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[QUOTE="retro44, post: 2082938, member: 587"]
Cuomo had no clue about this stadium when the story first broke. Neither did upstate at that time.

[URL='http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/upstate_medical_teams_up_with.html']Upstate Medical teams up with private developer to give Kennedy Square a makeover[/URL]

This was a plan hatched by Mahoney,Gross and COR first then given to Cuomo

Just follow the timeline here...

According to two sources familiar with the drawings, they were submitted to Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney in June 2013 during a meeting between Mahoney, SU Athletic Director Daryl Gross, and Steve Aiello, president of COR. The three discussed the possibility of a new SU sports arena, according to two sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Last fall, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo signaled that he wanted to promote economic development in Central New York, Mahoney successfully used the COR proposal to seek the governor's support, the sources said.

There is another story which I can't find,but read where SUNY people were left in the dark about selling the land to COR as SUNY had other plans on the books. I worked at Accelerator job for a month back in 2011 and all I heard then was talk of new high tech stuff being built.

The SUNY guy is going to jail for being overly greedy on his watch
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