USA v. Percoco et al

  1. March 01, 2018

    NY Graft Case Goes To Jury After Atty Warns About Witness

    A Manhattan jury on Thursday began deliberating charges against Joe Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo accused of bribery alongside two developers and an energy executive, after hearing a final caution from Percoco's lawyer about the credibility of a key prosecution witness who was arrested in the middle of the marathon trial.

  2. February 27, 2018

    Cuomo Aide's Call Proves Bribe Plot, Prosecutor Tells Jury

    A single call placed by Joe Percoco, a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on behalf of developers Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi is "all you need" to convict all three of bribery, a prosecutor said Tuesday as a six-week trial delving into alleged corruption in the Empire State ground its way toward a conclusion.

  3. February 26, 2018

    Extortion Count Against Ex-Cuomo Aide Cut From Graft Trial

    A former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo couldn't have used his official role to extort money from a developer because the aide was in the private sector when the alleged misconduct took place, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Monday, trimming a charge from an 11-count corruption indictment.

  4. February 20, 2018

    Graft Jury Won't See Video Of Cuomo Aide's Wife Teaching

    Video of Joe Percoco's wife teaching at an energy company's school outreach program is irrelevant to the bribery case against the ex-aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Manhattan trial judge ruled Tuesday, short-circuiting a fresh defense effort to blunt the charge that her "low-show" job was tied to illegal payments.

  5. February 13, 2018

    Lobbyist Forced To Explain His Arrest To Graft Trial Jury

    Todd Howe, the lobbyist-turned-cooperator testifying at the bribery trial of a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was quizzed Tuesday over his arrest last week on a bail violation, telling jurors it stemmed from what he called a misunderstanding about his testimony.

  6. February 12, 2018

    Graft Trial Judge Mulls Description Of Cooperator's Arrest

    The judge overseeing the federal bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo considered Monday what to tell the jury about the arrest of a key cooperating witness and indicated a reluctance to go along with a prosecution request that she describe the incident as a bail violation.

  7. February 09, 2018

    NY Graft Trial Cooperator Arrested After Day On Stand

    Todd Howe, the lobbyist-turned-cooperator who is testifying at the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and three businessmen, was arrested on Thursday night for violating his bail, after a defense lawyer accused him in front of the jury of breaching his plea deal.

  8. February 08, 2018

    Fired Lobbyist's 'Spiderweb Of Lies' Snarls NY Graft Trial

    Todd Howe, an ex-lobbyist testifying against a former top aide to New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and three businessmen accused of bribery, endured a brutal afternoon Thursday as jurors saw so many fresh examples of his misconduct that the pace of trial ground to a near-halt and generated a warning from the judge.

  9. January 31, 2018

    Witness Atty Slams Cuomo Aide's Bid To Bar Him From Trial

    The attorney for a key prosecution witness in the corruption trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo lambasted a request from the former aide's lawyer to have him barred from attending the trial, telling a New York federal judge that the request is "extraordinary and unwarranted."

  10. January 29, 2018

    Jury Sees Angry Emails In Cuomo Aide's Graft Trial

    A Syracuse real estate lawyer — one of three businessmen accused of bribing a top aide to New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo for help with state contracts — named an economic development official in a profane email exchange that prosecutors showed a Manhattan jury Monday in hopes of demonstrating corrupt intent.