Sentences with phrase «elected as attorney general»

In a statement released late Monday night, Schneiderman — who previously served as state senator and was first elected as attorney general in 2010 — announced that he would resign on Tuesday.

Cahill says education, economic development and integrity in government are top issues he promises to advocate for if he is elected as attorney general.

Not exact matches

As news spreads that President - elect Donald Trump has picked Senator Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, for the role of attorney general of the United States, the state - legal cannabis industry is worried about Sessions» anti-marijuana rhetoric.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, one of New York's highest ranking Jewish elected officials, ripped into Trump as «dangerous, offensive and grossly uninformed» and someone who has given «explicit endorsement to anti-Semitic imagery.»

For the record, Cuomo has only been a statewide elected official since wining the 2006 race to succeed Eliot Spitzer as attorney general.

Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood is expected to be interviewed by lawmakers and could be appointed as a caretaker for the post until a new AG is elected for a full term.

We are proud to endorse Tish James, a true champion for working people, and we look forward to electing her as our New York State Attorney General.»

The party could endorse Zephyr Teachout for attorney general or a placeholder as Democratic AG candidate Tish James has indicated she would not take the WFP's endorsement, spurning a party that helped elect her to office.

DOWNTOWN — Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo and his successor as attorney general Eric Schneiderman are planning a comprehensive ethics reform agenda that will likely include an independent ethics watchdog and an independent prosecutor, Cuomo said after the pair's first official meeting Friday.

In public office, he first served as the Attorney General of the State of New York from 1999 to 2006, and was subsequently elected as the state's 54th governor in 2007.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- New York Attorney General - elect Eric Schneiderman named six lawyers to join his legal staff, including a top trial lawyer as his chief deputy, when he becomes the new «Sheriff of Wall Street» on January 1.

O'Neill cast Cuomo's ongoing refusal to formally throw his hat into the ring as a positive, insisting it demonstrates the AG «puts the job that he was elected to do first and foremost and he resfuses to politicize the attorney general's office.»

«As both an elected official and candidate for attorney general, I am proud to support this long overdue effort to reform state government from top to bottom.»

Elected officials in New York on Thursday celebrated the long - awaited confirmation of Loretta Lynch to succeed Eric Holder as the U.S. attorney general.

Appearing on Fred Dicker's Talk - 1300 radio show on Wednesday morning, Astorino said he would stick to three terms as county executive in Westchester, while he continues to back two, four - year terms for statewide elected officials like the office of governor or attorney general.

For instance, the attorney general of the State of New York is elected as well, every four years,» Mr. Thompson said.

Murray, who worked as a lawyer in the state attorney general's office before winning her first elected office, had said her leadership of a 759,000 - resident town — where she has been supervisor since 2003 — trumped a lack of criminal law experience.

Schneiderman kept her on when he won election as attorney general in 2010, the same time Cuomo was elected governor.

In many states where the following positions are elected offices, voters elected state executive branch offices (including Lieutenant Governors (though some will be voted for on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee), Secretary of state, state Treasurer, state Auditor, state Attorney General, state Superintendent of Education, Commissioners of Insurance, Agriculture or, Labor, etc.) and state judicial branch offices (seats on state Supreme Courts and, in some states, state appellate courts).

The governor has shown an exceptional ability to rewrite the contours of the state's governmental apparatus, as with his installation of Moreland Commissions or his dilution of the power of the elected attorney general by creating the governor's own financial services agency.

But Cahill has also pledged to uphold the law regarding abortion if he's elected attorney general on Nov. 4, as well as any other potentially controversial laws — including same - sex marriage.

As elected officials â $ «- and politicians — attorney generals almost inevitably will make political calculations about cases.

And, if successful, Healey will become the nation's first openly gay person elected as a state attorney general.

On February 4, the Legislature elected John C. Spencer (W) to succeed John A. Dix (D) as Secretary of State; Bates Cooke (W) to succeed Azariah C. Flagg (D) as State Comptroller; Willis Hall (W) to succeed Samuel Beardsley (D) as Attorney General; and Jacob Haight (W) to succeed Gamaliel H. Barstow (W) as State Treasurer.

ALBANY — State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, one of New York's highest ranking Jewish elected officials, ripped into Donald Trump as «dangerous, offensive and grossly uninformed» and someone who has given «explicit endorsement to anti-Semitic imagery.»

On February 14, the Legislature re-elected State Comptroller William L. Marcy, Attorney General Samuel A. Talcott and Surveyor General Simeon De Witt; and elected Azariah C. Flagg to succeed John Van Ness Yates as Secretary of State; and Abraham Keyser, Jr. to succeed Gamaliel H. Barstow (Clint.)

Critics of former Attorney General Eliot Spitzer say he did not pursue Albany's misdeeds as fervently as those of Wall Street because he wanted support of elected officials when he ran for governor.

