Couple from Medicaid firm awarded millions
in NY contracts delivered over $300K in
donations to Hochul, Cuomo
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/31/2022 9:32:14 PM
A couple with ties to a firm that’s been awarded hundreds of millions in Medicaid transportation contracts over the years has driven more than $300,000 combined into the campaign coffers of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and current Gov. Kathy Hochul, records reviewed by The Post reveal. Critics say the donations are a textbook case of Albany’s pay-to-play culture that allows bidders and contractors to give massive campaign contributions to the governor whose agencies oversee them. By comparison, New York City law limits donations from bidders and contractors to the mayor and have business Big Apple agencies to $400. The firm, Medical Answering Services, founded by president Russ Maxwell
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The "campaign contributions" are certainly not graft, but rather a free speech expression of support given because the couple agrees with the candidates' policies, which include funneling $404 million in taxpayer money to the couple.