilty In Bribery Case

    A former aide of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and three others pled not guilty on Wednesday to an expanded indictment tied to alleged bribes for higher education and energy projects, ahead of a trial set for January.

  2. November 28, 2017

    Ex-Cuomo Aide Says Feds Sat On Useful Info In Graft Case

    Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former right-hand man has accused prosecutors of sitting on evidence that could undermine the corruption charges he's facing, telling a New York federal court the government should have long ago turned over interviews that show he wasn't even a state official when he was allegedly plied with bribes.

  3. October 27, 2017

    NY Graft Defendants Want 'Problematic' Court Display Hidden

    Former Competitive Power Ventures Holdings LLC executive Peter G. Kelly Jr. told a Manhattan federal judge Thursday that courthouse wall hangings commemorating the Second Circuit's 125-year history are prejudicial to him and three co-defendants set for a January trial on charges of corruption.

  4. September 29, 2017

    Feds Say Skelos Reversal Irrelevant In NY Corruption Case

    Federal prosecutors told a New York federal judge on Thursday that the Second Circuit's recent reversal of the convictions against Dean and Adam Skelos was essentially irrelevant to an upcoming corruption trial over Albany bribes for construction projects.

  5. August 09, 2017

    Upstate NY Developers Say WTC Reversal Dooms Case

    A former SUNY president and five men associated with upstate New York developers have asked a Manhattan federal judge to toss the corruption case against them in light of a recent reversal in what they call a similar case against a World Trade Center contractor.

  6. July 19, 2017

    Judge Splits Albany Corruption Case, Trials Set For 2018

    A sprawling corruption case involving two former aides to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and hundreds of millions of dollars of rigged contracts was split in two by a federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday, with trials set to begin in January and May.

  7. July 03, 2017

    Prosecutors Propose Splitting NY Graft Case Into 2 Trials

    Prosecutors on Friday rejected a slew of pretrial arguments filed by eight men, including a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and an ex-State University of New York Polytechnic Institute president, but said that U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni's idea to split the case into two trials was the best way forward.

  8. May 22, 2017

    Ex-Cuomo Aide Says Campaign Work Off Limits In Graft Case

    A former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked a Manhattan federal judge to toss a graft case against him, arguing that public corruption statutes didn't apply while he was working on Cuomo's re-election campaign.

  9. April 06, 2017

    Judge May Bisect Complicated NY Corruption Case

    The Manhattan federal judge handling contract corruption charges against eight men, including a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and an ex-State University of New York Polytechnic Institute president, set an October trial date and a second, 2018 date in case the convoluted matter is split in two.

  10. December 01, 2016

    Former Cuomo Aide, Ex-SUNY Prez Deny Graft Charges

    Eight men including a noted former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and an ex-State University of New York Polytechnic Institute president denied federal corruption charges at an arraignment Thursday in Manhattan, where U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni hinted at the possibility of guilty pleas in the near future.