We did a little digging and guess what we found? Tons of special interest dollars flowing to Andrew Garbarino’s struggling campaign.
In Q3 Garbarino received a whopping $55,000 from insurance industry employees and insurance PACs, on top of the tens of thousands he’s already received from the insurance industry throughout his career, and there seems to be a reason.
Garbarino is beholden to the special interests filling his campaign coffers. In Albany, Garbarino voted to let insurance companies stop covering certain prescriptions, which could impact our ability to get essential drugs even during the pandemic. And Garbarino voted against protections for pre-existing conditions — putting the 308,100 Long Islanders in NY-02 with pre-existing conditions at risk.
“No matter what Andrew Garbarino says to the contrary, he is beholden to the special interest groups funneling cash to his campaign,” said DCCC Spokesperson Christine Bennett. “Don’t take our word for it, look at his record. In Albany, Andrew Garbarino voted against codifying the Affordable Care Act, voted against capping the cost of insulin, voted against shoring up protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and even voted to allow insurance companies to stop covering prescriptions altogether: and he’d do the same thing in Congress. Long Islanders deserve a representative that looks out for them, not for special interest donors.”
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