Prominent conservative commentator Libs of TikTok has brought to light the controversial connections of New York’s Democratic Governor, Kathy Hochul, to a $9 billion rigged bidding contract, which she has labeled as “Insane corruption.” It is alleged that Hochul disregarded conflicts of interest in order to grant substantial state contracts.
To provide context, video evidence indicates that Hochul awarded a $9 billion contract to Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) for the management of a Medicaid home care program, effectively sidelining 700 local businesses. A lawsuit asserts that the New York Department of Health pre-selected PPL, conducted a fraudulent bidding process, and overlooked conflicts of interest, including PPL’s connections to Hochul’s advisors and a $5,000 campaign donation.
On February 26, 2025, the influential conservative Libs of TikTok took to X to announce, “🚨BREAKING: Lawsuit details insane corruption from New York Governor Kathy Hochul where she RIGGED the bidding for a contract for a Medicaid program which is partially funded by the Federal Government. @TheJusticeDept @DOGE @AGPamBondi should look into this.”
In her effort to expose the scandal, she included a video with her post that provided essential context. The video stated, “Governor Kathy Hochul recently awarded a $9 billion contract to an out-of-state company to monopolize control over medical services that nearly 700 local businesses provided to hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers through a home care Medicaid program known as CDPAP.”
The video further elaborated, “Herein lies the corruption. A lawsuit has been filed against the New York State Department of Health and the out-of-state company known as Public Partnerships LLC, or PPL for short. The lawsuit details how the New York Department of Health pre-selected PPL as the so-called winner of a multi-billion dollar contract before the bidding process even commenced. The State Department then orchestrated a sham bidding process to conceal that pre-selection.
Supporting these alarming allegations, the video stated, “Evidence of this cover-up includes the fact that multiple reporters and individuals at the Center for Disability Rights were informed by numerous sources about the pre-selection of ppl prior to the bidding process. Two months before the submission deadline, the 1199 SEIU Healthcare Workers Union announced that the DOH had notified them that ppl had secured the contract.”
Further developing the argument, the clip mentioned, “Moreover, Public Consulting Group, an organization that provides advice to Governor Hochul on medical policy and Medicaid reform, coincidentally owns over 25% of ppl through a 16% general ownership stake, with the remainder held by three executives from PCG. This situation presents a clear conflict of interest. It has also been reported that Kathy Hochul received a $5,000 contribution in 2023 from the Vice President of Government Relations at ppl, which further intensifies concerns regarding her direct connections to the company.”
Continuing the discussion, the video remarked, “The OOH played a significant role in facilitating this fraud by allegedly manipulating and neglecting to enforce Express requirements for contract scoring metrics and qualifications for subcontractors, resulting in ppl achieving a considerably higher overall score.”
Watch the clip here:
