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Charlie Teberle has been a big hitter in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s fundraising – his family alone has donated $330,000 to her coffers, and his wife held a fundraiser for Hochul only days before she authorized a state of emergency in New York.\u00a0 Said wife, Nancy, is a sales executive at Digital Gadgets, Inc.<\/p>\n
State records show Tebele gave $2,000 to Hochul in May 2021 while she was still lieutenant governor under Andrew Cuomo while he was battling for his political life amid a litany of scandals that led him to resign in August 2021.<\/p>\n
He gave $25,000 more on Nov. 9 before holding the Nov. 22 fundraiser where his wife Nancy Tebele \u2013 a sales executive at Digital Gadgets, according to her LinkedIn \u2013 gave Hochul $18,000 while Charlie Tebele chipped in $5,150 more, public records show.<\/p>\n
Right around that time, the couple\u2019s son began working for Hochul\u2019s campaign as an intern before landing a paid gig as a \u201cfinance associate\u201d for her campaign in May 2022, according to his LinkedIn.<\/p>\n
Tebele and his family have given Hochul, Delgado and Benjamin a total of $333,000, according to records from the state Board of Elections, before Hochul formally ended the state of emergency earlier this month.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Well, the family that pays together, plays together, right?<\/p>\n
Political donor Charle Tebele hosted a campaign fundraiser for Gov. Kathy Hochul last November \u2014 just four days before she declared a state of emergency that paved the way for his company to receive\u00a0$637 million in no-bid state contracts.<\/a><\/p>\n
The state bought 52 million tests from Digital Gadgets at roughly twice the price<\/a> paid by places like California that bought directly from a manufacturer \u2014 all while Tebele and family members funneled $300,000 to Hochul\u2019s campaign.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n