Hochul’s ex-budget czar schmoozed with bigwig as his client raked in $11M in state COVID contract: report

Source: New York Post

ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul’s former state budget director was hit with a laughable $5,000 fine after she admitted she schmoozed with a connected lobbyist while his client’s firm raked in an $11 million COVID contract, according to newly released documents. Ex-Deputy Budget Director Sandra Beattie, who started work under former Gov.