On February 13, the Legislature elected Secretary of State John Van Ness Yates, Attorney General Samuel A. Talcott and Surveyor General Simeon De Witt to succeed themselves; and William L. Marcy to succeed Savage as State Comptroller.

As a lover of competitive races, we have to admit some disappointment about just how easily state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (D) is going to be elected governor.

Ms. Cunningham, who always pulls her hair back in a way that accentuates her intensity, had been very close to Mario Cuomo and naturally to his son, even serving as an informal advisor to Andrew Cuomo after helping elect him attorney general.

Espaillat, the first formerly undocumented immigrant elected to the House, assailed several other Trump's proposed appointees: Breitbart News co-founder Stephen Bannon for chief political strategist; Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General; Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; fast food magnate Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor.

A close personal adviser to Cuomo in his bid to become state attorney general in 2006 and his run for governor in 2010, she deregistered as a lobbyist in 2010 when Cuomo and her ex-husband, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, were elected, in order «to avoid even the appearance of a conflict» of iattorney general in 2006 and his run for governor in 2010, she deregistered as a lobbyist in 2010 when Cuomo and her ex-husband, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, were elected, in order «to avoid even the appearance of a conflict» of ingeneral in 2006 and his run for governor in 2010, she deregistered as a lobbyist in 2010 when Cuomo and her ex-husband, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, were elected, in order «to avoid even the appearance of a conflict» of iAttorney General Eric Schneiderman, were elected, in order «to avoid even the appearance of a conflict» of inGeneral Eric Schneiderman, were elected, in order «to avoid even the appearance of a conflict» of interest.

Andrew Cuomo is the 56th governor of New York, first elected in November 2010, after four years as the state's attorney general.

Known as the «Sheriff of Wall Street» during his tenure as New York's attorney general, Spitzer was elected governor in a landslide victory in 2006.

My political activism goes back to the days of Charlie Buckley, who I opposed, and I helped elect reformers such as Congressman Jack Bingham and Jim Scheuer, Assemblyman and then Bronx Borough President and Attorney General Bob Abrams, Assemblyman and then Senator and then Congressman Bobby Garcia, Assemblyman and then Congressman Jose Serrano and countless other Reformers who served our City and State.

James, who is serving her second and final term as public advocate, and is the first woman of color elected to a citywide position, is running in the Democratic primary to replace former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who

Well, here we are two months later and it's worse than we thought in December, as the governor is clearly trying to weaken all the other independently electeds around him, the state comptroller notably, but also the attorney general, and even the Legislature.

Ms. James, who is black, served as an assistant attorney general and public defender before being elected in 2014 to the public advocate position, where she acts as a watchdog over city agencies.

As a state senator before getting elected attorney general, Schneiderman chaired an inquiry that led to a colleague's expulsion over a domestic - violence conviction.

With less than two months remaining in his tenure as attorney general, Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo has filed two lawsuits against President Obama's former car czar, Steve Rattner, alleging he paid kickbacks in order to obtain $ 150 million in investments in his private equity firm, Quadrangle Group, from the state pension fund.

While campaigning to be elected the NBA President, the former Attorney - General of Kano State had begged to be voted to redeem the negative public perception of the NBA as a body of corrupt elements.

According to Professor Benjamin, it was «relatively rare» for an attorney general to seek higher elected office, such as Governor or U.S. Senator, prior to Robert Abrams» 1994 Senate run, which he lost to incumbent Republican Al D'Amato.

«Three years into his first term as Governor, he's the most popular elected official in Florida's history because of his outstanding career as a no - nonsense attorney general, a progressive education commissioner, and a fiscally conservative chief executive who last year led Florida to its largest property - tax decrease ever.

New York's elected officials are hailing the Senate's confirmation — after a lengthy delay — of Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch as the country's next attorney Attorney Loretta Lynch as the country's next attorney attorney general.

The winds of change are strong as the Attorney General has just been elected governor by a wide margin.

AAAS CEO Rush Holt today expressed reservation regarding reports that President - elect Donald Trump plans to select Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who views human - caused climate change as unsettled, to run the Environmental Protection Agency.

The President - elect also announced that he would retain Richard L. Thornburgh as attorney general and named Richard G. Darman,...

In 2010, State Attorney General Tom Corbett was elected as governor, his political network heavily populated by advocates for private - sector education reform.

The first woman elected to serve as Attorney General of Illinois, Madigan is now the senior most female Attorney General in the country.

«It is time for Missouri to shake its unfortunate reputation as the center of the cruel puppy mill industry,» said Sen. Danforth, who was elected at 32 to be Missouri's Attorney General, later served three terms for Missouri in the U.S. Senate, and also served as Ambassador to the United Nations.