{"id":423101,"date":"2022-03-29T01:53:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T22:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hochul-needs-to-drop-her-ethically-compromised-brian-benjamin\/"},"modified":"2022-03-29T01:53:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T22:53:01","slug":"hochul-needs-to-drop-her-ethically-compromised-brian-benjamin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochul-needs-to-drop-her-ethically-compromised-brian-benjamin\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hochul needs to drop her ethically compromised Brian Benjamin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24bf788f1de\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24bf788f1de\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochul-needs-to-drop-her-ethically-compromised-brian-benjamin\/#%E2%80%9CHochul_needs_to_drop_her_ethically_compromised_Brian_Benjamin%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Hochul needs to drop her ethically compromised Brian Benjamin&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHochul_needs_to_drop_her_ethically_compromised_Brian_Benjamin%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Hochul needs to drop her ethically compromised Brian Benjamin&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul has a major ethics problem,  and his name is Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin.<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors are investigating the former Harlem state senator\u2019s ties to a shady realtor, Gerald Migdol.<\/p>\n<p>The feds want to know what if any role Benjamin played in \u201cstraw\u201d donations that Migdol allegedly tried to funnel to his failed campaign for city comptroller last year.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, among multiple phony-looking small Benjamin donations <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2021\/1\/4\/22214373\/brian-benjamin-comptroller-contributions\">uncovered by The City<\/a> last year was one from Migdol\u2019s 2-year-old grandson (listed on campaign-finance documents as a \u201cstudent\u201d), as well as the realtor\u2019s wife. <\/p>\n<p>Once exposed, the campaign returned the 20-plus tainted donations, which would\u2019ve been worth thousands in public matching funds. And headlines last year forced Benjamin to refund his state Senate campaign fund for \u201cconstituent services\u201d at a Harlem jazz club where he and his wife threw a wedding celebration attended by Hochul and other electeds.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/state\/article\/Lieutenant-Gov-may-have-violated-travel-16962437.php\">Times Union reported<\/a> on a dozen instances of double-dipping where the then-senator received taxpayer-funded <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> reimbursements for expenses charged to his campaign\u2019s credit card. Again, he repaid the campaign <em>after <\/em>getting caught.<\/p>\n<p>He also has yet to explain why he answered \u201cno\u201d on a background-check form for his current job asking if he\u2019d ever been investigated for such violations, when he knew darn well he had been. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brian-benjamin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"brian benjamin\" class=\"wp-image-21694798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brian-benjamin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brian-benjamin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brian-benjamin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Federal prosecutors are looking into Benjamin\u2019s ties to realtor Gerald Migdol.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang    <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Late last week, federal subpoenas were delivered to the state Senate related to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/capitol\/article\/Grant-went-to-nonprofit-led-by-indicted-Benjamin-17029884.php\">$50,000 in Benjamin\u2019s discretionary spending<\/a> in his former district that went to Migdol\u2019s charity, Friends of Harlem Public Schools Inc., in 2019. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s at least two current federal probes, on top of multiple other red flags. 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Kathy Hochul has a major ethics problem, and his name is Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin. Federal prosecutors are investigating the former Harlem state senator\u2019s ties to a shady realtor, Gerald Migdol. The feds want to know what if any role Benjamin played in \u201cstraw\u201d donations&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":423102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Parole_Reform_New_York.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[127251,71128,70673,10701,43,70358,98806,120495],"class_list":["post-423101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-3-28-22","tag-campaign-finance","tag-corruption","tag-democrats","tag-editorial","tag-investigations","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-ny-governors-race-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}