Federal prosecutors dropped corruption charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin after a key witness, real estate developer Gerald Migdol, died before the bribery and wire fraud case ...

Soon after, Benjamin informed Migdol he had sponsored a $50,000 state grant for Migdol’s group. In response, the indictment charges, Migdol arranged three donations totaling $25,000 for Benjamin.

Brian Benjamin had been accused of funneling state money to a real estate developer in exchange for campaign contributions. A key witness in the case has died. By Nicholas Fandos Federal ...

Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the Democrat who the governor had once chosen to be her second-in-command. Judge J. Paul Oetken signed an order closing the case ...

President Donald Trump. Former Rep. George Santos. Former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin handled it differently. He resigned the same day the feds charged him in a bribery scheme and has stayed out of ...

Gov. Brian Benjamin, a Democrat who resigned two years ago after prosecutors said he sought campaign contributions in exchange for a state grant. Benjamin, a former state lawmaker, told the high ...

Federal prosecutors last week dropped the bribery case against Brian Benjamin, who once rose as high as Gov. Kathy Hochul’s No. 2, the New York Times reported. The prosecutors told the judge ...

Former Lieutenant Gov. Brian Benjamin is officially a free man – and he’s feeling good. The Southern District of New York formally dropped its corruption case against Benjamin last week following the ...

Federal prosecutors dropped corruption charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin after a key witness, real estate developer Gerald Migdol, died before the bribery and wire fraud case ...

Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the Democrat who the governor had once chosen to be her second-in-command. Judge J. Paul Oetken signed an order closing the ...