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Bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin were tossed out Monday by a federal judge, leaving Benjamin to face only records falsification charges and prompting his lawyers to say it was tragic that the case was ever brought.
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The New York State legislature is poised to vote as early as Monday on a bill that would remove disgraced former Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin from the primary election ballot.
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A bill has been proposed to allow Democrats to remove former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin's name on the June primary ballot after he was indicted for corruption and resigned earlier this week.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is trying to do damage control after the resignation of her lieutenant governor, Brian Benjamin, who was indicted for corruption.
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New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, whose eight months in that role has been overshadowed by probes into a previous campaign, resigned after he was arrested Tuesday in a federal corruption investigation.
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New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned Tuesday in the wake of his arrest in a federal corruption investigation, creating a political crisis for Gov. Kathy Hochul seven months after she selected Benjamin as a partner to make a fresh start in an office already rocked by scandal.
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New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin says he didn’t tell Gov. Kathy Hochul about a subpoena he’d received when she was vetting him to be her second-in-command last summer. Hochul says despite that and some other potential ethical troubles for Benjamin, she continues to support him as her running mate.
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Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin says there’s a new energy in state government, on the heels of a summer filled with scandal.
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Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin is speaking out after a New York Daily News review alleged that he put false information on a background check form, while he was being vetted for the lieutenant governor position.
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New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin thanked Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul for choosing him as he was sworn in Thursday to join her 2-week-old administration.