Lieutenant Governor of New York

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Lieutenant Governor of New York
Primary Election & Governor of New York
Term lengthFour years, no term limit
Constituting instrumentNew York Constitution of 1777
Inaugural holderPierre Van Cortlandt
FormationJuly 30, 1777
(246 years ago)
 (1777-07-30)
SuccessionFirst
Salary$210,000 (2020)
Websitegovernor.ny.gov

The lieutenant governor of New York is a

College of Environmental Science and Forestry
. The lieutenant governor of New York is the highest-paid lieutenant governor in the country.

The office is currently held by Antonio Delgado, who was sworn in on May 25, 2022.

Most lieutenant governors take on other duties as assigned to them by the governor. For example, Mary Donohue took on duties in the areas of small business, school violence, and land-use planning, along with serving as a surrogate speaker for the governor in upstate New York. Donohue's predecessor, Betsy McCaughey Ross, worked on Medicare and education policy, before her falling out with Governor George Pataki. Democrat Stan Lundine, who served under Governor Mario Cuomo, was active on technology and housing issues during his two terms in office.

While governor and lieutenant governor are elected by a single joint vote in the general election, they run separately in the primaries. In 1982, Mario Cuomo won the Democratic nomination for governor, but his running mate H. Carl McCall lost the lieutenant governor nomination to Alfred DelBello. DelBello was elected with Cuomo, but resigned in 1985, complaining that Cuomo did not give him anything to do.

McCaughey Ross had been elected on a ticket with Pataki in 1994 but soon broke with him on state policy. He dropped her from his 1998 re-election ticket, and she became a Democrat and ran for governor on the Liberal ticket.

Thirteen years before Hochul succeeded Cuomo as governor, Lieutenant Governor David Paterson succeeded to the governorship in the same manner, when Eliot Spitzer resigned on March 17, 2008. Mario Cuomo was the last lieutenant governor to be elected governor.

Recent campaigns for lieutenant governor

1994 election

In the 1994 statewide election, Lt. Gov. Stan Lundine sought reelection on the Democratic ticket with Gov. Mario Cuomo. Lieutenant Governor Lundine was unopposed for renomination on the Democratic ticket. In the Republican primary, academic Betsy McCaughey was the only candidate, as nominated by the Republican State Convention. Ms. McCaughey was selected as a running mate by State Sen. George Pataki. Pataki reportedly also considered sofa bed heiress Bernadette Castro and Assembly Minority Leader Clarence Rappalya as possible running mates as well. The Pataki/McCaughey ticket defeated the Cuomo/Lundine ticket in the general election.

1998 election

In 1997, following a falling out for most of their term, Gov. George Pataki dropped Lieutenant Governor

Charles Hynes during the state convention. Mr. King received enough support to qualify for the September primary ballot and continued his race. Lieutenant Governor McCaughey Ross, who was running for governor, reportedly considered Assemblyman Sam Hoyt as a running mate. As the Liberal Party nominee, Lieutenant Governor McCaughey Ross was paired with Jonathan Reiter as a running mate. Independence Party nominee Tom Golisano ran with Laureen Oliver. The Green Party nominee actor Al Lewis
ran with Alice Green.

Supervisor Frankel won the Democratic lieutenant governor primary and was paired in the general election with Speaker Vallone. The Pataki/Donohue ticket defeated the Vallone/Frankel and the Golisano/Oliver tickets.

2002 election

Reports in early 2002 said that Governor Pataki was considered dropping Lieutenant Governor Donohue from the ticket and asking her to run for

New York State Attorney General instead. The reports said he had considered New York Secretary of State Randy Daniels and Erie County Executive Joel Giambra
as replacement running mates, but eventually Lieutenant Governor Donohue would join Governor Pataki again on the Republican ticket.

The Democratic field started with 1998 nominee Sandra Frankel, 1998 candidate Charlie King, businessman Dennis Mehiel, Westchester County Legislature Chairman George Latimer and former New York City Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jane Steiner Hoffman. Commissioner Hoffman dropped out of the race for medical reasons, and both Latimer and Frankel dropped out for party unity. State Comptroller

Carl McCall selected Mr. Mehiel as his running mate and former HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo
selected Mr. King as a running mate. A week before the September primary, Secretary Cuomo and Mr. King withdrew from their primaries and endorsed the McCall and Mehiel ticket.

The Independence Party had a contested primary battle for lieutenant governor. Lieutenant Governor Donohue faced an Independence Party member aligned with gubernatorial candidate Tom Golisano in the primary, but won the primary, while Governor Pataki lost the Independence primary for governor to Golisano. This made Donohue the running mate for both Pataki and Golisano in November.

The

Green Party nominated Jennifer Daniels for lieutenant governor on a ticket with Stanley Aronowitz
.

The Pataki/Donohue ticket defeated the McCall and Mehiel and the Golisano and Donohue tickets in November.

2006 election

Lieutenant Governor Donohue announced that she would not run for a third term in 2006. The race to succeed her drew eight major party candidates. State Senate Minority Leader David Paterson of Harlem won the Democratic nomination. Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef won the Republican nomination. The Green Party candidate was Alison Duncan.

Former candidates for the Democratic lieutenant governor nomination were attorney

election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
on November 7.

2008 vacancy and 2009 appointment

After Lieutenant Governor

On July 8, 2009, before the recapture of senate control by the Democrats, Governor Paterson appointed Richard Ravitch to the position of lieutenant governor to resolve the month-long political stalemate in the state senate.[1] However, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo warned Paterson before Ravitch's selection that such an appointment would be unconstitutional.[1] Litigation concerning the appointment's constitutionality was filed in New York State's courts by the Republican Senate caucus on July 9. A preliminary ruling by Justice William R. LaMarca on July 21 upheld AG Cuomo. On August 20, a four-judge panel of the Appellate Division (2nd Dept.) rejected unanimously the appointment. However, on September 22, in a "stunning reversal," the New York Court of Appeals, ruled in a 4-3 decision that Paterson's appointment was constitutional.[2][3]

2021 vacancy and appointment

Upon the resignation of Governor Andrew Cuomo in August 2021, Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul succeeded him, with Andrea Stewart-Cousins becoming acting lieutenant governor. Hochul then picked State Senator Brian Benjamin for lieutenant governor, a position he filled on September 9, 2021.[4]

2022 vacancy and appointment

Upon the resignation of Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin on April 12, 2022, due to federal corruption charges, Andrea Stewart-Cousins became acting lieutenant governor for the second time.[5] Governor Hochul later appointed Antonio Delgado to fill the vacancy and was sworn in on May 25, 2022.[6]

List of lieutenant governors

See also

Further reading

  • Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity
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References

  1. ^ a b Jeremy Peters and Danny Hakim (July 8, 2009). "Paterson to Name Ex-M.T.A. Chief as Lieutenant Governor". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Court, 4-3, Upholds Paterson's Appointment of Lieutenant Governor The New York Times
  3. ^ Skelos v. Paterson, 13 NY3d 141 (New York Court of Appeals 22 Sep 2009) ("The issue on this appeal is whether the Governor of the State of New York has the authority to fill a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor by appointment. We now hold that he does.").
  4. ^ "Gov. Hochul names Sen. Brian Benjamin as New York's next lieutenant governor". New York Daily News.
  5. ^ "NY lieutenant governor resigns after arrest in federal probe". Associated Press.
  6. ^ "Antonio Delgado will be sworn in as NY lieutenant governor on Wednesday". Spectrum News. Retrieved June 21, 2022.

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