Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration paid more than $600 million to buy 52 million at-home COVID-19 tests from a company led by one of her major campaign donors. And last week, she said she wouldn’t hesitate to do it again if she had to.
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul speaks at a Hispanic Heritage Month breakfast reception at El Museo del Barrio in New York City. Republican opponents have accused Hochul of engaging in “pay to play” over COVID test spending to benefit her supporters.New York State Governor Kathy Hochul speaks at a Hispanic Heritage Month breakfast reception at El Museo del Barrio in New York City.
The Democratic governor disputes Zeldin’s take: New York was staring down the omicron wave and had to amass tests to get kids back in school, and Digital Gadgets — the company owned by Charlie Tebele, one of her major campaign donors — could deliver the goods. Here’s what we know — and what we don’t — about the major COVID test purchase that’s sure to remain one of the major issues in the closing weeks of the 2022 gubernatorial campaign, which wasIt was December 2021. COVID rates were sharply rising in New York, thanks to the appearance of the omicron variant. And schools across New York were faced with the conundrum of how to welcome students back from winter break at a time when the virus was surging.
. Digital Gadgets began contracting with governments to sell masks, ventilators, and, eventually, at-home COVID tests.Charlie Tebele is Digital Gadgets’ founder and CEO. He and his family have given more than $290,000 to Hochul’s election campaign, with Tebele himself giving the maximum individual contribution of $69,700.
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