July 21, 2022
A Family Donated $300K to Hochul. New York Has Paid the Family Business $637M
“One New York City family, led by entrepreneur Charlie Tebele, has donated nearly $300,000 to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s campaign.
Records also show that since December, Tebele’s company was paid $637 million in taxpayer funds to provide the state Department of Health — an agency controlled by Hochul — with at-home COVID-19 test kits.
The huge expenditure was made without the agency conducting competitive bidding
Tebele is the longtime owner of Digital Gadgets LLC, a New Jersey-based wholesaler of hoverboards and other electronic devices that sells its wares to companies like the home shopping network QVC.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, the company pivoted to supplying medical equipment.
The $637 million from the Department of Health began on Dec. 30, and the agency made 239 separate payments through March 25 to Tebele’s company, according to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s OpenBookNY website…”
