“When SUNY Polytechnic Institute needed a lobbyist, it turned to Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, Albany’s largest law firm.
When Fuller Road Management Corp. — a non-profit run by SUNY Poly to award contracts — sought legal counsel, it turned to Whiteman Osterman & Hanna.
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna was also the pick for COR Development — a Syracuse-area contractor bidding for a contract it ultimately won — when it needed permitting experts.
And when COR needed a lobbyist? It was Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, records show.
There’s more: Joseph Percoco, one of Cuomo’s closest confidants and aides serving at the time as the governor’s campaign manager, reported receiving as much as $75,000 from COR in 2014, though the company denies it.”
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Campbell, Jon. Poughkeepsie Journal 8 May 2016.