January 06, 2026
The long and contentious corruption case against New York developer Louis Ciminelli and others that led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on fraud came to a close Tuesday, after he pled guilty and was sentenced to no time in prison.
December 22, 2025
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.
December 17, 2025
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.
October 24, 2025
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.
March 07, 2025
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.
January 01, 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.
April 15, 2019
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.
March 15, 2019
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.
December 11, 2018
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.
December 07, 2018
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.