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Editorial Churchill: The conviction of Joe Percoco isn’t funny anymore

May 13, 2023 by l

  “asta. They were obsessed with pasta. “I have no ziti,” wrote Joe Percoco, then a top aide to Andrew Cuomo. “Got to keep the ziti flowing,” countered Todd Howe, also once an aide to the former governor. “The ziti is in the oven,” Howe wrote in a different email. “Don’t burn the ziti,” he … [Read more…]

Posted in: Whiteman Osterman and Hanna Tagged: bid rigging, Buffalo Billions, corruption, editorial, Todd Howe, United States Supreme Court, Whiteman Osterman Hanna

Top court deals blow to corruption cases

May 12, 2023 by l

  “The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned the 2018 “Buffalo Billion” bid-rigging convictions of SUNY Polytechnic Institute founder Alain Kaloyeros and three upstate businessmen while also reversing the fraud-related conviction earlier that year of Joseph Percoco, the once powerful top aide to former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Kaloyeros, who left war-torn Lebanon and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Whiteman Osterman and Hanna Tagged: bid rigging, Buffalo Billions, Todd Howe, United States Supreme Court, Whiteman Osterman Hanna

US Supreme Court to hear 2016 New York corruption cases

November 30, 2022 by l

  “The rulings that would be in favor of the defendants could potentially make it difficult for prosecutors to charge individuals for cases such as wire fraud and would limit the prosecutors’ ability to pursue certain kinds of bribery cases, according to former federal prosecutor Jaimie Nawaday. Then-US Attorney Preet Bahara brought the charges against … [Read more…]

Posted in: Legal, Whiteman Osterman and Hanna Tagged: bribery, Buffalo Billions, corruption, fraud, legal, Todd Howe, United States Supreme Court, Whiteman Osterman Hanna

‘Buffalo Billion’ lobbyist-turned-witness to be sentenced in April

December 28, 2018 by l

  “A sentencing date has been set for the crooked lobbyist-turned-government-cooperator who was the star witness at the trial for a convicted aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Todd Howe — an Albany lobbyist who was at the center of a pair of bid-rigging and pay-to-play corruption schemes — will be sentenced on April 5. He … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Alain Kaloyeros, bribery, Buffalo Billions, corruption, court, crime, Cuomo, felony, fraud, Todd Howe, Whiteman Osterman Hanna

Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion was beyond corrupt

July 13, 2018 by l

  “The usual suspects had predictable reactions this week after a federal trial jury convicted three upstate real-estate developers and the State University’s onetime nanotech czar, Alain Kaloyeros, on charges of bid-rigging tied to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s upstate economic-development projects. Cuomo’s harshest critics jumped on the verdict in the Buffalo Billion case as further evidence … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Alain Kaloyeros, Buffalo Billions, corruption, Cuomo, Elon Musk, fraud, New York Post, Panasonic, pay to play, rigging bids, scam, Solar City, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Tesla, Todd Howe

Corruption trial bruises powerful law firm

March 24, 2018 by l

  “Over the past 43 years, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna became one of New York’s largest and most prominent legal and lobbying firms. In just eight days at the recent political corruption trial of Joe Percoco and three businessmen, it gained a less prestigious distinction: the firm that employed Todd R. Howe, a convicted felon … [Read more…]

Posted in: Whiteman Osterman and Hanna Tagged: bid rigging, Buffalo Billions, court, crime, fraud, Todd R. Howe, Whiteman Osterman Hanna

Bharara complaint details activities of unregistered influence peddler

September 23, 2016 by l

  “While announcing sweeping criminal charges against individuals close to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday morning, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara referred to one of them, Todd Howe, as a “powerful and connected lobbyist with close ties to the governor’s office.””   read the entire article   Mahoney, Bill. Politico 23 September 2016.  

Posted in: Whiteman Osterman and Hanna Tagged: Buffalo Billions, Preet Bharara, Todd Howe, WOH Government Solutions LLC

SUNY Polytechnic Office Scoured for Evidence of Bid Rigging

May 26, 2016 by l

  “Agents arrived with search warrants and looked through an office used by Todd R. Howe, who has past ties to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo…”   read the entire article   New York Times 26 May 2016.  

Posted in: Duanesburg News Tagged: bid rigging, Buffalo Billions, Mew York Times, State University of New York at Albany, Todd R. Howe, Whiteman Osterman Hanna

IBM Hired Influential Lobbyist Months Before Securing Buffalo Billion Deal

May 25, 2016 by l

  “International Business Machines (IBM) has a long history in New York – its headquarters is located on the New York-Connecticut border in Armonk; it used to be one of the largest employers in the state; and it was part of a 2011 deal to bring $4.4 billion in investments to upstate New York through … [Read more…]

Posted in: Whiteman Osterman and Hanna Tagged: Buffalo Billions, Louis Ciminelli, Todd Howe, Whiteman Osterman Hanna, WOH Government Solutions

Power and pay: Cuomo probe highlights ‘conflicts of interest’

May 8, 2016 by l

  “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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Whiteman Osterman and Hanna Tagged: bid rigging, Buffalo Billions, Todd R. Howe, Whiteman Osterman Hanna
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