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Albany, NY – Newly-sworn New York Governor Kathy Hochul chose an avowed supporter of the defund-the-police movement to be her lieutenant governor on Wednesday.Hochul, who had pledged to diversify her administration, chose New York State Senator Brian Benjamin, a black Democrat from Harlem, to be her No. 2, the Times Union reported.Benjamin, who was running for state comptroller when he was chosen by Hochul, has described himself as progressive and has loudly and publicly supported efforts to defund the New York Police Department (NYPD). ...New York Republican State Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy criticized Hochul’s selection of the state senator from Harlem, the Washington Free Beacon reported.“New Yorkers are being shot, stabbed, raped, robbed and attacked in huge crime surges across our state and Kathy Hochul doubled down on Democrats’ dangerous agenda by appointing a ‘Defund the Police’ radical leftist to serve as her second in command,” Langworthy tweeted. ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s daughter-in-law is top lobbyist at pharma firm that has sought to influence NY lawmakersPublished Tue, Aug 24 2021 3:01 PM EDT Updated Tue, Aug 24 2021 4:37 PM EDTBrian Schwartz @schwartzbCNBCKey Points *Christina Hochul, married to the governor’s son, is a director of federal policy at Biogen, according to her LinkedIn page. The company has been involved with a recent lobbying campaign in New York. *If Biogen continues to have business in the state, it could create an ethics hurdle the new governor will have to face as she settles into the job. *The governor’s daughter-in-law is listed on federal lobbying disclosure reports, showing she and her team actively tried to influence members of Congress and those within President Joe Biden’s administration. ...
