Then there is gov Houchul of NY
Hochul agreed to a $1.4 billion deal for a new Buffalo Bills stadium, including more than $600 million directly from the state’s taxpayers (and $250 million from Erie County’s). Her husband is the general counsel of a firm that will benefit from the stadium’s food concessions in this sweetheart deal,
Then came the pandemic pay-to-play scandal. Hochul signed a no-bid-deal with a political donor’s company to buy COVID tests. Digital Gadgets, a firm that had no experience with such tests, scored the $637 million contract after owner Charlie Tebele threw Hochul a fundraiser — and New York paid twice as much as other states paid for the same tests. Her campaign even hired Tebele’s son.
$1.2 billion in tax breaks related to Penn Station “redevelopment” to Vornado CEO Steve Roth, who with his family has given Hochul’s campaign tens of thousands.
She’s standing by a contractor the feds accuse of mishandling the state’s Medicaid transportation program, costing taxpayers up to $195 million in paybacks. Medical Answering Services owner Russ Maxwell just happens to be a Hochul donor.
Hochul actually used her budget to bail out failed hospitals tied to Alexander Rovt, who with his wife has maxed out donations to her.