The corruption probe against Brian Benjamin collapsed when developer Gerald Migdol, a key witness in the case, died last year ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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 ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul's $252 billion state budget proposal calls for lower-bracket income tax cuts and one-time cash payouts for ...

Federal prosecutors have dropped bribery and conspiracy charges against New York's former Democratic lieutenant governor, ...

The move comes after a key witness, real estate developer Gerald Migdol, died before the bribery and wire fraud case could be brought to trial.

Mary Anne Krupsak, New York's first female lieutenant governor and a trailblazer in state politics, died on December 28, 2024, at her home on Seneca Lake, according to an obituary posted by her ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin leaves a hearing in federal court in New York, April 18 ...

Benjamin, New York’s former lieutenant governor, following the death of a key witness. The decision lifts a cloud that has followed Mr. Benjamin, a Democrat, since April 2022 when the government ...

On Saturday, Kristi Noem officially resigned as governor, after the U.S. Senate confirmed her appointment as the new federal secretary for homeland security. Rhoden had been lieutenant governor in ...

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 ...