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Former Hudson Valley Exec Admits To Pay-For-Play Scheme With Ex-Cuomo Aide Former Hudson Valley Exec Admits To Pay-For-Play Scheme With Ex-Cuomo Aide
Former Hudson Valley Exec Admits To Pay-For-Play Scheme With Ex-Cuomo Aide 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 …

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