A notable example was the Buffalo Billion scandal with bid rigging to open a tech campus in Albany for photovoltaic cell, nanotechnology, and semiconductor manufacturing. [0][1]
It was a legacy making project for Gov. Mario Cuomo (he started the precursor in the 90s) and his son Gov. Andrew Cuomo [1]
Albany was largely cleaned up after Cuomo "resigned" because there was a bottom-up revolt by millennial lawmakers and staffers working in Albany and on the Hill to coordinate a way to clean up Albany poltical culture [2]
You're Irish though, so I'd compare it to the corruption crackdown that happened in Ireland after the collapse of Anglo-Irish Bank and the very improper relations between builders, banking, and govt in Ireland in the 90s and 2000s.
A notable example was the Buffalo Billion scandal with bid rigging to open a tech campus in Albany for photovoltaic cell, nanotechnology, and semiconductor manufacturing. [0][1]
It was a legacy making project for Gov. Mario Cuomo (he started the precursor in the 90s) and his son Gov. Andrew Cuomo [1]
Albany was largely cleaned up after Cuomo "resigned" because there was a bottom-up revolt by millennial lawmakers and staffers working in Albany and on the Hill to coordinate a way to clean up Albany poltical culture [2]
You're Irish though, so I'd compare it to the corruption crackdown that happened in Ireland after the collapse of Anglo-Irish Bank and the very improper relations between builders, banking, and govt in Ireland in the 90s and 2000s.
[0] https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/201...
[1] https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/07/after-scandals-and-...
[2] https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/0...