Good Morning, Brooklyn: Tuesday, May 3, 2022
FORMER LT. GOVERNOR SAID HE’D SIGN RESIGNATION PAPERS: Former NY Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin released a statement on Twitter, Monday, declaring he would sign the necessary paperwork to remove his name from the ballot (as running mate to Gov. Kathy Hochul, running for her first elected term to office.) Said Lt. Gov. Benjamin, “I am innocent of these unsubstantiated charges. However, I would be unable to serve under these circumstances.”
State lawmakers were working on a legal option for removing Mr. Benjamin from the primary ballot, following his indictment last month on federal bribery charges and his subsequent resignation. Under existing law, candidates who had formally accepted a party’s nomination could only be removed from the ballot through death, moving out of state, or via nomination to another office.
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