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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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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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 […]
