Liz Benjamin
On The Web
Bio
Liz Benjamin hosts Capital Tonight each weeknight on the Time Warner Cable News stations across Upstate New York. Liz joined the Time Warner Cable News political team in April of 2010 after spending more than a decade reporting and blogging about New York politics for the New York Daily News and the Albany Times Union.
In addition to her duties behind the anchor desk, Liz is the driving force behind Capital Tonight’s blog, STATE OF POLITICS, which is found on the Capital Tonight website and on the sites of all the Time Warner Cable News Channels and NY1.
Liz began her career in journalism in 1997 when she joined the staff of the Albany Times Union covering suburban government, City Hall and the State Capitol. She also launched that’s paper’s political blog, Capitol Confidential – the first blog devoted to state politics and government.
In 2007, Liz took a job with the New York Daily News writing a weekly column and taking over primary responsibility for the Daily Politics blog, delivering coverage of state politics to New Yorkers in real time.
Appearances on CUNY TV
Brian Lehrer Live
City Talk
- Wise Guys & Gal-2014 Elections in New York
November 12, 2014 - Wise Guys & Gal-NYState & NYCity Politics
September 17, 2014
CityWide
- Elizabeth Benjamin, New York Daily News Blogger and Columnist
January 14, 2009
CUNY Forum
- A New Administration in Albany: Where Do We Go From Here?
March 25, 2008 - Ethics in New York: Can Government Govern Itself?
September 25, 2007 - Budget and Finance Reform in New York State: The Spitzer Agenda
April 24, 2007
