Items tagged with 'Alain Kaloyeros'
Looking through the federal and state accusations involving SUNY Poly and Alain Kaloyeros
Updated with details from the charges filed by the state Attorney General's office.
As you've probably heard by now, the office of US Attorney Preet Bharara announced public corruption charges against a group of people that includes Joe Percoco, a former top Andrew Cuomo aide, and Alain Kaloyeros, the head of SUNY Poly.
The charges cover allegations that broadly fall into two overlapping categories -- one focused on allegations that Percoco traded his influence inside in the Cuomo admin for bribes (or "ziti" as the money was allegedly referred to), and the other on allegations that Kaloyeros and Todd Howe, another longtime associate of the Cuomos, rigged the application process for large construction projects in Buffalo and Syracuse.
Bharara emphasized Thursday that the complaint includes no allegations against Andrew Cuomo.
The allegations against Kaloyeros are, of course, of great interest in this area because of the huge presence of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. So let's look at some of the bits related to those accusations.
Alain Kaloyeros at University Club
Alain Kaloyeros will be giving a talk at the University Club in Albany on August 23. The nano emperor will "discuss the groundbreaking research and development being carried out at the Albany NanoTech Complex."
Tickets for the event are $25 and reservations are required (463-1151). You don't need to be a member to attend. A pre-talk reception starts at 5:30 pm. The talk itself starts at 6:30 pm.
If you're curious about what's going at the rapidly expanding UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering complex, this sounds like a good opportunity to hear about it directly. Presumably he also talk about partnerships with which CSNE is involved for the re-use of Kiernan Plaza in downtown Albany.
Yep, AOA is a media sponsor of the event.
photo: CNSE
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