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> Three days later, according to BuzzFeed, New York apparently paid Oren-Pines $69,102,000 for 1,450 ventilators, or $47,656 per ventilator. It was the second-l
by nmfisher 6y ago
> Three days later, according to BuzzFeed, New York apparently paid Oren-Pines $69,102,000 for 1,450 ventilators, or $47,656 per ventilator. It was the second-largest purchase made by the state of New York for coronavirus-related medical supplies, according to an analysis by the Albany Times-Union.
> To date, New York has received no ventilators from Oren-Pines.
This is either sheer incompetence or brazen corruption.
In my experience, it's usually the former, but I'm having trouble believing that this one isn't the latter.
- SamBam 6y ago> New York made the deal with Oren-Pines on the recommendation of the White House coronavirus task force Everything about the White House coronavirus task force has screamed "corruption" the whole way down. From this article [1], one of several such investigations: > Many of the volunteers were told to prioritize tips from political allies and associates of President Trump, tracked on a spreadsheet called “V.I.P. Update,” > Few of the leads, V.I.P. or otherwise, panned out, according to a whistle-blower memo written by one volunteer and sent to the House Oversight Committee. > ...personal relationships and loyalty are often prized over governmental expertise, and private interests are granted extraordinary access and deference. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/jared-kushner-fema-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/jared-kushner-fema-cor...