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  1. December 22, 2025

    Physicist Takes No-Jail Deal To End 'Buffalo Billion' Saga

    A New York physicist who over a decade ago allegedly defrauded the Empire State's "Buffalo Billion" development initiative while serving as president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute copped to a conspiracy count Monday in another step toward closing a case that wound its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

  2. December 17, 2025

    2 Defendants In Landmark NY Corruption Case Ink Plea Deals

    New York federal prosecutors have reached plea agreements with two criminal defendants involved in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowed the scope of public corruption prosecutions, according to court filings Wednesday.

  3. October 24, 2025

    Judge Tells Feds To 'Fish Or Cut Bait' On 'Buffalo Billion' Case

    A Manhattan federal judge said Friday it's time for prosecutors to either make a deal with four men whose 2018 bid-rigging convictions from an upstate New York development initiative were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, or schedule a 2026 retrial.

  4. March 07, 2025

    Retrial In Landmark Graft Case Faces Potential Roadblocks

    A retrial in a public corruption case tied to an infrastructure initiative under former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces possible obstacles after being returned to a federal judge by the U.S. Supreme Court, with the parties awaiting further legal guidance from the justices and the defense saying the Trump administration's priorities may sink the case.

  5. January 01, 2020

    White Collar Cases To Watch In 2020

    In 2020, defense attorneys will have their eye on a number of cases and trends, including the potentially game-changing U.S. Supreme Court review of convictions stemming from the Bridgegate scandal, a racketeering case against traders at JPMorgan Chase and a continued focus on sanctions enforcement.

  6. April 15, 2019

    Ex-Cuomo Aide Must Forfeit $320K From Bid-Rigging Scheme

    A former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was ordered Monday to forfeit the $320,000 he received in bribes in a scheme to rig bids for hundreds of millions of dollars in state development contracts.

  7. March 15, 2019

    Ex-Exec Ducks Jail For Rigging Bids, Scores Law Firm Gig

    A Manhattan federal judge spared former LP Ciminelli construction executive Kevin Schuler from prison Friday for rigging "Buffalo Billion" project bids after the 47-year-old cooperator's lawyer said he was so impressed with his client that he hired him.

  8. December 11, 2018

    Ex-SUNY Prez Gets 3.5 Years For 'Buffalo Billion' Bid-Rigging

    Manhattan U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni hit former State University of New York Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros with three and a half years in prison Tuesday for rigging bids, but allowed the nuclear scientist credited with a revitalization of the upstate school to stay free while he appeals.

  9. December 07, 2018

    NY Builder Gets 3 Years For Bribery, 'Buffalo Billion' Fraud

    The former president of COR Development Co. was sentenced to three years in prison Friday, following his conviction for bribing a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his role in a scheme to rig bids for hundreds of millions of dollars in state development contracts.

  10. December 03, 2018

    Builder Gets 28 Months On 'Buffalo Billion' Fraud Convictions

    Construction executive Louis Ciminelli was sentenced to two years and four months in prison by a Manhattan federal judge Monday for bid-rigging related to a key project in the "Buffalo Billion" initiative, with the judge saying his crime was offset by charitable giving and a cancer diagnosis.