Former NY Lt. Gov. Benjamin to remain on the primary ballot even after stepping down

NEW YORK — Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned from office Tuesday, hours after he was arrested and charged with five counts of bribery and fraud in a federal corruption probe, bowing to a ballooning scandal and adding a baffling wrinkle into the spring Democratic primary. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has pledged to bring an era of transparency to government since taking office last summer, issued a statement late in the afternoon Tuesday saying that she had accepted Benjamin’s “resignation effective immediately.” Even though he stepped down, due to complicated election rules and antiquated New York la...