A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin.
LARRY NEUMEISTERThe ruling pertained to Benjamin's dealings with a real estate developer who contributed to his campaign.
The appeals court said in its written decision that a jury could infer from the alleged facts in the case that Benjamin promised to perform an official act in exchange for monetary payments. The three-judge panel that ruled in the case said Benjamin had fair warning that his alleged agreement with the developer "was illegal and that it would not become legal if he simply avoided memorializing it expressly in words or in writing."
Benjamin resigned as lieutenant governor after his April 2022 arrest. The arrest had created a political crisis for Gov. Kathy Hochul, a fellow Democratto serve as second-in-command when she became governor following a sexual harassment scandal that drove from office her predecessor, Democrat Andrew Cuomo.
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