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A number of local attorneys say they'll be sorry to see Hochul go when he leaves work for the last time on Oct. 28.
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Some experts, such as Marcus Lemon, an attorney at Polsinelli and former chief counsel to Federal Highway Administration from 2007 to 2009, say this proposal could actually help state and local budgets, because it provides more clarity about federal contributions, thereby forcing them to adapt accordingly.
The bank said in a regulatory filing Thursday that the SEC has joined other federal state and local government agencies and states attorneys general, prosecutors» offices and Congressional committees, performing formal or informal inquiries, investigations or examinations.
Vatican officials failed to take action against a priest accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls in Minnesota despite repeated warnings from a local bishop starting in 2005, attorneys for one of the alleged victims said Monday.
Without revealing the person, Schumer said he had spoken with local attorneys, Republicans and Democrats, about the candidate and received a vote of confidence.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will not address the «March for Science» protest rally Saturday in downtown Syracuse due to a scheduling conflict, his office said, but a number of prominent local scientists are expected to be on hand.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says his Flint water crisis investigation is shifting to the «the trial phase,» but before it gets there, he's ramped up the stakes by charging five state and local officials with manslaughter for their actions related to the Flint water crisis.
Republicans say it's too early to predict who might succeed Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr., but they expect Trump will look to three local Republicans for advice: Rep. Chris Collins of Clarence, Erie County Republican Committee Chairman Nicholas A. Langworthy and Buffalo businessman Carl P. Paladino.
Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's attorney general take over from local district attorneys, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.
While many district attorneys opposed the law, Schneiderman's office said local prosecutors have been «cordial» and not attempted, before Abelove's «end - run» last week, to impede the attorney general's review of deadly incidents involving police use of force.
Republicans in the state Senate have resisted the idea of a special monitor, saying it's best left to local district attorneys.
Cuomo and criminal justice reform advocates said that local district attorneys have a natural conflict of interest when it comes to investigating the police because the two agencies work so closely together to gain convictions.
SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — Local police watchdog group El Grito de Sunset Park has sent an open letter to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman calling on him to speak out against so - called «broken windows policing,» which El Grito said is linked to an increased risk of deportation for undocumented residents.
«A local district attorney by definition must and should do business with their local police department and the critical players,» said Krueger, who represents a district in Manhattan.
Speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt, former Attorney General of the state, Wogu Boms said conducting any rescheduled ward and local government congresses when the matter was still in court was an attempt to ridicule the judiciary.
Ali Najmi, an attorney and activist, Bob Friedrich, a local civic leader, Sally Frank, a staffer to Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Rebecca Lynch, a former Democratic district leader, are all said to be considering campaigns for the bucolic eastern Queens district, where public transportation options are limited and a booming South Asian population is changing the make - up of the once predominately white neighborhoods.
«Local district attorneys work with local law enforcement and I think it makes sense, in most cases and certainly these types of cases, that there is concern that there can be a conflict and even a perception of a conflict of interest,» Stewart - Cousins said, flanked by other senior and newly elected members of the conferLocal district attorneys work with local law enforcement and I think it makes sense, in most cases and certainly these types of cases, that there is concern that there can be a conflict and even a perception of a conflict of interest,» Stewart - Cousins said, flanked by other senior and newly elected members of the conferlocal law enforcement and I think it makes sense, in most cases and certainly these types of cases, that there is concern that there can be a conflict and even a perception of a conflict of interest,» Stewart - Cousins said, flanked by other senior and newly elected members of the conference.
John W. Bailey, Abelove's attorney, said their case focused on the fact that Cuomo, when he signed the executive order two years ago, stated that while he believed district attorneys would appropriately handle fatal police incidents, he wanted to alleviate «public concerns... that such incidents can not be prosecuted at the local level without conflict or bias, or the public perception of conflict or bias.»
«Making it easier for the public to access City government databases will make our local agencies more effective and responsive,» said Gene Russianoff, nycTWG co-chair and senior attorney for the New York Public Interest Research Group.
Local political sources say Schaffer was called as a witness by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance over New York United Teachers unsuccessful attempt to steer $ 100,000 to the campaign of Adrienne Esposito, who ran unsuccessfully in the Third Senate District in 2014, through the county and several town Democratic committees.
«Westchester County, like many local governments, has expended resources and suffered financial loss addressing the opioid crisis affecting our entire community,» said Westchester County Attorney John Nonna.
