State Supreme Court Justice Craig Doran signed off on a court order that clears the way for three county-linked local development corporations to dissolve, says County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo. Each LDC has its own board, which must meet and agree to dissolve the entity and transfer assets and contracts to the county. Dinolfo asked each […]
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Week Ahead: Events for the week of Monday, August 22
Members of the Rochester City Council, Rochester school board, and County Legislature will hold a special meeting today, Monday, August 22, to discuss recent changes to the schools modernization project. The Rochester Joint Schools and Construction Board voted against a proposed project labor agreement for Phase II of the $1.3 billion project to modernize city […]
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Assembly, Senate pass LDC law
It looks like Monroe County will be able to move forward with plans to dissolve three local development corporations. The State Assembly and Senate passed legislation yesterday that allows the county to borrow money to pay off its contracts with the LDC’s, which it formed over the years. Legally, the county can borrow money to […]
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Lej backs law tied to dissolving LDC’s
County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says that she expects to refinance the debts and contracts of three county-linked local development corporations and then dissolve the quasi-governmental organizations by the end of the year. Those plans depend on whether the state Assembly and Senate pass legislation allowing the county to borrow money to buy out those contracts […]
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County closer to dissolving troubled LDC’s
Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo got the local development corporation legislation she wanted from the Senate and Assembly. The County Legislature will meet at 8:15 a.m. on Friday to vote on a technical measure necessary for the State Legislature to pass the bills. Under current state law, the county can borrow money to buy or […]
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Dinolfo asks state lawmakers to help dismantle LDC’s
Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says that dissolving two county-linked local development corporations will save taxpayers a few million dollars in debt and administrative costs. But she needs the State Legislature to pass a new law to make it happen. The LDC’s have one source of income and that’s the county, which has multi-decade contracts […]
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Remaining LDC defendants sentenced
A while back, four guys were charged with working together to rig bids for two big Monroe County contracts. Today, three of the men received their comeuppance in court; one of the three is headed to prison. The men were sentenced by Acting Monroe County Court Justice Dennis Kehoe this morning. Daniel Lynch, who was the […]
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Final LDC case defendant agrees to plea
Daniel Lynch said he thought he could get away with it because the LDC arrangement provided little to no oversight over subcontracts.
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Rivera pleads guilty in LDC case
Nelson Rivera, the former information services director for Monroe County, today became the third defendant to take a plea deal in a bid-rigging case involving county-linked local development corporations. Rivera pleaded guilty to two low-level felony charges during a court appearance this afternoon; he pleaded guilty to two counts of combination in restraint of trade […]
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Week ahead: Another LDC plea deal in the works?
Two other defendants have already taken plea deals. If Nelson Rivera takes a plea, then only Daniel Lynch would remain.
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Wiesner pleads guilty in bid-rigging case
Robert Wiesner has pleaded guilty to a felony criminal charge, but under his agreement with the state Attorney General’s Office, won’t serve any jail time. He will have to pay a $5,000 fine forfeit $3,000 in illegal gains. Wiesner, the husband of former Monroe County executive Maggie Brooks, is one of four men the AG’s […]
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Dems say proposed integrity office lacks independence
The office’s director would be appointed by the county exec and confirmed by the Legislature.
