Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against ... A funeral home obituary at the time provided no cause of death. The Harlem real estate developer had pleaded guilty in 2022, admitting that he organized tens of thousands of dollars ...

The move comes after a key witness, real estate developer Gerald Migdol, died before the bribery and wire fraud case could be brought to trial.

Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped their corruption case against former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin, following the death of a key witness. Benjamin, 48, had been expected to face trial in Manhattan federal court after being accused of funneling a $50,

Prosecutors said they could no longer prove the case, after the real estate developer accused of bribing Benjamin died.

Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating ... Migdol died on Feb. 9, 2024. The Harlem real estate developer had pleaded guilty in 2022, admitting that he organized tens of thousands ...

Brian Benjamin had been accused of funneling state money to a real estate developer in exchange for campaign contributions. A key witness in the case has died.

Brian Benjamin NEW YORK -- Federal prosecutors on ... A funeral home obituary at the time provided no cause of death. The Harlem real estate developer had pleaded guilty in 2022, admitting that ...

Brian Benjamin after a key witness ... “As New York’s 78th Lieutenant Governor and as Harlem’s State Senator, I represented my district and this state with honor and integrity.”

The former lieutenant governor is finally speaking out now that federal prosecutors have dropped all charges against him.

Federal prosecutors have dropped bribery and conspiracy charges against New York's former Democratic lieutenant governor, citing the death of a key witness in the case. In a filing to U.S. District Judge J.

Federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Jan. 17, that bribery and related charges brought against former Democratic New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin in April 2022, as reported, have been dropped following a review of the case and in light of the death of a Bronx-born cooperating witness,

The mayor barely mentioned Trump during his remarks at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day forum hosted by Al Sharpton in Harlem. Instead ... to drop a bribery case against former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, who is Black. In invoking those circumstances ...