EPA Region 2 administrator Judith Enck has said she did not know about the issue until October 2015, after a local attorney representing Hoosick Falls residents approached her.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Senate Democrats have pushed for special prosecutors to look into police shootings of unarmed citizens, but many Republicans oppose the idea because they say it will undermine locals District Attorneys.
Shadow attorney general Dominic Grieve appeared to break ranks to say more grammar schools should be built in his local area if there is demand.
«A majority of Democrats, independents, voters from every region and race agree that the Attorney General and not local district attorneys should have authority in cases where unarmed civilians are killed by police officers, although Democrats, New York City voters, blacks and Latinos feel most strongly about this,» Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg said.
The sponsors of the special investigation legislation in a legislative memo said placing such control in Schneiderman's office would have put investigations of police - related deaths in the hands of a comparatively independent entity and not a local district attorney.
Cuomo issued an order saying state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman does have the authority to investigate a local officer involved shooting of Edson Thevenin, a Troy man who died earlier this month.
«Local, state law enforcement has no business asking about anything regarding immigration status unless it relates to the crime that they're investigating,» attorney Anthony Guidice said.
Sen. Eric Schneiderman, a Democratic attorney general candidate who has proposed numerous ethics reforms during his time in the Senate, said that he would expand the public integrity unit that looks into political corruption and put one member from it in every local attorney general's office across the state.
«Despite [the attorney generals»] unique insight and statewide grasp of the landscape and the laws, the legislature has limited their scope and put them in a rather narrow place between local district attorneys and U.S. attorneys,» Phillips said.
She said she believes she got a huge wave of financial support because local attorneys and others believe she is the most qualified candidates for surrogate judge in Erie County.
«Endorsing Assembly Member Hevesi's Home Stability Support Program was a «no - brainer» for the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — UAW Local 2325», said President Deborah Wright.
«The local police department, the FBI, the district attorney's office and parole have not slept since this shooting occurred,» Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpiattorney's office and parole have not slept since this shooting occurred,» Westchester County District Attorney Anthony ScarpiAttorney Anthony Scarpino said.
Administration officials have said that contracts are vetted by various agencies, including the attorney general's office, the comptroller, federal transportation officials and regional economic development councils that Cuomo created to involve local officials and business leaders.
«The New York State Office of Attorney General has made it possible for the Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation and the other state land banks to get up and running and to undertake programs that are having a real impact on our local neighborhoods,» said Vince Horrigan, Chautauqua County Executive.
-- OPINION: Former Attorney General Dennis Vacco says that Article 10 weakens local control of siting electric generation facilities.
US Rep Charles Rangel said Attorney General Eric Schneiderman would be «derelict» if he didn't look into accusations against the West Harlem Local Development Corporation.
«Kathleen Rice has gone above and beyond her call of duty to fight for working people as a district attorney, and we know she'll do the same as New York's attorney general,» said UFCW Local 1500 President Bruce W. Both.
But an attorney for the Rochester - based company Circular enerG behind the project, Alan Knauf, says the siting process should be allowed to play out rather than «pandering» to locals who do not understand, or misunderstand, the issues.
«UFCW Local 1500 is a powerhouse in both workers rights and state politics,» District Attorney Rice said.
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.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said that lawmakers don't have a good reason for failing to update the state's antiquated criminal code and give local prosecutors the necessary tools to fight cybercrime, fraud and corruption.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is asking state officials to examine whether bonuses given by the local district attorney's office to its prosecutors were legal, saying they «were not authorized by the county legislature pursuant to any legal process or authority that I am aware of.»
In any of those cases, attorney Paul wolf said, the local governments were not being nearly specific enough.
District Attorney Holley Carnright said that local law enforcement had not identified any major trafficking networks operating in Ulster County.
On Wednesday, Cuomo said a special prosecutor was needed to ease the perception that district attorneys work too closely with local police.
Cuomo said Schneiderman would not be susceptible to the kind of public pressure about which Lynch warned, or suffer the same skepticism as local district attorneys.
Mr. Simmons said he spoke personally with Mayor Bill de Blasio and Mr. Cuomo on the phone and that the latter had promised him that local district attorneys like Staten Island's Daniel Donovan will no longer handle cases like NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo's killing of the elder Garner, a black civilian.
It was the attorney general's reaction to horror stories of seemingly unwarranted seizures across the country that mostly resulted from roadside stops by local police agencies, said Thomson, the federal prosecutor who handles the forfeiture cases in the Syracuse area.
Meanwhile, contender Bill Nojay, who's an attorney, says he's concerned about state mandates on local governments such as Medicaid.