Brian A Benjamin

Former New York State Lt. Gov, former senator, District 30; arrested in campaign finance scheme in April 2022

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.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

Morgan Stanley investment bank

• Investment banker (past)

Board Memberships

NextPoint FInancial Inc SPAC that brought Liberty Tax and LoanMe public

• Director

Positions

The Genesis Companies

• Advisory board member [+1]

• Managing Director of Business Development (past)

Brown University Ivy league university in Providence, RI

• Trustee

Donors

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Brian A Benjamin Former New York State Lt. Gov, former senator, District 30; arrested in campaign finance scheme in April 2022

• 3 contributions · 21,000 USD (Jun 29 '11→Jan 11 '16)

Don Capoccia Managing principal at BFC Partners

• 2 contributions · 10,000 USD (May 4 '17→May 19 '17)

Local 6 Committee on Political Education UNITE HERE Local 6 PAC

• 5 contributions · 9,500 USD (May 10 '17→Jul 11 '18)

Karim Hutson The Genesis Companies

• 2 contributions · 8,000 USD (Jul 11 '11→Jan 11 '16)

Andrew D Stone Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Petra Capital Management

• 1 contribution · 7,500 USD (Jan 11 '16)

Two Trees Kg LLC Two Trees Management shell company

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD (Nov 1 '18)

Liberty Street Realty LLC Litwin LLC

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD (Aug 31 '18)

H Henry Elghanayan Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rockrose Development Corp.

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD (Sep 26 '18)

Manhattan Beer Distributors LLC

• 2 contributions · 4,000 USD (Jun 15 '18)

Cheryl McKissack Daniel President & CEO, McKissack & McKissack

• 4 contributions · 3,100 USD (Mar 31 '17→Jul 11 '19)

Donations

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Brian A Benjamin Former New York State Lt. Gov, former senator, District 30; arrested in campaign finance scheme in April 2022

• 3 contributions · 21,000 USD (Jun 29 '11→Jan 11 '16)

Scott Stringer New York City comptroller

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD (Jun 13 '16→Jan 10 '17)

Ny Whitaker Candidate for District Leader New York State 68th Assembly District

• 2 contributions · 1,000 USD (Jun 28 '15→Jul 4 '15)

Bill Thompson Former NYC Comptroller

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Nov 2 '11)

Malcolm A Smith Former New York State Senate Majority Leader; convicted felon

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Jan 10 '08)

Mark Levine New York City Councilmember

• 2 contributions · 425 USD (Jan 9 '13→Dec 7 '15)

Michael Blake New York State Assemblymember, DNC vice-chair

• 1 contribution · 250 USD (Aug 28 '14)

Julie Menin Chair of Manhattan Community Board 1

• 1 contribution · 250 USD (Mar 15 '12)

Adriano Espaillat Former NYS Assemblyman; Member of Congress

• 1 contribution · 250 USD (Oct 5 '11)

Tish James Attorney General, NYS. Former NYC Public Advocate and Council Member

• 1 contribution · 50 USD (Aug 26 '13)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Hakeem Jeffries US Representative D-New York (2013-present)

• 6 contributions · 3,000 USD (Dec 11 '14→Jun 1 '15)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 8 contributions · 2,600 USD (Apr 18 '07→May 13 '12)

Obama Victory Fund 2012

• 4 contributions · 1,400 USD (Jan 6 '12→May 13 '12)

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 3 contributions · 1,150 USD (Feb 6 '07→Feb 28 '08)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates

• 1 contribution · 250 USD (Apr 8 '08)

Brad Sherman US Representative D-California (1997-present)

• 1 contribution · 250 USD (Jun 18 '12)

Holdings

Benjamin Capital Solutions

• Owner

Miscellaneous Relationships

Common Sense New Yorkers Real estate backed "law and order" super PAC

• Attended fundraiser (Feb 28 '22)