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Brian A. Benjamin (born December 9, 1976) [1] is an American politician and businessman who was the lieutenant governor of New York from September 2021 until he resigned on April 12, 2022. A member of the Democratic Party , he represented the 30th district in the New York State Senate from 2017 to 2021.
Benjamin, a former Democratic Manhattan state Senator, was tapped by Gov. Kathy Hochul to be her lieutenant governor shortly after she took over following the resignation of Andrew Cuomo in 2021.
Delgado speaking at one of his first events as Lieutenant Governor of New York. On May 3, 2022, Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin resigned after being indicted on federal bribery and wire fraud charges, New York Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Delgado lieutenant governor of New York. [29] [30] He was sworn in on May 25. [31] He appeared on the ...
After Lieutenant Governor David Paterson succeeded to the governorship of New York after Eliot Spitzer resigned on March 17, 2008, the office of lieutenant governor became vacant. The duties of lieutenant governor were then performed successively by Temporary Presidents of the State Senate Joseph Bruno , Dean Skelos , Malcolm Smith and, during ...
(The Center Square) — Federal prosecutors have dropped bribery and conspiracy charges against New York's former Democratic lieutenant governor, citing the death of a key witness in the case. In ...
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Democratic former New York state lieutenant governor Brian Benjamin's challenge to corruption charges involving campaign contributions from a ...
Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped their corruption case against former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin, following the death of a key witness. Benjamin, 48, had been expected to ...
New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned Tuesday in the wake of his arrest in a federal corruption investigation, Gov. Kathy Hochul said, creating a political crisis for her seven months after ...