MidHudson News reports that Ana Maria Archila, who is running for lieutenant governor, was in Kingston on May 5, two days after Gov. Kathy Hochul tapped local Congressional representative Antonio Delgado for that role. Appearing at a rally calling on the state to adopt good cause eviction legislation, which has been adopted locally in Newburgh, Beacon, and Kingston. Hudson passed its own good cause law, but Mayor Kamal Johnson then vetoed the legislation, and then the Common Council failed to pass a replacement bill. Archila is the co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, and is running mate for Jumaane Williams in the 2022 New York gubernatorial election. A week ago, with former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin indicted for corruption and not running, but with his name on the ballot, her prospects for winning seemed brighter. Since then, though, the legislature passed a law to allow Benjamin's name to be taken off the ballot, and Hochul appointed Delgado as Lt. Gov. “When the governor, instead of using her power to address the needs of New Yorkers who are facing an affordability crisis, she uses her power to change election law at the last minute so that she can announce a new running-mate after failing to vet her first original lieutenant governor,” Archila said. “It is clear that the game is stacked against other candidates who do not have the power to change the rules of the game.” Read more about this story at MidHudson News.