Sentences with phrase «of state attorney general»

You'll also find helpful guides to tenant rights and landlord - tenant law on the website of your state attorney general's office or consumer protection agency.

Essential is just plain crooked, as I have also filed against them with the Secretary of State Attorney General's office for fraud.

She also assisted in the research and legal analysis for privacy and cybersecurity issues for discussions as well as articles such as The Privacy Policymaking of State Attorney General by Danielle Keats Citron published in the Notre Dame Law Review.

In 2012, a group of state attorney general's launched an investigation on the credit reporting bureaus.

Huntley also secretly recorded City Councilman Ruben Wills who was once her chief of staff, as well as the former spokesman for the Senate Democrats, Curtis Taylor, and Melvin Lowe, who is identified in the court papers as a former political consultant and associate of State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Warren County District Attorney Kathleen B. Hogan oversaw the sheriff's investigation, with input from the U.S. Attorney's office and the office of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood has assumed the responsibilities of the state attorney general until a successor to Eric Schneiderman is in place, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.

A study released by the office of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman found microbeads in three - quarters of the samples collected from wastewater treatment plants statewide.

The reason, according to prosecutors from the office of the state attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, is that the charity was part of a plot by Mr. Wills, a Democrat, to steal public funds.

The interference from Cuomo's office, as outlined in the Times report, could fall under state obstruction laws, which would make any criminal violations the purview of state attorney general Eric Schneiderman.

An investigation of Airbnb rentals from 2010 to 2014 by the office of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman found that 72 percent of the units in New York City were illegal, with commercial operators constituting 6 percent of the hosts and supplying 36 percent of the rentals.

Meanwhile, the office of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is examining possible bid - rigging in the contracting process for a dormitory project adjacent to the Albany campus of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, where Howe did extensive consulting work and was given an office for his use.

The sale was approved in late 2006 by the office of the state attorney general, which was then led by Eliot Spitzer, who had just been elected governor.

Cuomo has issued an executive order that puts the office of the state attorney general in charge of investigating killings by police.

However, county Democratic party leaders said Tuesday that the seriousness of the state attorney general's allegations demands swift action be taken to protect the county against further liability.

«Dynasty» star Catherine Oxenberg met in Albany on Monday with prosecutors in the office of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and presented evidence that her daughter India is being blackmailed by a cult leader.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's administration plans to hire a «correctional health care monitor» in the wake of a state attorney general's office lawsuit that accuses inmate medical care vendor Armor Correctional Health Care Services of providing woefully deficient care at the county jail.

ALBANY — The sudden resignation of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will set off a scramble in New York politics that will culminate, soon, in an appointment of his successor by the New York state Legislature.

«The commissioner interprets the regulation's requirement for a master's degree to be waivable — and the commissioner must have the discretion to look at it in context,» said Kelly Munkwitz, of the state attorney general's office.

The same can not be said of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — a longtime de Blasio ally — or of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara or of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, three Democrats who have worked with the administration in the past and who are now probing the mayor's relationships with contributors.

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Ken Lovett, Albany Bureau Chief for The New York Daily News, about the resignation of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

But she also recorded Senate Democratic colleagues Eric Adams, Jose Peralta, Ruth Hassel Thompson and Velmanette Montgomery, along with a City Councilman Ruben Wills, the former spokesman for the Senate Democrats, Curtis Taylor, and Melvin Lowe, identified in the court papers as a former political consultant and associate of State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

He maintained the city is compliance with federal code — which the letter references — and pointed out the executive order was drafted with the guidance of the state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's Office and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

A $ 2 «oil and filter recycling fee» collected by Kost Tire Distributors caught the attention of the state Attorney General.

Two sources say the situation has also sparked the attention of state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman.

The office of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched an effort to crack down on speculative ticket sales on the Internet for a series of upcoming Bruce Springsteen concerts, including one at First Niagara Center in February.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a plan to tighten anti-bribery laws last week and the Independent Democratic Conference later would release a kitchen sink - style package of bills ranging from campaign finance changes to strengthening the role of the state attorney general.

Early on Wednesday the NYPost reported that «Queens Assemblyman William Scarborough was hit Wednesday morning with a 23 - count indictment charging him with using campaign funds for personal expenses, authorities said.Scarborough, a Democrat first elected in 1994 to represent the 29th Assembly District in southeast Queens, was arrested following a joint probe by the offices of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.»

In a memorandum supporting the bill, the ASPCA noted several instances of not - for - profit shelters in New York being accused of wrongdoing, including Friends of Freddie Pet Rescue on Long Island, the target of a state Attorney General probe and a class - action lawsuit accusing it of selling sick puppies.

Teachout, a lawyer and Brooklyn resident who is promoting her new book, «Corruption in America,» conceded when a reporter asked her that the office of state attorney general has appeal because of her interest in tackling economic inequality and monopolies.

The offices of the state attorney general and the governor are monitoring an investigation into Tuesday's shooting of a 22 - year - old parole absconder who may not have been armed when at least one Troy police officer opened fire and injured the man during a traffic stop.

Others have asked for the matter to be addressed — either through an investigation or an advisory opinion — by the office of state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The mayor said the city's lawyers are staying on top of the issue, and plan to follow the lead of the state Attorney General's office.

Malik is one of the highest - ranking biopharma officials to date named in the probe by dozens of state attorneys general for alleged price fixing; Mylan is strongly denying the claims.

The department reached out to a group of state attorneys general — the top law enforcement officials at the state level — that earlier joined the review, the source said.

Shareholders may also raise questions over the very high interest rates the bank charges to financially strapped customers who resort to so - called payday loans, which are in the sights of state attorneys general.

Shortly afterward, Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a conference of state attorneys general that he is «dubious» about the benefits of pot.

A major aim is to prevent any repeat of state attorneys general or other regulators emulating Eliot Spitzer's $ 1.4 billion in fines against Wall Street companies for their improper behavior and close - down of Arthur Andersen.

That's why a committee of state Attorneys General have been taking enforcement action against these mortgage servicers.

A group of state attorneys general representing 17 states, (including AG Eric Schneiderman), said it will pursue investigations into fossil fuel companies accused of misleading the public — including the ongoing investigation into potential fraud by ExxonMobil.

In the letter to Rep. Lamar Smith, Frosh writes the House inquiry into the investigation is interfering with the work of the state attorneys general.

Pruitt is part of a group of state attorneys general who are suing the EPA over its Clean Power Plan, which seeks to trim greenhouse gas emissions related to electricity generation.

If you are held responsible for charges that you think are erroneous, contact the consumer protection office of the state attorney generals office for help.

Publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Penguin settled several antitrust lawsuits about eBook prices that were brought by a coalition of state Attorneys General, and by a Plaintiff Class.

An April 14 piece in the LA Times says,» The four major bank regulators said their actions, to be followed by fines, wouldn't interfere with a wider - ranging investigation conducted by a coalition of state attorneys general and other federal agencies, including the departments of Justice, Treasury and Housing and the Federal Trade Commission.

In the letter, Smith says the UCS is conspiring with a score of state attorneys general to work ``... against those who have questioned the causes, magnitudes, or best ways to address climate change.»

Treating climate change as an absolute, unassailable fact, instead of what it is — an unproven, controversial scientific theory — a group of state attorneys general have announced that they will be targeting any companies that challenge the catastrophic climate change religion.

But remember that during his tenure as attorney general of Oklahoma, Pruitt led the coalition of state attorneys general suing the EPA over the Clean Power Plan.

On Tuesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency — and against a legion of state Attorneys General and industry groups — on the EPA's greenhouse gas Endangerment Finding.