Igqwetha laseManhattan laseMelika u-Preet Bharara.Ifoto nguSpencer Platt / Getty Izithombe Ugqwetha wase-US u-Preet Bharara ugxeke isebe likarhulumente kunye nemiboniso-ye-mali e-Albany namhlanje ngethuba etyhila isikhalazo esikhulu solwaphulo-mthetho esichaphazela abona bahlobo bakufutshane baka-Andrew Cuomo-kodwa wala ukuthetha into eyaziwayo yirhuluneli malunga Isikimu esityholwayo sinokuba njalo.
Ethetha noonondaba e-ofisini yakhe e-Lower Manhattan, umtshutshisi womdibaniso uqinisekise ukuba owayesakuba ngusekela-Nobhala we-Cuomo uJoseph Percoco wayekuloo meko kwaye urhwaphilizo kunye nobuqhetseba buchaphazela enye yeenkqubo zerhuluneli zophuhliso loqoqosho.
Iinkampani zityebile, kwaye uluntu luye lwafumana i-bamboozled, utshilo uBharara. Ndiyathemba ukuba likhona ityala kweli tyala, ukuze bonke abantu baseNew York babone, ngokweenkcukacha, ukuba urhulumente wabo usebenze ntoni.
Le ntetho yayingenakucaciswa ngenxa ye-Bharara-mhlawumbi umphumo weJaji uValerie Caproni wamkhalimela ngenxa yeendlela zakhe zokulamba ngexesha lehlazo likaSomlomo weNdibano uSheldon Silver kunyaka odlulileyo. I-crusader yokulwa urhwaphilizo yaphumelela ekugwebeni kungekuphela nje iSilver kodwa kwi-State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos ngezityholo zorhwaphilizo kulo Disemba uphelileyo. (Zombini zinomtsalane.)
Iintloko ezimbini zeNdlu yoWiso-mthetho kaRhulumente kunye nerhuluneli kudla ngokubhekiswa kubo njengamadoda amathathu egumbini-i-troika elawula phantse zonke iinkalo zikarhulumente waseNew York. UBharara ngokobuqu Wathuka ngokuchasene neli lungiselelo lolawulo kwaye ndibize inkunzi evulekileyo nenedemokhrasi.
Amadoda asibhozo kuwo onke amileyo atyholwa kwizityholo ezibini ezahlukileyo zokunyoba kunye nezobuqhophololo. Omnye ubandakanya uPercoco noPeter Galbraith Kelly, intloko ye-Maryland-based Competitive Power Ventures, inkampani ethe yanikela ngokutyebileyo kumaphulo erhuluneli.
U-Bharara uhlawulise u-Kelly esithi ugqithisele amakhulu amawaka eedola ku-Percoco kunye nenkosikazi yakhe ngokutshintshiselana ngoncedo lokwakha indawo yokuvelisa umbane kumantla e-New York, kunye nolunye uncedo lukawonke-wonke inkampani engazange ilufumane-kubandakanya isiqinisekiso sokuba urhulumente uzakufumana umthengi wamandla iziko, kunye nokuvalwa kwendawo yokulwa inyukliya enempikiswano yaseIndiya eWestchester, neyathi yaxhaswa lixesha elide yirhuluneli. Ngaphandle kobutyebi bemali, i-CPV ikwanikezele ngejet yabucala kwiphulo lerhuluneli ye-2010. UKelly naye wathatha uPercoco waya kuhambo lokuloba kunye nezidlo ezibizayo.
Kwakhona inxalenye yeringi yePercoco echaziweyo yayinguSteven Aiello, umongameli weSyacacuse's COR Development. I-COR izifumana ityholwa ngokudlulisa uPercoco enye i-35,000 yeedola ukufumana i-Empire State Development Development Corporation-into elawulwa yi-Cuomo-ukuyibhatala ngokwakha indawo yokupaka ihotele eSirakuse, ngaphandle kokuba ihotele ingafikanga kwisivumelwano sabasebenzi.
Ingeniso inkampani eyanikezela kumfazi kaPercoco kucingelwa ukuba yanceda esi sibini ukuba sihlangabezane neendleko zabo ezandayo. Isikhalazo sithi uPercoco uhambe ngegama lesidlaliso uHerb kwaye wabhekisa kwimali njengeziti, kwisitayile sosapho lwehlokondiba kwi-HBO's ISopranos .
