NY State Governor Under Fire for Bidding Wars
Aqueduct Racing Track
New York State Governor David Patterson has been criticized by New York State Republicans, The Daily News and The New York Post for his handling of the bidding process for the upcoming “Racino” featured at Aqueduct Race Track.
Is this the first time that municipal bidding processes have been controversial and questionable? How about Forest City Ratner (Bruce Ratner) getting the bid for the Atlantic Yards project when his company bid $100,000,000 less than the other bidder in the midst of financial insolvency for the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority? How about all of the conflicting deals that Joe Bruno engineered when he was the leader of the New York State Senate? Isn’t this how Albany has always worked?
Perhaps there is such an outcry over this selection because the usual beneficiaries of the winning entities did not come out on top this time around.
In years past, and presently, there have been scores of questionable characters who are connected to companies which win large bids. So why is there such an outrage now that Patterson is Governor? Is it due to the double standard of racism? That’s way too hard to prove. Or is it a classic case of sour grapes? I think that would be more accurate.
Nonetheless, if there is going to be so much scrutiny regarding this project’s bidding process, why stop here, let’s look at all of the deals that are on the table for New York State and New York City. Let’s examine all of the criteria, the lobbyists and investors. If we did, I am certain that we would see a lot more ample inconsistencies in the municipal bidding process.
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The bidding process for State contracts is easily as inconsistent and corrupt as anything NYC comes up with, probably worse because there are fewer jealous scoundrel eyeballs watching the other scoundrels. The bidding process, the awards process, the approval process for practically anything is rife with cronyism and “consideration.” Your example of the Atlantic Yards touches the poster child for everything wrong with the process, everybody knows it and points to it, and yet somehow it continues to roll on!
How to stop it? Rein in the lobbying money so that anyone with oversight powers will be doing their job. Keep in mind that “White Knight” Andrew Cuomo, not even having declared for anything in the coming election, is awash in developer money. Think he’s really going to be looking at the hand that’s feeding him? Spitzer as AG pulled a shake down par excellance on Wall Street, hitting a few with the law and the rest for campaign contributions, which they made, handsomely.
Pull the money plug, and require complete transparency at the time of all communications, not 6 months to 3 years after the fact. That would be a start. A good one.