“Distributed Solar — the Schenectady solar startup that spun off from General Electric earlier this year — has raised a $250 million fund from Morgan Stanley, Silicon Valley Bank and Fifth Third Bank to finance a portfolio of solar projects through 2020. The fund was raised after Distributed Solar Development announced in July that … [Read more…]
“TOWN OF DUANESBURG PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION APPROVING SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUBDIVISION AND SITE PLAN FOR THE EOEN RENEWABlES OAK HILL SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS -1206 OAK HILL ROAD Date: September 19. 2019 2019″ WHEREAS, on or about May 7.2018, Eden Renewables (“Eden Renewables” or the “Applicant”) applieat6″iK”e Duanesburg Planning Board (“Planning Board”) for a Special Use … [Read more…]
“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…]
““Thus the general substantive policy of the act is a flexible one. It leaves room for a responsible exercise of discretion and does not require particular substantive results in particular problematic instances.”- Town of Henrietta (1979) But, Courts have repeatedly held that the SEQRA Lead Agency should not defer analysis of project impacts to planning … [Read more…]
“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…]
“Todd Howe, the lobbyist-turned-cooperator who was arrested during the time he testified against an ex-aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo accused of bribery, shed tears on the witness stand Thursday morning before his tumultuous cross-examination ended with an admission that he doesn’t know how many emails he has faked. Howe, who was arrested a … [Read more…]
“Todd Howe, the lobbyist-turned-cooperator testifying at the bribery trial of a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was quizzed Tuesday over his arrest last week on a bail violation, telling jurors it stemmed from what he called a misunderstanding about his testimony. Wearing a dark suit, and with a U.S. Marshal in … [Read more…]
“Disgraced lobbyist Todd Howe was confronted Wednesday with evidence that he altered emails sent by Joe Percoco, a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is accused of corruption, but Howe told a jury he does not recall how often he surreptitiously changed and forwarded Percoco’s missives. Howe, a cooperating witness who … [Read more…]
“Todd Howe, the disgraced lobbyist whose testimony prosecutors hope will lead to the corruption convictions of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and three businessmen, told a Manhattan jury Monday that he stole roughly $1 million from Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP before he was fired in 2016. Howe, a … [Read more…]
“The purpose of this local law is to add to the list of duties of the Uniform Code Enforcement Officer the ability to administer lot line adjustment and minor subdivision applications that have been determined by the Planning Board to be exempt from full scrutiny, review, approval, in accordance with its authority under Article … [Read more…]