{"id":430548,"date":"2022-04-12T18:31:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lt-gov-brian-benjamins-arrest-exposes-kathy-hochuls-vast-ethics-problem\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T18:31:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:31:08","slug":"lt-gov-brian-benjamins-arrest-exposes-kathy-hochuls-vast-ethics-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lt-gov-brian-benjamins-arrest-exposes-kathy-hochuls-vast-ethics-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin&#8217;s arrest exposes Kathy Hochul&#8217;s vast ethics problem"},"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-6a27fbc28cec8\" 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-6a27fbc28cec8\" 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\/lt-gov-brian-benjamins-arrest-exposes-kathy-hochuls-vast-ethics-problem\/#%E2%80%9CLt_Gov_Brian_Benjamins_arrest_exposes_Kathy_Hochuls_vast_ethics_problem%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin&#8217;s arrest exposes Kathy Hochul&#8217;s vast ethics problem&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLt_Gov_Brian_Benjamins_arrest_exposes_Kathy_Hochuls_vast_ethics_problem%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin&#8217;s arrest exposes Kathy Hochul&#8217;s vast ethics problem&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Just days after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she was standing by her lying Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, who has repeatedly memory-holed subpoenas and chats with various state and federal investigators probing his past campaign activities, Benjamin surrendered to arrest by the feds.<\/p>\n<p>Oops.<\/p>\n<p>The charges center on his run for city comptroller last year; the FBI arrested one of his top fundraisers, Harlem real estate mogul Gerald Migdol, in November, charging him with wire fraud in illegal funding of Benjamin\u2019s campaign. <\/p>\n<p>That would\u2019ve been a good time to find a new No. 2, Gov, coming on top of revelations that Benjamin lied on disclosure forms to become LG, pretending he\u2019d never been under investigation when he knew he was at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Or when <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/state\/article\/Lieutenant-Gov-may-have-violated-travel-16962437.php\">the Times Union reported<\/a> that Benjamin played fast and loose with the state Senate\u2019s per diem and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> reimbursement system as well as state campaign finance disclosure rules. After that broke, he reimbursed his campaign committee for use of its credit card on trips covered by the Senate.<\/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\/04\/brian-benjamin-arrested-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin was arrested Tuesday for an alleged campaign finance scam tied to his days in the state Senate.\" class=\"wp-image-21869634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brian-benjamin-arrested-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brian-benjamin-arrested-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brian-benjamin-arrested-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin (left) was arrested Tuesday for an alleged campaign finance scam tied to his days in the state Senate.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">KENA BETANCUR\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Or maybe last month, when the feds subpoenaed the state Senate over grants Benjamin may have steered to Friends of Harlem Public Schools Inc., a charity that Migdol controlled.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s nearly impossible to get Benjamin off the June primary ballot unless he resigns, but his two challengers just got a big boost: former City Councilwoman Diana Reyna and lefty activist Ana Maria Archila.<\/p>\n<p>This mess adds to Hochul\u2019s own various woes on the ethics front: Many think she was far too generous with the Buffalo Bills\u2019 out-of-state owners in a deal for the taxpayers to cover most costs for the team\u2019s new stadium, and she\u2019s been utterly Cuomoesque in her fundraising, hoovering up dark money from the real estate industry.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brian-benjamin-arrested-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Gov. Kathy Hochul and Senator Brian Benjamin at the special announcement naming Senator Benjamin as the Lieutenant Governor.\" class=\"wp-image-21869729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brian-benjamin-arrested-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brian-benjamin-arrested-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brian-benjamin-arrested-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sen. Brian Benjamin at the special announcement naming Benjamin as lieutenant governor.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Debra L. Rothenberg\/ZUMA Press Wire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Plus, she went along with a lame replacement for the state\u2019s ethics panel that still leaves lawmakers choosing their own ethics police. (It\u2019s no coincidence that Benjamin faces <em>federal <\/em>charges, like former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate chief Dean Skelos before him.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have the utmost confidence in the lieutenant governor,\u201d Hochul told reporters just last week. If nothing else, she\u2019s just proved her own judgment stinks.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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