Jimmy Vielkind reports in Politico that Gov. Andrew Cuomo distanced himself from former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros, after his conviction in a bid-rigging case July 12. “This was under the State University system. There’s a separate board called the SUNY board. This was a subsidiary of the SUNY board, so SUNY was primarily responsible for supervising those entities,” Cuomo told reporters on July 13. “Before you get to me, there’s 57 levels, right?" Previously, Cuomo was quoted calling Kaloyeros a “genius.” Marc Molinaro, the Republican running against Cuomo in November tried to tie the latest Albany corruption case with previous convictions. "Andrew Cuomo's economic development czar, Alain Kalayeros, today joined Joe Percoco and Todd Howe, guilty on all counts, by a jury of peers. While these men stood trial, make no question what was really found guilty was the reckless pay to play, incompetence of Andrew Cuomo's administration."