Sentences with phrase «given state attorneys general»

Federal and state officials negotiating with major banks on a settlement over allegedly improper foreclosures have given state attorneys general until Feb. 3 to opt in to a potential deal.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order giving the state attorney general's office the authority to investigate Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove for his handling of a case involving the fatal shooting of a DWI suspect by a Troy police officer last April.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove has asked the state district attorneys association to join him in challenging the constitutionality of Cuomo's executive order giving the state attorney general the authority to intervene in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians.

Rensselaer County DA Joel E. Abelove filed a civil complaint in state Supreme Court that seeks to overturn an executive order Cuomo signed two years ago giving the state attorney general the authority to usurp local district attorneys in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Wednesday giving the state attorney general's office the authority to investigate Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove for his handling of a case involving the fatal shooting of a DWI suspect by a Troy police officer last April.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove filed a civil complaint in state Supreme Court Wednesday that seeks to overturn an executive order Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed two years ago giving the state attorney general the authority to usurp local district attorneys in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

District Attorney David Soares has been urged by activists to take stand, but says Governor Andrew Cuomo's July executive order giving the state attorney general powers above those of local D.A.'s in civilian police shooting cases has stalled the case, which the administration disputes.

It also gives the state attorney general more power to close down unlicensed and poorly run commercial breeding operations.

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Here is a link that gives contact information for each of the U.S. state attorney generals: http://www.naag.org/current-attorneys-general.php –

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.

New York State Senator Michael Gianaris issued the following statement about the race for Attorney General: «I am grateful to the many leaders who are encouraging me to run for attorney general and intend to give serious consideration to doingAttorney General: «I am grateful to the many leaders who are encouraging me to run for attorney general and intend to give serious consideration to doing General: «I am grateful to the many leaders who are encouraging me to run for attorney general and intend to give serious consideration to doingattorney general and intend to give serious consideration to doing general and intend to give serious consideration to doing More...

«We saw the tweet by the Senator that the Attorney General of the State was at the Federal High Court today where the court gave a legal nod to the process of his recall.

Espaillat's effort to join the Senate Democrats» is a bit more complicated, as he's running in a four - way primary for the seat in the 31st SD (upper Manhattan and the Bronx) that Sen. Eric Schneiderman is giving up to run for state attorney general.

Given his success exposing shady dealings in Albany, City Hall and on Wall Street, Mr. Bharara (a former aide to Mr. Schumer) could well become the attorney general for the United States under a Clinton administration — or, given that Ms. Clinton set up her controversial «homebrew» email server on his turf, he could wind up leading the investigation that denies her the White HGiven his success exposing shady dealings in Albany, City Hall and on Wall Street, Mr. Bharara (a former aide to Mr. Schumer) could well become the attorney general for the United States under a Clinton administration — or, given that Ms. Clinton set up her controversial «homebrew» email server on his turf, he could wind up leading the investigation that denies her the White Hgiven that Ms. Clinton set up her controversial «homebrew» email server on his turf, he could wind up leading the investigation that denies her the White House.

New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his office will additionally fund the Homeowner Protection Program, or HOPP, up to $ 40 million, given the number of distressed homeowners still in need of the free housing counseling and legal services the program provides.

«When the previous Government consulted on this matter, the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve), who was then the shadow Secretary of State for Justice and is now the Attorney - General, described the prospect of giving prisoners the vote as «ludicrous».

As he began his State of the State tour today in Manhattan Cuomo noted the presence of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman («doing great work with us, please stand»), Comptroller Tom DiNapoli («doing a great job»), NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio («let's give him a round of applause») and NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer («doing a magnificent job»).

This year, in a speech that included applause for Cuomo's criminal justice reform efforts such as strengthening state oversight of jail and his plan to fight the federal government on the tax law, Cuomo sought to give shootouts to individual members of the Legislature and praise Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as well as DiNapoli.

In New York State, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has given a big shout out (Yo!

On July 22nd a crowd gathered at Albany High in Albany, New York (the state capital) to hear State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo give a speech about listening to the commustate capital) to hear State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo give a speech about listening to the commuState Attorney General Andrew Cuomo give a speech about listening to the community.

Real Source LLC gave the same address when it donated $ 1,000 to Republican attorney general candidate John Cahill in 2014, but its $ 25,000 donation to Cuomo the same year is listed with a Kingston post office box that, according to Department of State filings, is the home of two other companies that have been generous to Cuomo: Bruyn - Smith Realty ($ 25,000 in June 2014) and Motorsport Power LLC, which gave the governor two donations totalling $ 60,000 in 2011 and 2012.

