‘Buffalo Billion’ cohort gets prison in corruption case

A Manhattan federal judge sentenced Syracuse developer Joseph Gerardi to 2 ¹/₂ years behind bars for his role in a bid-rigging scheme that corrupted Gov. Cuomo’s “Buffalo Billion” program to revitalize upstate New York. Judge Valerie Caproni also ordered the former Cor Development executive to pay $500,000 for his role in the scheme, which landed...