Sentences with phrase «attorney general the jurisdiction»

Cuomo signed the order after Abelove challenged an executive order last July giving the attorney general jurisdiction to investigate incidents in which unarmed civilians are killed during encounters with police.

His major proposal calls for the governor to sign an executive order giving the attorney general jurisdiction over corruption cases involving state departments, agencies and the legislature.

Not exact matches

Despite the president's and attorney - general's assurances, Trump's administration has repeatedly cracked down on unauthorized immigrants, as well as the jurisdictions that protect them.

«The acting attorney general appointed the special counsel, defined his jurisdiction, understands the scope of his investigation and has specifically confirmed that the allegations that form the basis» of Mr. Manafort's prosecution are within Mr. Mueller's purview, the filing said.

The Enrollment Program also authorizes a superior court to have jurisdiction over enrollees by allowing it to «appoint a receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court for a defendant or the defendant's assets,» as well as authorizes the Commissioner of Business Oversight to «include in civil actions claims for ancillary relief, including restitution and disgorgement, on behalf of a person injured, as well as attorney's fees and costs, and civil penalties of up to $ 25,000» for up to four years after the purported violation occurred and «refer evidence regarding violations of the bill's provisions to the Attorney General, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury, or the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who would be authorized, with or without this type of a reference, to institute appropriate proceedingsattorney's fees and costs, and civil penalties of up to $ 25,000» for up to four years after the purported violation occurred and «refer evidence regarding violations of the bill's provisions to the Attorney General, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury, or the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who would be authorized, with or without this type of a reference, to institute appropriate proceedingsAttorney General, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury, or the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who would be authorized, with or without this type of a reference, to institute appropriate proceedingsattorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who would be authorized, with or without this type of a reference, to institute appropriate proceedings.»

Section (d) of the authorization document states that Mueller has to discuss any crime that doesn't fall within his «Jurisdiction» as layed out by the Attorney General with the AG, who can then determine if it should be added to the Jurisdiction, or given to an authority that can prosecute it.

«Strikingly, these successes have come even though the Office of the Attorney General has long requested — and long been denied — original criminal jurisdiction to prosecute public corruption cases without first obtaining a specific referral from the Governor, Comptroller, or another State agency,» he wrote.

In particular section 5 prohibits these jurisdictions from legislating any changes to their voter laws without preapproval from the US Attorney General or the US District court for D.C. to ensure the law will not impact protected minority groups.

«Early on in the investigation, as soon as the district attorney had contacted the attorney general's office, I issued a directive until such time as the jurisdiction was established that there would be no discussion with anyone on evidence other than anyone with the Rensselaer County district attorney's office,» Tedesco said.

They battled over turf when Cuomo was attorney general and both sought to police crime in common jurisdictions.

· Provide The Attorney General's Office With Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Public Corruption Crimes: Through a «standing» order from the Governor, under Executive Law § 63, the Attorney General should be empowered to investigate and prosecute public corruption crimes.

[41][42] In May 2012, the tribunal again under a purported exercise of universal jurisdiction took testimony from victims of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and convicted in absentia former President Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Deputy Assistant Attorneys General John Yoo and Jay Bybee, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and former counselors David Addington and William Haynes II for conspiracy to commit war crimes.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has updated legal guidance for sanctuary jurisdictions.

Singas» jurisdiction will supersede that of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who had opened an investigation into Schneiderman's alleged conduct despite the fact that the attorney general's office was examining his handling of a 2015 case involving the disgraced film mogul Harvey WeAttorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who had opened an investigation into Schneiderman's alleged conduct despite the fact that the attorney general's office was examining his handling of a 2015 case involving the disgraced film mogul Harvey Weattorney general's office was examining his handling of a 2015 case involving the disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein.

(The attorney general does not have general criminal jurisdiction and has limited power to investigate state government, with such powers granted to the elected district attorney in each county.)

As Attorney General, it falls under your jurisdiction to oversee the funding sources of «charitable» organizations such as the Cordoba Initiative.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office, represented by deputy AG Christopher Baynes on Tuesday, argued Sugarman had the jurisdiction to pursue the case pointing to the law that created her position.

The agreement settled a lawsuit filed by the attorney general to take over jurisdiction from Abelove in the ongoing investigation.

Even though the Deputy Attorney General believes the ruling is partly in the interest of government, he was quick to add that the judge went beyond his original jurisdiction.

ALBANY — Cracking down on public corruption was a major theme of last year's election, but Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says he was rebuffed by the Cuomo administration when he sought to expand his office's jurisdiction in the area.

NEW YORK — Prosecutors in multiple jurisdictions will investigate the assault allegations that led to the resignation of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, authorities said Tuesday.

Schneiderman, a former state senator, was one of several candidates who pledged during his 2010 campaign to ask the governor to expand the attorney general's jurisdiction to more generally cover state agencies and the Legislature.

Attorney - General and Minister of Justice, Gloria Akuffo has indicated that her outfit is in dire need of funds to address challenges facing regional offices under her jurisdiction.

