New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will have to maneuver the sudden arrest and resignation of her running mate and lieutenant governor on bribery charges as she tries to win her party's nomination in June. But it's unclear whether it will endanger her primary bid in the end. Hochul became the state's first woman governor in August when she took over for Democrat Andrew Cuomo, who resigned amid allegations he sexually harassed 11 women, which he denied. Political observers and Democratic strategists say it's unclear whether Benjamin's arrest and resignation alone will be enough for her two primary challengers to wrest the party nomination from Hochul.
Prosecutors said Benjamin also offered to help the donor, a real estate developer, get a zoning variance from the city in exchange for a $15,000 donation to a political committee. And they said he lied to state officials about the investigation when he was being considered for the lieutenant governor appointment.
"It was a surprise, it really was," Hochul told WNYC host Brian Lehrer. "I made the best decision I could with the information I had at that time." Hochul — who had also said she wasn't aware of any harassment in Cuomo's administration until after the claims became public — will now have to thread a fine line with voters, Greer said.
One of the candidates expected to mount a serious challenge, Attorney General Letitia James, dropped out of the race quickly. "The governor being misled by someone who was then charged by the federal government for lying to her is probably not a salient point with voters," Stavisky said.
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