Isikhalazo sikwachaza nelinye ilungiselelo lokurhwebesha kunye nokunyoba: eli libandakanya intloko yeYunivesithi yaseNew York u-Alain Kaloyeros, umphuhlisi weBuffalo-kunye no-Cuomo mega-donor-uLouis Ciminelli kunye nabaphathi ababini kwinkampani kaCiminelli.
U-Kaloyeros, umqeshwa wombuso ohlawulwa kakhulu kunye nomdlali obalulekileyo kwilinge leBuffalo Billion, wathi wasebenza nabaphuhlisi ukulungiselela izicelo zezindululo ukuze ibe yinkampani yabo kuphela efaneleke. Isixhobo sokwenza oku yayiyiNkampani yoLawulo yeFort Schuyler-ihlumelo le-SUNY Polytechnic, ingalo yenkqubo ye-START-UP NY yolawulo lwerhuluneli kunye nomphathi weekhontrakthi zokwakha kwilinge leBuffalo Billion.
Njengengxenye yenkqubo yaseburhulumenteni yaseburhulumenteni, i-SUNY Polytechnic kunye namahlakani ayo awela phantsi kolawulo lwebhodi eyonyulwe yiCuomo, yiyo ke loo nto noCuomo ngokwakhe.
Emva kwezigcawu babekrwada inkqubo yonke ukuze iikhontrakthi ziye kubakhethi 'babahlobo bezolawulo' - 'abahlobo' isonyeliso kubaxhasi abakhulu, utshilo uBharara. Ngokubhida okunamaqhinga, iikhontrakthi zikarhulumente ezixabisa amawaka ezigidi zeedola kwimali yophuhliso loluntu, eyenzelwe ukuvuselela kunye nokuhlaziya umantla weNew York, endaweni yoko yayiyenye nje indlela yokurhwaphiliza amabhaso abo babekulungele ukuhlawula ukudlala.
Ngaphandle kobudlelwane obusondeleyo phakathi kukaCuomo kwaye phantse wonke umntu otyholwa namhlanje, u-Bharara wenqabile ukunika izimvo malunga nokuba irhuluneli ibinetyala okanye ayinelisekanga nakweziphi na izityholo zokurhweba ngokungekho mthethweni -kwaye nokuba abaphandi bakhe babenodliwanondlebe no-Cuomo nangaliphi na ixesha ngexesha lophando.
Akukho sityholo sokwenza gwenxa kwinxalenye yerhuluneli, umtshutshisi wanyanzelisa xa uMqwalaseli emcinezela ukuba ngaba kuyinyani na ukuba uCuomo ebengayiqapheli imisebenzi yabancedisi bakhe kunye nabalingane bakhe.
Irhuluneli ikhuphe ingxelo kungekudala emva kwenkomfa noonondaba isithi iyakhathazeka kwaye iyaphoxeka kakhulu ukuba izityholo ziyinyani. Amagqwetha abamangalelwa sele enawo Ndiqale ukukhanyela izityholo .
UKaloyeros, osusiweyo kwisikhundla sakhe kwi-SUNY Polytechnic, uza kujongana nezinye iindleko zokuhlawulisa amaxabiso kwi-Attorney General u-Eric Schneiderman. USchneiderman uvule isikhalazo solwaphulo-mthetho esimalunga ne-nanotechnologist ngale njikalanga ngokuqhuba iikhontrakthi zokwakha kwisikolo esityhutyha iAlbany campus kwiinkampani ezininzi ezikhethiweyo.
UJoseph Nicolla, umnini woPhuhliso lwaseColumbia, umiselwe ukumiswa enkundleni eAlbany ngokunxulumene nala matyala ngoSeptemba 26. UNicolla naye unikele kuCuomo, bobabini ngokobuqu nangeenkampani zakhe Ridgehill, LP .
Abangaphakathi kwezopolitiko babona bobabini u-Bharara kunye no-Schneiderman njengabaphikisi abanokubakho emsebenzini ka-Cuomo. Zombini igqwetha jikelele kunye nerhuluneli balungele ukunyulwa kwakhona ngo-2018, ngelixa igqwetha laseMelika liza kuzifumana lithathelwe indawo kulawulo olulandelayo lukamongameli.
Kuhlaziyiwe ukubandakanya izityholo zikaSchneiderman ngokuchasene noKaloyeros.
