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Benjamin resigned as lieutenant governor earlier this month after he was indicted on federal corruption charges. But under state law, he has to remain on the June primary ballot as Hochul’s running mate unless he dies, runs for another office, or moves out of state.

The court upheld lower court rulings that determined that democrats, who hold supermajorities in both houses of the legislature, deliberately gerrymandered the districts to favor candidates in their party.

New York State Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin says he didn’t tell Governor Kathy Hochul about a subpoena he’d received when she was vetting him to be her second in command last summer.

Here are some highlights of the $220 billion spending plan, and varying perspectives on what's in it.

Governor Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers gave up on the chance of meeting the state’s budget deadline when final agreements on the spending plan and related items failed to emerge in time. The Senate and Assembly adjourned until Monday, when they say they will try again to reach an accord.

Government watchdog groups are making a push to include ethics reform in the state budget. Governor Kathy Hochul promised to overhaul the state’s troubled ethics oversight commission, but so far, the proposal has not been agreed to by the Legislature.

Tensions between Gov Kathy Hochul and the Legislature are intensifying over a proposal to change the state’s criminal justice laws, with the date for finalizing the state budget just over a week away.

Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal to roll back portions of the state’s landmark bail reform laws were the subject of an angry rally at the State Capitol Monday, with some speakers comparing the plan to other civil rights setbacks, including the creation of Jim Crow laws in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Former Governor Andrew Cuomo in his second public appearance in two weeks, decried “cancel culture,” and offered prescriptions for fixing the ills in society and government. The speech is part of an ongoing attempt by the disgraced former governor, who resigned in a sexual harassment scandal, to rebuild his reputation and possibly run against his successor, Governor Kathy Hochul.

It’s becoming more likely that New York could see a suspension of some gasoline taxes in the new state budget to help ease steeply rising gas prices linked to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.