Posted on 02/22/2023 12:33:53 PM PST by Twotone
More than $200 million worth of Covid-19 gear purchased by New York City to battle the pandemic was auctioned off for a small fraction of the cost – $500,000, according to reports.
The equipment includes thousands of ventilators commissioned by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio for $12 million that were auctioned off for scrap metal for less than $25,000, The City reported. The auction ended on Jan. 24.
A Long Island junk dealer took the whole $12 million in ventilators, at just about $8 per device, the report said.
An investigation by the news outlet found the city's Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) has tried to auction off millions of dollars worth of COVID-related personal protective equipment and medical supplies, including hospital gowns, hand sanitizer, N95 masks that were deemed to be no longer needed.
The spending by the city at the start of the pandemic was meant to create a 90-day supply of medical supplies, DCAS spokesperson Nick Benson told the outlet.
"Thankfully, New Yorkers and our heroic frontline medical workers came together to avert some of the worst-case scenarios," he said.
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IS there a single Democrat politician that can even balance a checkbook???
$512 million divided by $525,000 ===403.81
One big giant flush
But don’t worry all the illegals will pay taxes to make up the difference
The CDC was the worst case scenario.
Sort of like the withdrawal from Afghanistan but on a smaller scale.
And who is it that received that $200 million of taxpayer money? I mean, those companies wouldn’t by any chance be run by large contributors to democrats, or otherwise politically connected people, now would they?
Government clearly has too much money. Maybe we can cut taxes by half.
These ventilators brand new? Why not store them? It’s not as if the feds don’t have tens of thousands of square feet of empty office space. Why sell for scrap? Is there never going to be another surprise pulmonary disease? Do we then buy another $500 mil of ventilators?
Unless they were garbage to begin with, which explains alot.
Meaning they gave it away to their fellow crony capitists.
Just like many of us here on FR predicted.
“These ventilators brand new? Why not store them?”
Because they have to be maintained and tested every couple of years and that’s expensive. And because NYC leadership is composed of malicious criminal morons.
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Took a hit with the no-bid buy and taking a hit will the fire sale of useless stuff.
Well they won’t have to buy masks again, they don’t work.
That’s the way auctions work. The item goes to the highest bidder.
What other option was there ?
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