https://nypost.com/2021/07/21/cuomo-...ate-contracts/
Gov. Cuomo raked in nearly $230,000 in campaign cash from donors tied to a medical network that got $62 million worth of emergency state contracts amid the COVID-19 pandemic, The Post has learned.
The contributions from executives and doctors affiliated with Somos Healthcare Providers amounted to $2.3 million that Cuomo
raised during the past six months, according to state Board of Elections records.
Although New York City limits candidates from receiving more than $400 each from anyone doing business with City Hall, there’s no such restriction on state candidates.
John Kaehny, head of the good-government group Reinvent Albany said the money given to Cuomo “looks like pay to play.”
“It’s crazy that this is allowed,” he said.
The nonprofit Somos network is made up of around 2,500 doctors who primarily treat patients whose bills are paid by the state’s $75 billion Medicaid program, which is among the nation’s costliest and most generous in terms of benefits.
Cuomo’s campaign described the Somos donors as “longtime supporters going back at least half a decade” and Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said that “anyone seeking to ascribe nefarious motives to this is barking up the wrong tree.”
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