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Witness Makes 'Sopranos' Analogy In Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester's Trial Witness Makes 'Sopranos' Analogy In Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester's Trial
Witness Makes 'Sopranos' Analogy In Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester's Trial Powerful testimony is being made at the trial of Northern Westchester resident Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Last year, Percoco, of South Salem, was indicted on corruption charges that allege he accepted more than $300,000 in bribes to benefit Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that sought to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley, and COR Development, a real estate developer that received several sizable state projects. The bribes from both, which also included $90,000 a year payments to Percoco's wife, were arranged by Todd Howe, another for…