NEW: Kathy Hochul faults 'compacted time frame' for poor vetting of lieutenant governor
WHITE PLAINS, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul attributed her team's shoddy vetting of former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, who resigned amid scandal earlier this month, to the"compacted" transition period — while simultaneously saying she took"full responsibility" for the debacle.
"I was still lieutenant governor, so all the vetting ... was not under my jurisdiction. It occurred under the then existing administration," Hochul told News12 in her first one-on-one interview since hitting the campaign trail."So we didn't have a large team, and so I don't make excuses. I take full responsibility.
Hochul is in a legal quandary given New York state bylaws mandating that Benjamin, who was selected as the Democratic Party's nominee for lieutenant governor heading into the fall elections, appear on the ballot unless he moves out of state, dies, or seeks another office — none of which he appears poised to do. The governor said she was"getting this settled right now" when asked about her limited avenues for choosing a new running mate.
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