New York Post investigation finds adult daycare operators who billed Medicaid tens of millions

New York Post investigation finds adult daycare operators who billed Medicaid tens of millions while donating to Gov. Kathy Hochul and other Democrats.

Local powerbroker Baoli Zhang’s various businesses have claimed at least $32 million from Medicaid since 2018. Jiemin Shang’s daycares also billed millions (one alone took in $5.8 million in a single year).

When reporters visited two of their Flushing, Queens facilities last week, the centers appeared empty of patients.

Campaign finance records show Zhang personally donated $10,000 plus another $5,000 through one of his daycares to Hochul. Shang’s businesses contributed at least $10,000 more. Overall, social adult daycare centers in the fraud-plagued area gave Hochul about $55,000.

Hochul’s office responded that political contributions have no influence on government decisions.