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Could you recommend somewhere to learn more about the NY component?

• alephnerd 3y ago
  It's upstate New York, not the rest of NY. 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/2018/07/12/kaloyeros-co-defendants-guilty-on-all-charges-in-buffalo-billion-trial-504397 https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/201... [1] https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/07/after-scandals-and-setbacks-upstate-new-yorks-high-tech-sector-takes-leap-forward-00060699 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/07/after-scandals-and-... [2] https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/03/12/clubhouse-politics-democratic-insurgents-plot-against-cuomo-in-digital-space-1367771 https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/0...
  • anotherhue 3y ago
    Appreciate it, and the localisation.