ALBANY, New York — Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to nominate a former Biden official as head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

The most common reasons for a state executive vacancy include officeholders resigning, dying, leaving for a new job, being elected or appointed to a different office, or receiving a legal conviction.

The former lieutenant governor is finally speaking out now that federal prosecutors have dropped all charges against him.

A growing number of Democrats are trying to save the party by bringing it back down to earth. Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego is ...

The corruption probe against Brian Benjamin collapsed when developer Gerald Migdol, a key witness in the case, died last year ...

Federal prosecutors have dropped bribery and conspiracy charges against New York's former Democratic lieutenant governor, ...

Federal prosecutors in New York dropped bribery and fraud charges on Friday against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the Democrat who the ...

Gov. Phil Murphy has picked Tahesha L. Way, his Secretary of State since 2018, as New Jersey’s next lieutenant governor in ...

Federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Jan. 17, that bribery and related charges brought against former Democratic New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin in April 2022, as reported, have been dropped ...

Federal prosecutors are dropping a corruption case against former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin. The Democratic ...

Prosecutors said they could no longer prove the case, after the real estate developer accused of bribing Benjamin died.

Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the ...