LittleSis: Brian A Benjamin

Brian A. Benjamin, New York’s No. 2 official to Gov. Kathy Hochul, was charged in a federal indictment with bribery, fraud and falsification of records while a state senator. The following day he resigned as Lieutenant Governor. The five-count indictment accused Mr. Benjamin of conspiring to direct state funds to a Harlem real estate investor in exchange for orchestrating thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions. The Harlem real estate investor who illegally assisted his campaign, Gerald Migdol, was not listed by name in the indictment. Mr. Benjamin will almost certainly face pressure to resign from office. Even if he were to step down, he will likely remain on the ballot in June 2022. A graduate of Ivy League schools, Mr. Benjamin, spent much of his career in banking and affordable housing development before winning a State Senate seat representing most of Harlem in 2017.

Donor	Common Recipients
John Petry	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Malcolm A Smith, Adriano Espaillat, Scott Stringer, Bill Thompson, Hakeem Jeffries, Mark Levine, Michael Blake, Ny Whitaker
George S Kaufman	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Malcolm A Smith, John Liu, Scott Stringer, Julie Menin, Bill Thompson, Tish James
Vincent F Pitta	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Malcolm A Smith, Bill Thompson, Tish James, Hakeem Jeffries, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Brian A Benjamin
David C Rich	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Malcolm A Smith, Adriano Espaillat, Scott Stringer, Bill Thompson, Hakeem Jeffries, Michael Blake
Wendy Kelman Neu	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, John Liu, Scott Stringer, Hakeem Jeffries, Mark Levine, Obama Victory Fund 2012
Joni Yoswein	Hillary Clinton, Malcolm A Smith, John Liu, Scott Stringer, Tish James, Hakeem Jeffries, Mark Levine, Brian A Benjamin
Jeffrey R Gural	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Malcolm A Smith, Adriano Espaillat, Scott Stringer, Bill Thompson, Hakeem Jeffries
Julie Menin	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Adriano Espaillat, John Liu, Scott Stringer, Julie Menin, Tish James, Obama Victory Fund 2012
Jerry Speyer	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Scott Stringer, Julie Menin, Tish James, Hakeem Jeffries, Mark Levine
Mellody Hobson	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Brad Sherman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Julie Menin, Bill Thompson, Hakeem Jeffries, Michael Blake
Margaret Munzer Loeb	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Adriano Espaillat, Scott Stringer, Julie Menin, Hakeem Jeffries, Ny Whitaker
NY State Laborers	Malcolm A Smith, Adriano Espaillat, John Liu, Scott Stringer, Bill Thompson, Tish James, Hakeem Jeffries, Michael Blake
Don Capoccia	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Adriano Espaillat, Scott Stringer, Tish James, Hakeem Jeffries, Brian A Benjamin
Joshua L Muss	Hillary Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Adriano Espaillat, John Liu, Scott Stringer, Bill Thompson, Tish James, Hakeem Jeffries
William C Rudin	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Malcolm A Smith, Scott Stringer, Tish James, Hakeem Jeffries
Alan Bell	Barack Obama, Malcolm A Smith, Scott Stringer, Bill Thompson, Tish James, Michael Blake, Brian A Benjamin
Patricia Duff	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Julie Menin, Hakeem Jeffries, Mark Levine, Obama Victory Fund 2012
Patrick B Jenkins	Hillary Clinton, Malcolm A Smith, Scott Stringer, Tish James, Hakeem Jeffries, Michael Blake, Brian A Benjamin
Jonathan L Mechanic	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Malcolm A Smith, Adriano Espaillat, Scott Stringer, Julie Menin, Bill Thompson
Stephen Jerome	Hillary Clinton, Malcolm A Smith, Adriano Espaillat, John Liu, Scott Stringer, Tish James, Michael Blake

Donor

Common Recipients

John Petry

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Malcolm A Smith, Adriano Espaillat, Scott Stringer, Bill Thompson, Hakeem Jeffries, Mark Levine, Michael Blake, Ny Whitaker

George S Kaufman

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Malcolm A Smith, John Liu, Scott Stringer, Julie Menin, Bill Thompson, Tish James

Vincent F Pitta

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Malcolm A Smith, Bill Thompson, Tish James, Hakeem Jeffries, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Brian A Benjamin

David C Rich

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Malcolm A Smith, Adriano Espaillat, Scott Stringer, Bill Thompson, Hakeem Jeffries, Michael Blake

Wendy Kelman Neu

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, John Liu, Scott Stringer, Hakeem Jeffries, Mark Levine, Obama Victory Fund 2012