Tag:

Competitive Power Ventures

Supreme Court Reverses Conviction Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Supreme Court Reverses Conviction Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester
Supreme Court Reverses Conviction Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester The country's top court has reversed the wire-fraud conviction of a Northern Westchester County resident and former top aide to ousted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has already served years of prison time for the offense. In a decision on Thursday, May 11, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled to reverse the fraud conviction of Joseph Percoco, of the hamlet of South Salem in the town of Lewisboro, who was sent to federal prison on corruption charges in 2018.  Percoco, age 54, had been accused of accepting over $300,000 in bribes from an energy company in 2014 while he had been …
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Released From Federal Prison Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Released From Federal Prison
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Released From Federal Prison A former top aide to ousted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been released from federal prison following a conviction on corruption charges, years before his sentence was set to expire. Original story - Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Taking $300K In Bribes Northern Westchester resident Joseph Percoco, of South Salem, who was serving time in a Hudson Valley prison, was transferred to a halfway house, according to the federal Residential Reentry Management office in Brooklyn. Earlier story - Former Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Ordered To Report To Prison Percoco…
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed A former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not be reporting to jail on March 1 as he continues to fight his conviction on corruption charges. Joseph Percoco, a South Salem resident, was convicted of accepting $300,000 in bribes from an energy company last year and was sentenced to six years in prison. He was scheduled to report to prison on March 1, but a court has ruled that he can stay a free man as he continues to appeal the conviction. Percoco was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of solicitation of bribes or gratuities…
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed The former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who was sentenced to six years in prison on corruption charges will spend Christmas and New Year’s Eve with his family, not behind bars. Joseph Percoco, a South Salem resident, was convicted of accepting $300,000 in bribes from an energy company earlier this year and sentenced in September to prison time. He was initially ordered to surrender himself on Friday, Dec. 28, but after his lawyers petitioned a district judge, that date was pushed to Jan. 31. Percoco was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud…
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Taking $300K In Bribes Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Taking $300K In Bribes
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Taking $300K In Bribes A former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who lives in Northern Westchester and was convicted of accepting $300,000 in bribes from an energy company and developer has been sentenced. Joseph Percoco, a South Salem resident, was sentenced to six years in prison in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon. The 49-year-old Percoco has been ordered to surrender himself into custody on Dec. 28, after the holidays.  At his sentencing, U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni said Percoco was motivated by "greed and arrogance."  Along with the prison time, Percoco also received…
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester To Be Sentenced For Taking $300K In Bribes Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester To Be Sentenced For Taking $300K In Bribes
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester To Be Sentenced For Taking $300K In Bribes Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who lives in Northern Westchester and was convicted of three felonies earlier this year is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday. Percoco, a South Salem resident, was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of solicitation of bribes or gratuities and acquitted of two extortion charges in March related to his acceptance of $300,000 in bribes to benefit Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that sought to build the power plant in the Hudson Valley. He was cleared of any …
Corruption Probes Won't Hurt Re-Election Chance, Cuomo Says Corruption Probes Won't Hurt Re-Election Chance, Cuomo Says
Corruption Probes Won't Hurt Re-Election Chance, Cuomo Says t’s not the governor -- just associates and appointees surrounding him. Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New Castle continues to distance himself from a federal corruption scandal that has tarnished the reputation of his economic development projects, according to media reports.  Cuomo argues that a series of guilty verdicts won’t hurt his chance of re-election in the fall. “I think there has never been a suggestion that I did anything wrong,” Cuomo said in Brooklyn, according to this article in the New York Post. “Can we do more checks and balances? Yeah, we always can, but you will always have some…
Friends, Family Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Urging Leniency In Bribery Sentence Friends, Family Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Urging Leniency In Bribery Sentence
Friends, Family Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Urging Leniency In Bribery Sentence A cacophony of voices have come forward asking for leniency for Northern Westchester resident Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is awaiting sentencing following his conviction on corruption charges earlier this year. Joseph Percoco, a South Salem resident, was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of solicitation of bribes or gratuities. He was acquitted of two extortion charges in March related to his acceptance of $300,000 in bribes to benefit Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that sought …
Exec Admits To Pay-For-Play Scheme With Former Cuomo Aide From Westchester Exec Admits To Pay-For-Play Scheme With Former Cuomo Aide From Westchester
Exec Admits To Pay-For-Play Scheme With Former Cuomo Aide From Westchester A former executive at a Hudson Valley-headquartered power plant pleaded guilty to bribery for his role in a pay-to-play scheme involving a Northern Westchester resident and former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Former Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) executive Peter Kelly, 54, admitted in Manhattan Federal Court on Friday that to further his relationship with South Salem resident Joseph Percoco, he helped hire Percoco's wife to a $90,000, low-show job at CPV.  The guilty plea entered by Kelly, who is known as "Braith" and is a resident of Canterbury, Conn., was for defrauding CPV …
Sentencing For Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Delayed Sentencing For Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Delayed
Sentencing For Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Delayed Sentencing of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo - and northern Westchester resident - who was convicted of three felonies earlier this year has been postponed more than a month. Joseph Percoco, a South Salem resident, was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of solicitation of bribes or gratuities and acquitted of two extortion charges in March related to his acceptance of $300,000 in bribes to benefit Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that sought to build the power plant in the Hudson Valley. He was cleared of …
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Will Get State Pension After Conviction Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Will Get State Pension After Conviction
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Will Get State Pension After Conviction Despite being convicted of felony corruption charges, Westchester resident Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is eligible to collect thousands of dollars annually in pension, according to a syracuse.com report. Percoco, a South Salem resident, was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of solicitation of bribes or gratuities earlier this year and acquitted of two extortion charges related to his acceptance of $300,000 in bribes to benefit Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that sought to build the po…
