Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to pick Brian Benjamin as lieutenant governor has left Democratic state lawmakers in New York “scrambling” to push a measure that could boot the former second-in-command off the ballot in the upcoming primary following his resignation prompted by his indictment for alleged participation in a campaign finance scam.
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin told her colleagues on Wednesday that she will “soon be introducing legislation to allow a candidate for office to decline their party’s designation or nomination, and be removed from the ballot, if they are charged with a crime.”
“A candidate who is charged with a crime prior to the election should be permitted to
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