Friday, December 16, 2016

Winners & Losers 12/16/16

 
Another week, another stream of contestants on the reality show playing out at Trump Tower. The biggest winner seemed to be Kanye West, who got an unexpected meeting with the president-elect. The loser though? Trump Grill, which Vanity Fair said “could be the worst restaurant in America.” At least our losers can breathe a sigh of relief that they weren't caught up in that circus. 

Winners

Louis Ciminelli - Buffalo’s biggest developer may still have a whole heap of trouble to deal with, but at least one legal battle is going his way. A judge ruled this week that a case brought by the Buffalo School Board - the effort led by Ciminelli’s longtime rival in the ego-driven Western New York real estate world, school board member Carl Paladino - alleging that his company had withheld information in an effort to inflate profits on a $1.3 billion reconstruction contract would be dismissed. With that out of the way, now all he has to worry about are those pesky federal bid-rigging charges.

Joseph Emminger - The town of Tonawanda supervisor breathed a sigh of relief this week, as investments from GM and a Japanese tire maker will retain more than 2,000 jobs and add new employment in his Western New York burg. While Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to town to shake hands and plenty of state legislators showed up to laud the new investment - the companies plan to spend more than $370 million - Emminger was the one with the most to lose, as the future of the GM plant was uncertain, and so is the real winner here. 

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Source: City & State (via The Empire Report)

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