Potential GOP Foe Molinaro Calls For Investigation Of Cuomo Administration Potential GOP Foe Molinaro Calls For Investigation Of Cuomo Administration
Potential GOP Foe Molinaro Calls For Investigation Of Cuomo Administration Hours after a former top aide of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was found guilty by a jury of three corruption charges, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro - considered the frontrunner to be the GOP challenger for the governor’s seat - is calling for an independent investigation of the Cuomo administration by the state attorney general. On Tuesday, Joseph Percoco, a resident of South Salem in Northern Westchester, former top aide and friend to Cuomo, was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of solicitation of bribes or gratuities. Perco…
Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Found Guilty On Three Felonies Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Found Guilty On Three Felonies
Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Found Guilty On Three Felonies After finding themselves deadlocked for more than a week, the jury deliberating over the fate of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo - and Northern Westchester resident - convicted him on three corruption charges. Percoco, a South Salem resident, was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of solicitation of bribes or gratuities and acquitted of two extortion charges related to his acceptance of $300,000 in bribes to benefit Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that sought to build the power plant in the…
Jury Of Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Still Deadlocked After A Week Jury Of Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Still Deadlocked After A Week
Jury Of Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Still Deadlocked After A Week The jury deliberating over the fate of Joseph Percoco, the northern Westchester resident and former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo remains deadlocked after more than a week of discussion. Now in its eighth week, the jury is reporting growing increasingly frustrated, as they are unable to reach a consensus regarding Percoco, a South Salem resident who is on trial for allegedly accepting more than $300,000 in bribes to benefit Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that sought to build the power plant in the Hudson Valley, and COR Development, a real estate developer that received severa…
Deadlocked Jury Of Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Back After Snow Day Deadlocked Jury Of Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Back After Snow Day
Deadlocked Jury Of Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Back After Snow Day A seemingly deadlocked and frustrated jury was back at it on Thursday, deliberating over the fate of northern Westchester resident and former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo Joseph Percoco after getting a day off due to the winter storm. Now in its seventh week, the jury is reporting growing increasingly frustrated, as they are unable to reach a consensus regarding Percoco, a South Salem resident who is on trial for allegedly accepting more than $300,000 in bribes to benefit Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that sought to build the power plant in the Hudson Valley, and COR Develop…
Case Of Northern Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Nears Mistrial Case Of Northern Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Nears Mistrial
Case Of Northern Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Nears Mistrial A judge has ordered a deadlocked jury to keep deliberating as the trial of Northern Westchester resident Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues in its seventh week. Last year, Percoco, who lives in 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 the power plant in the Hudson Valley, and COR Development, a real estate developer that received several sizable state projects. The bribes, which also included $90,000 a year payments …
Jury Deadlocked In Trial Of Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Jury Deadlocked In Trial Of Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide
Jury Deadlocked In Trial Of Westchester Resident, Ex-Cuomo Aide Following several days of deliberation, a jury remains deadlocked as the trial of Northern Westchester resident Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, continues. Last year, Percoco, a South Salem resident, 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 the power plant in the Hudson Valley, and COR Development, a real estate developer that received several sizable state projects. The bribes, which also included $90,000 a year payments to Percoco's w…
Mystery Surrounds Legal Fees For Westchester Man, Ex-Cuomo Aide Mystery Surrounds Legal Fees For Westchester Man, Ex-Cuomo Aide
Mystery Surrounds Legal Fees For Westchester Man, Ex-Cuomo Aide Questions continue to be raised at the corruption trial of Westchester resident and former top Gov. Andrew Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, which has been ongoing in federal court for weeks. Following the arrest of lobbyist Todd Howe - the prosecution’s key witness - a rally outside the courthouse protesting the Orange County CPV power plant and salacious testimony from several witnesses, questions are now being asked of how South Salem resident Percoco is to pay for his legal team, which may cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to The New York Times. Percoco, allegedly accepted more …
Witness Arrest Adds Intrigue To Trial Of Westchester Man, Ex-Cuomo Aide Witness Arrest Adds Intrigue To Trial Of Westchester Man, Ex-Cuomo Aide
Witness Arrest Adds Intrigue To Trial Of Westchester Man, Ex-Cuomo Aide The government’s star witness in the corruption trial of Westchester resident and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo top aide Joseph Percoco was back on the stand after being arrested following a violation of the terms of his plea deal with his testimony during cross-examination. Todd Howe, an infamous lobbyist with a felony on his record, has been testifying against South Salem resident Percoco, who allegedly 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 develop…
Actor, Activists Rally Outside Trial Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Actor, Activists Rally Outside Trial Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester
Actor, Activists Rally Outside Trial Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester A group of activists, including actor James Cromwell, rallied outside the courthouse where Westchester resident and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo top aide Joseph Percoco’s corruption trial continues. Last year, Percoco, a South Salem resident, 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 the power plant in the Hudson Valley, and COR Development, a real estate developer that received several sizable state projects. Cromwell, a resident of Warwick in Orange County, as well as gu…
Star Witness Against Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Sent To Jail Star Witness Against Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Sent To Jail
Star Witness Against Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Sent To Jail The government’s star witness in the corruption trial of Westchester resident and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo top aide Joseph Percoco has been arrested after violating the terms of his plea deal with his testimony during cross-examination Howe, an infamous lobbyist with a felony on his record, has been testifying against South Salem resident Percoco, who allegedly 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 p…
Lawyer For Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Attacks Star Witness Lawyer For Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Attacks Star Witness
Lawyer For Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Attacks Star Witness Defense attorneys for Joseph Percoco, a Westchester resident and former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, tore into the prosecution’s key witness during cross-examination on Wednesday. Last year, Percoco, a South Salem resident, 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 …
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 …