One New York City family, led by entrepreneur Charlie Tebele, has donated nearly $300,000 to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s campaign.
Records also show that since December, Tebele's company was paid $637 million in taxpayer funds to provide the state Department of Health — an agency controlled by Hochul — with at-home COVID-19 test kits. The huge expenditure was made without the agency conducting competitive bidding.
Tebele is the longtime owner of Digital Gadgets LLC, a New Jersey-based wholesaler of hoverboards and other electronic devices that sells its wares to companies like the home shopping network QVC. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, the company pivoted to supplying medical equipment, and began landing major government contracts in New York. Though Digital Gadgets has not always delivered as promised, it has continued to reap major government payments, while the family has kept donating heavily to select politicians.
The $637 million from the Department of Health began on Dec. 30, and the agency made 239 separate payments through March 25 to Tebele's company, according to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's OpenBookNY website.
The website, however, provides no record of a formal contract being signed between Digital Gadgets and the Department of Health. Jennifer Freeman, a spokeswoman for DiNapoli's office, said that no such contract existed: The Department of Health entered into "purchase orders" instead with the company, she said.
"These purchase orders did not come to (DiNapoli's office) for review and approval," Freeman said.
On Nov. 26, Hochul had signed an executive order declaring a new COVID-19 state of emergency and suspending certain aspects of state finance law. The order suspended competitive bidding for certain contracts as well as the normal contract review and approval process conducted by DiNapoli's office, which oversees state government spending.
As the pandemic has subsided and surged, Hochul has
extended the executive order on a monthly basis; its current expiration
date is Aug. 13.
13 comments:
$300,000 in, $637 million out. That's even better than Hillary Clinton level investing. That's a 212233% return! Chumps like you and me can't get that kind of return. That only comes one way: through government.
America is now at the point where we don't even try to hide corruption anymore. Whether it's openly and brazenly stealing the Presidential election, the Biden family's wide open corruption, imprisoning uninvited Congressional "visitors" without trial or charge for years if they're on the Red team and letting them walk with nothing if they're on the Blue team, or Kathy "Maybe she's not as dumb as she looks" Hochul handing out millions here and millions there in return for campaign money and who knows what under the table kickbacks.
There's a lot of ruin in a nation, but I think we're getting pretty close to the end of the line.
Dude needs to drop the Shinola.
Is he transsexual or transspecies? He looks both. He must have used sea lion hormones.
Im getting Deja Vu.
Anyone who sees what's happening to this country and still votes Democrat is truly disturbed.
This piece of shit hick also refuses to fire DA Bragg to insure black votes.
Could a major Red sweep be coming next election this leftist Woke bullshit and crime free for all (if you black)is at the boiling point!
Even the Hispanics have had enough!
Come on man leave us some crumbs.
Inconceivable!
Got popcorn?
More proof of widespread fraud?
What's the difference between him and all the social justice warrior non profit agencies? They're not permitted to get involved with politics or influencing government policies but they do all the time.
She is a democrat, democrats can break the law and still do what they want. Only Republicans re held accountable in this country.
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