Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was sentenced to six years in prison on Thursday after being convicted earlier this year of taking more than $300,000 in bribes from two companies with business before the state.

U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni of the Southern District of New York delivered the sentence in Manhattan to a solemn Percoco, whose attorneys were hoping for two years or less behind bars.