Posted on 09/09/2022 5:06:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Gov. Kathy Hochul had New Yorkers pay twice as much for COVID tests from a company tied to nearly $300,000 in donations to her campaign compared to other state vendors, a new report details, raising fresh concerns of alleged pay-to-play behavior ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
“Whether it was pay-to-play or total incompetence – New York taxpayers and then the federal taxpayers got massively ripped off,” John Kaehny, of the good-government group Reinvent Albany, said of the Digital Gadgets deal funded by New York taxpayers with the help of federal relief aid.
While some companies charged the state just $5 for rapid tests, the N.J.-based Digital Gadgets got as much as $13 per unit in a total of $637 million worth of no-bid deals for millions of tests as Hochul pushed schools to stay open amid the omicron wave last year, according to the Times Union
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A real life quid pro quo
bttt
She’s following right in the footsteps of her predecessor.
♪ Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash ♫
So they are still going after President Trump.
That’s okay, she’s Democrat.
Hochul’s ex strip club bouncer thugs: “Any of youse got a beef with that? Didn’t think so.”
The Greeat thing about the way Cuomo was ousted, it could be his people throwing fellow Democrats under the bus.
Last year the Wu Hu Flu antibodies tests cost $38 This year they are $69
They tell me the tests are hard to get now ...
“Last year the Wu Hu Flu antibodies tests cost $38 This year they are $69”
Does that include disposing of the needle?
Most people use the antigen tests. 4-pack, $39 on Amazon.
Amazon. Delivered by Sept. 12.
ANTIGEN, not antibody.
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