Lou Ciminelli colluded with Cuomo’s hand-picked economic guru, Alain Kaloyeros, to secure his company’s winning bid for a “Buffalo Billion” project. The sentence cemented the downfall of Ciminelli, the 63-year-old ex-CEO of LPCiminelli who was recently diagnosed with cancer. His company was once involved in numerous major developments around the state and he was one of the largest donors to cultural institutions in Buffalo.