NEW AIRPORT CONTRACTOR FAILS TO PAY ON TIME; MAN GIVEN NO-BID CONTRACT HAS HISTORY OF JUDGMENTS. SO DID LAST LUGGAGE DELIVERER.(News)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: September 7, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Frederic Pierce Staff writer

The businessman awarded a lucrative, no-bid contract to deliver lost luggage from Syracuse's airport has a history of not paying his bills on time and forcing creditors to take him to court to get payments.

Eighteen judgments have been filed in Onondaga County over the last decade against Samir Tawil and companies he is involved with. More than half were by the state tax commission.

He also has been the target ...