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…
Prosecutors: Developers Bribed Westchester's Percoco Through Shell Company Prosecutors: Developers Bribed Westchester's Percoco Through Shell Company
Prosecutors: Developers Bribed Westchester's Percoco Through Shell Company Joseph Percoco, the Northern Westchester resident and former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was paid by a "shell corporation," according to prosecutors in his bribery trial. Prosecutors claim that at “on at least three occasions, between 2011 and 2016, while employed as the Executive Deputy Secretary to the Governor, and on at least two occasions during his employment by the Cuomo Campaign, Percoco threatened at least four New York State employees who were considering leaving their current jobs or state service entirely, by claiming that Percoco would use his extensive inf…
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester's $300K Bribery Trial Starts Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester's $300K Bribery Trial Starts
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester's $300K Bribery Trial Starts The trial of Northern Westchester resident Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is facing federal corruption charges that claim he allegedly threatened state employees began Monday with jury selection. Prosecutors claim that at “on at least three occasions, between 2011 and 2016, while employed as the Executive Deputy Secretary to the Governor, and on at least two occasions during his employment by the Cuomo Campaign, Percoco threatened at least four New York State employees who were considering leaving their current jobs or state service entirely, by claiming …