ALBANY — State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is giving Suffolk the go - ahead to become the first county in the state to allow online voter registration, in a legal opinion that could have widespread impact on counties and voters across New State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is giving Suffolk the go - ahead to become the first county in the state to allow online voter registration, in a legal opinion that could have widespread impact on counties and voters across New state to allow online voter registration, in a legal opinion that could have widespread impact on counties and voters across New York.

«Kaloyeros gave insider information to friends and fixed the bidding process to ensure his cronies won lucrative contracts funded in part by the state of New York,» Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.

New York State Reform Party Chairman Curtis Sliwa told the Brooklyn Eagle that he'll give Bharara his party's nomination if the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District wants to replace Eric Schneiderman, who resigned the attorney general position in disgrace on Monday after four women alleged he had assaultAttorney for the Southern District wants to replace Eric Schneiderman, who resigned the attorney general position in disgrace on Monday after four women alleged he had assaultattorney general position in disgrace on Monday after four women alleged he had assaulted them.

Two Manhattan companies that promise to give job applicants training and top - paying jobs for a cash fee of $ 400 were shut down by a judge at the request of the state attorney general.

While a federal lawsuit unfolds, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has agreed not to enforce certain provisions of a new state ethics law passed requiring charitable organizations giving money to lobbying campaigns to disclose far more of their donors, according to the plaintiffs in the suit.

Bill Daley's Democratic primary path is difficult, given an incumbent Democratic governor and the likely candidacy of a popular state attorney general.

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.»

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.

Governor Cuomo announced an executive order for a Special Prosecutor that would give New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the power to prosecute police killings.

«Given the state of the state, the number one mission for the next [attorney general] has to be to fight corruption.

Liu's office gave $ 6 million worth of business to a troubled company under investigation by the state attorney general and U.S. attorney.

All told, the program gave grants totaling more than $ 30 million to candidates for state offices in 2014 — including governor, statewide officers such as attorney general, and state House and Senate.

Project Sunlight, a website provided by the state attorney general's office that lists government expenditures, shows that Espada then gave $ 276,900 of his $ 2,050,000 in member items to a variety of Bronx and city groups.

In 2006 O'Donnell even gave $ 1,000 to former Westchester County DA and then Republican state attorney general candidate Jeanine Pirro, now a Fox News host and loyal Trump defender.

But a program launched by New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman may give these communities a second chance for prosperity.

The attorney general said that Cuomo has the authority under the state's constitution to give his office the power to to supersede local district attorneys and investigate any crime the governor sees fit.

Cuomo, the current state attorney general, had given an ultimatum to the party, which long has been seen as the left wing of the Democratic Party and is backed by some of the special interests he's promised to confront as governor.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave the Clinton Foundation a pass on identifying foreign donors in its charitable filings — making it impossible to know if it got any special favors while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, according to a reState Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave the Clinton Foundation a pass on identifying foreign donors in its charitable filings — making it impossible to know if it got any special favors while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, according to a restate, according to a report.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave the Clinton Foundation a pass on identifying foreign donors in its charitable filings — making it impossible to know if it got any special favors while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, according to a report TueState Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave the Clinton Foundation a pass on identifying foreign donors in its charitable filings — making it impossible to know if it got any special favors while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, according to a report Tuestate, according to a report Tuesday.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said prescribers in some states have been so lenient that they have given out more prescriptions than there are residents in those states.

State law gives the Legislature the authority to appoint a successor to the attorney general with a joint vote by the Senate and Assembly.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman warns people about giving gifts of clothing or food, unless the organization has experience with disaster relief.

To give just one example, the state attorney general's office is investigating whether he used monies from his healthcare network to help him topple incumbent Efrain Gonzalez in the 2008 Democratic primary.

If your name is not on the voter registration list or the poll ledger, you should be offered an affidavit ballot, or be given the process by which to seek a court order to allow you to vote, according to state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

But now sources have told Kramer that if any good is to come out of the drumbeat of corruption charges last week, which also ensnared state Sen. Malcolm Smith and City Councilman Dan Halloran, it will be the passage of legislation that gives local district attorneys and the state attorney general more power to nab crooked officials themselves.

Attorney General George Jepsen said a letter from federal regulators is easing concerns that an expansion of casino gaming off the reservations of the Mashantucket Pequots and Mohegans would affect agreements that give the state 25 percent of monthly revenue from slot machines.

Greenberg recently told the New York Times that he has declared war on the Martin Act, which gives the New York state Attorney General broad reach in securities fraud probes.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo gave the Upper West Side State Senator his backing at a Sunday press conference in Central Park.

Lynch last week dismissed the indictment in the corruption case that state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman brought against state Sen. Rob Ortt, a North Tonawanda Republican who was elected to the seat Maziarz gave up when he decided against a re-election bid in 2014.