Albany — U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado will function New York's subsequent lieutenant governor, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced Tuesday.
Delgado, a Democrat, will tackle the largely ceremonial function beforehand previously held by Brian Benjamin, who resigned following his arrest for federal corruption costs he denies.
Hochul touted Delgado's work in Congress on payments to assist veterans, small enterprise and people with pupil mortgage debt.
It was unclear instantly when Delgado, who was first elected in 2018 to symbolize the Hudson Valley and the Catskills, would take workplace.
The appointment comes a day after Hochul signed a legislation that can enable Benjamin's identify to be faraway from the poll within the state's upcoming Democratic major, and probably enable Delgado to run for the lieutenant governor's job if he desires it completely.
Delgado had received his swing district and ousted Republican incumbent Jon Faso, however Democrats had hoped to make sure Delgado's win this 12 months by drawing up new political district maps that a court docket later struck down as unconstitutionally gerrymandered.
An upstate decide and a researcher are actually engaged on new maps, that are anticipated to present Democrats much less of an edge than they hoped.
"Antonio Delgado was sensible and bought a leap on the job market earlier than he and the remainder of his Home Democrat colleagues lose this fall," Nationwide Republican Congressional Committee spokeswoman Samantha Bullock stated.