Schneiderman's office claims Abelove had initially signaled he would provide information to the attorney general's team to determine whether there was jurisdiction to purse the case against the police officer, but ultimately did not.

Mr. de Blasio said he received a call from Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, whose jurisdiction includes Staten Island and whom President Barack Obama has named to replace Mr. Holder.

The investigation has focused on whether Abelove interfered with the attorney general's jurisdiction last year when he quickly presented the fatal shooting case to a grand jury that cleared a Troy police sergeant of wrongdoing in the slaying of a DWI suspect.

There are restraints on jurisdiction in certain areas, but the [attorney general] has broad authority over misuse of public funds,» said Schneiderman.

The investigation has focused on whether Abelove interfered with the attorney general's jurisdiction last year when he quickly presented the case to a grand jury that cleared a Troy police sergeant of wrongdoing in the slaying of a DWI suspect.

«The problem is that laws of jurisdiction prevent the attorney general from looking at things unless they are invited,» Horner said.

The grand jury review took place after the attorney general's office notified Abelove it was reviewing the case under a gubernatorial order giving Schneiderman's office jurisdiction in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians.

«We have been informed that New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opted not to exercise his jurisdiction to investigate the fatal shooting of Deborah Danner by an NYPD sergeant on October 18, 2016, in her apartment at 630 Pugsley Avenue in the Bronx.

«We have jurisdiction over everything because we're New York, and every check clears New York,» said former state attorney general (and governor) Eliot Spitzer, whose high - profile prosecutions on Wall Street demonstrated the office's national reach.

In a filing today, State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said the courts do not have jurisdiction on the issue.

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has sought jurisdiction to investigate corruption throughout state government without requiring a referral from the governor of a suspected case of misconduct, said his spokesman Eric Soufer.

As attorney general, when he was the one investigating crimes rather than running the executive branch, he sought increased powers for public corruption, pressing legislators to pass a bill granting his office broad jurisdiction and subpoena powers to pursue such cases.

The New York attorney general office is particularly important because it has jurisdiction over Trump Tower and many other Trump properties.

Schneiderman says the attorney general has broad statutory jurisdiction, and he's extended those powers to the commission by appointing all of its members as deputy attorneys general.

We're going to advocate for it, we're going to lobby for it — that this jurisdiction ought to be in the hands of the attorney general.

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is heading a coalition of 16 Attorneys General in a new amicus brief to protect cities and police departments from federal funding cuts, supporting a challenge to the Trump administration's efforts to punish so - called «sanctuary» jurisdictions by putting immigration - related conditions on federal law enforcement grants.

The Human Rights Division of the Superior court of Jurisdiction in High court of Justice Accra, preferred an out of court settlement, which was accepted by both the plaintiffs, Mr. Philip Ayamba and seven others and the Defendant, the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General's Department in respect of L.I 2146.

«After the investigation is entirely removed from the jurisdiction of the NYS Attorney General's office, in the event there is proof of wrong doing, I will be interested in seeing that the US Attorney's office brings the full weight of its resources down upon Ms. Conlin and her NARAL confederates to the same degree that it was dropped upon former Senator Pedro Espada and those investigated and indicted for similar allegations of wrongdoings.»

The New York state attorney general's office said Thursday that it doesn't have jurisdiction in the police killing of a 66 - year - old emotionally disturbed woman who was shot when she attacked an officer with a baseball bat in the Bronx.

He says the local District Attorneys have full jurisdiction, and the State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli could make what's known as a referral to the Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and the state legislature could be holding hearings.

«I believe we'll be considered and declared a sanctuary jurisdiction under the federal guidelines by the attorney general.»

«This same kinsman of mine whitewashed the Ford Expedition Saga even though he knew the CHRAJ had no jurisdiction over the President because the Attorney General could not prosecution him even if he were found culpable by CHRAJ,» the former AG noted.

For example, there could be discussion of granting the attorney general blanket prosecutorial jurisdiction to pursue public corruption cases against elected or appointed government officials.

In June, Mr. Cuomo signed an executive order granting Attorney General Eric Schneiderman jurisdiction over cases where a police officer kills a civilian who may have been unarmed, after the State Senate failed to support his proposals for an independent monitor to investigate such situations.

(a) Whenever there shall be a violation of this section an application may be made by the attorney general in the name of the people of the state of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction by a special proceeding to issue an injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of such violation; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or justice that the defendant has, in fact, violated this section, an injunction may be issued by the court or justice, enjoining and restraining any further violations, without requiring proof that any person has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby.

But scrutiny of the for - profits continues: «The states have opened another line of attack, with at least 24 attorneys general investigating whether for - profit colleges under their jurisdiction have engaged in false advertising, illegal recruiting practices or predatory loan schemes.»

Section 203 of the No FEAR Act specifically requires, not later than 180 days after the end of the fiscal year (FY), each Federal agency to submit an annual report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, each committee of Congress with jurisdiction relating to the agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the Attorney General.