The former leader of a white supremacist group pleaded guilty to conspiring to make death threats against a Brooklyn-based journalist in federal court on Wednesday.
Benjamin, who represents Harlem, is battling fellow state Sen. Kevin Parker and City Councilman Brad Lander, both of whom currently represent parts of Brooklyn, as well as Queens Assemblyman David Weprin, former Marine Zachary Iscol, and former CNBC reporter Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.