After swearing in, Hochul assigns new Lt. Gov. Benjamin to work on vaccine outreach, housing

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49% : And just as Hochul's more moderate politics have evolved somewhat over the course of her career - perhaps most notably her approval now of New York's Green Light Law, which allows the state to issue driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants - there will likely be a change in some of Benjamin's positioning as well as he becomes a statewide figure.

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