Judge denies request to move Ciminelli case to Buffalo

NEW YORK (WIVB) – A judge has denied a request for the case against Louis Ciminelli and others to be moved from Manhattan to Buffalo.
Ciminelli and two other executives with LPCiminelli, Michael Laipple and Kevin Schuler, resigned from the company earlier this year. The three face corruption charges related to the Buffalo Billion SolarCity project.
Ciminelli, Laipple and Schuler allegedly obtained the project through an unfair bidding process, according to a court document.
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