# Solar City Buffalo (Tesla Factory) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 23, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662 "2014-09-23T14:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/81 "2016-03-12T08:51:50Z")
[http://www.buffalonews.com/business/solarcity-delaying-buffalo-factory-production-20160210](http://www.buffalonews.com/business/solarcity-delaying-buffalo-factory-production-20160210) This doesn’t look like liberal bullshit to you? NY Puts up $750M, Solar City puts up $150M. Tax payer is on the hook for most of this thing. Here is a list of 36 of these “solar projects” around the country that went bankrupt. [http://nation.foxnews.com/obama/2012/10/20/list-36-obama-s-taxpayer-funded-green-energy-failures](http://nation.foxnews.com/obama/2012/10/20/list-36-obama-s-taxpayer-funded-green-energy-failures) At least when it goes to shit, maybe labatt blue can sponsor the half built building for an outdoor concert series, maybe they can wrap it in vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/82 "2016-05-17T05:57:42Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Time will tell if this is the start of something great or the next Solyndra. Right now I’m at cautiously optimistic. > > 750 million is a ton of tax dollars regardless of how many jobs it’s bringing. If it does fail it will be the end of some political careers. I posted that on 9/2014. [http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/solarcity-funding-in-limbo-as-state-oversight-board-postpones-meeting-20160516](http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/solarcity-funding-in-limbo-as-state-oversight-board-postpones-meeting-20160516) [http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2016/05/06/andrew-cuomo-corruption-inquiry-todd-howe-bob-duffy/84046368/](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/16/cuomo-buffalo-billion-probe/) This could end up being the end of Cuomo’s career if he’s lucky, his time as a free man if he’s not. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/83 "2016-05-17T06:00:21Z")
They’re cutting manufacturing jobs from 1500 to 500… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/84 "2016-05-17T06:01:55Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > They’re cutting manufacturing jobs from 1500 to 500… And that was before last night when the taxpayer purse in Albany snapped shut because everyone involved is terrified they’re all going to jail. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/85 "2016-09-22T09:54:49Z")
Shit has officially hit the fan. [http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2016/09/22/louis-ciminelli-top-execs-to-face-federal-charges.html](http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2016/09/22/louis-ciminelli-top-execs-to-face-federal-charges.html) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/86 "2016-09-22T10:40:41Z")
![http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/c3/c398c66cfde5dbf3bbee3497d321fa63293314237bc3e6928e7c43094c34c9d2.jpg](http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/c3/c398c66cfde5dbf3bbee3497d321fa63293314237bc3e6928e7c43094c34c9d2.jpg) Hoping one of them roles on King Andy and he’s next. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/87 "2016-09-22T16:48:10Z")
So my new gig basically has me building insurance specs for these subcontractors to get on job sites. This fucking job had me running in circles for weeks trying to get the specs up to snuff for Ciminelli, just for them to tell me at times that we were ‘too late’. I then would get shitty calls from customers because they assumed it was incompetency on our part and I honestly had no explanation for them. Now it all makes sense. Some of these guys never even had a fair shot to start with. Fuck these pricks, I hope they get the book thrown at them. Cost a lot of hard working guys jobs, because they wanted to line their buddies pockets with taxpayer dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/88 "2016-09-22T17:49:46Z")
Nobody will go to prison. However lawyers will get a little richer. ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/89 "2016-09-22T18:23:19Z")
Well, now the Crimininelli nickname is validated… ---
**Author:** ![stuiephoto](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stuiephoto/32/6070_2.png) [@stuiephoto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stuiephoto)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/90 "2016-09-22T18:35:35Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > ![http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/c3/c398c66cfde5dbf3bbee3497d321fa63293314237bc3e6928e7c43094c34c9d2.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/5/8/58cf54974f468ad83a187815ffa3627ee4f2ee87.jpeg) > > Hoping one of them roles on King Andy and he’s next. There’s NO WAY that Cuomo doesn’t get indicted at some point. One of these fuckers will get immunity to testify. All they need is a paper trail. This shit is straight out of a TV show. Round up all the peons, put them in separate rooms, and see who talks first. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/91 "2016-09-23T03:22:03Z")
^ That’s exactly what I was telling people yesterday. Preet has been aiming for Cuomo all this time. He’s taken down Silver and Skelos so 2 of the 3 “men in a room” are already on Preet’s trophy wall. Now he just needs the big buck. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/92 "2016-09-23T04:54:35Z")
I hope they all go to jail, scumbags. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/93 "2016-09-23T05:40:58Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > ^ That’s exactly what I was telling people yesterday. Preet has been aiming for Cuomo all this time. He’s taken down Silver and Skelos so 2 of the 3 “men in a room” are already on Preet’s trophy wall. Now he just needs the big buck. Haha well put. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/94 "2016-09-23T05:59:00Z")
And to those of you saying no one will go to jail in this, here’s Preet’s resume. Basically if Preet is after you, you’re going to jail. > **[The Biggest Names on Preet Bharara’s Trophy Wall](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/biggest-names-on-preet-bhararas-trophy-wall.html)** > > Sheldon Silver was one of the U.S. attorney’s most high-profile targets, and he may not be his last. ^ That article is a little outdated. Skelos was sentenced to 5 years back in May, though he’s out while he exhausts his appeals. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/95 "2016-09-23T07:30:37Z")
I said prison not jail. And when I said nobody I meant nobody you have heard of. Some peons may pay the price. Their name probably won’t end in a vowel either. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/96 "2016-09-23T07:39:33Z")
Well Sheldon Silver, the most powerful politician in NY since he became speaker in 1994 (far more power than the governor), got 12 years so I don’t think Preet gives a fuck about the Ciminelli’s name, unless it’s to offer them a deal for Cuomo. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/97 "2016-09-23T08:39:19Z")
Will this be viewed as bad as Silver’s career of corruption? One other factor that I am sure no one will admit to is that Ciminelli is quite charitable so taking him down could hurt a lot of local charities. Who knows, just sayin… ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/98 "2016-10-03T12:33:16Z")
Yay Buffalo > **[Is Cuomo building a solar plant that will never open?](https://nypost.com/2016/10/03/is-cuomo-building-a-solar-plant-that-will-never-open/)** > > As if the corruption infesting Gov. Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion projects weren’t bad enough, its highest-profile “investment” is turning into a total turkey. Taxpayers are footing the bill not just to … Bump ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/99 "2016-10-03T12:38:08Z")
Maybe in 100 years preservationists will view the solar city building like the silos and we can claim it’s a tourist attraction. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/100 "2016-11-30T09:46:52Z")
> **[Tesla Plant Contract Workers Haven't Been Paid In Months Due To New York State...](https://jalopnik.com/tesla-contractors-havent-been-paid-in-months-due-to-new-1789498452)** > > Two aides close to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and six others involved in the state’s plan to bring Tesla’s solar panel manufacturing to Buffalo, New York have been charged with corruption, halting payment to the factory’s construction contractors... [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662.md?page=6)