You can thank Gov. Kathy Hochul for that. She approved a "no bid" concession contract to...

...her husband's company. He is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Delaware North.

All NY State contracts must go out to bid if they are that large.

I sold the NY State Police a digital recording hardware and software solution for $1.8M when I worked at Dictaphone. It was approved by the Colonel of the NY State Police. Anything over $2M needs approval from the Gov., once the Office of NY State Comptroller approves it, as I understand it.