{"id":87802,"date":"2026-01-03T00:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/87802\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T00:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:04:12","slug":"ny-gop-senators-urge-hochul-to-launch-fraud-probe-after-minnesota-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/87802\/","title":{"rendered":"NY GOP senators urge Hochul to launch fraud probe after Minnesota allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Republican state senators in New York on Friday wrote a letter to Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kathy-hochul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> urging her to launch an independent investigation into possible fraud involving government programs in response to similar allegations in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;We write to you concerning disturbing reports of widespread fraud involving taxpayer dollars in the state of Minnesota, including schemes that reportedly involved sham daycare centers and other illegitimate entities,&#8221; the letter, signed by 12 Republican state senators, said.<\/p>\n<p>The letter added that the &#8220;revelations&#8221; in Minnesota &#8220;raise serious concerns about the vulnerability of publicly funded programs to abuse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-targets-minnesota-fraud-allegations-says-were-going-get-bottom-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TRUMP TARGETS MINNESOTA FRAUD ALLEGATIONS, SAYS \u2018WE\u2019RE GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kathy-hochul-speaking.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Hochul speaking\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Republican state senators in New York on Friday wrote a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to launch an independent investigation into possible fraud involving government programs following similar allegations in Minnesota. (Adam Gray\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The senators urged Hochul to &#8220;immediately retain an independent private professional services firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of comparable programs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New York State<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/minn-fraud-committee-chair-says-walz-turned-blind-eye-fraud-warnings-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MINNESOTA FRAUD COMMITTEE CHAIR CLAIMS WALZ &#8216;TURNED A BLIND EYE&#8217; TO FRAUD WARNINGS FOR YEARS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sba-administrator-kelly-loeffler.jpg\" alt=\"SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The Small Business Administration announced the suspension of nearly 7,000 Minnesota borrowers after identifying hundreds of millions of dollars in suspected pandemic loan fraud this week.\u00a0 (Bill Clark\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/sba-suspends-nearly-7000-minnesota-borrowers-over-suspected-400m-pandemic-loan-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Small Business Administration<\/a> announced Thursday that it had suspended 6,900\u00a0Minnesota borrowers\u00a0after uncovering what it says is widespread suspected fraud in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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