Sentences with phrase «old attorney general»

ALBANY — There has never been anyone better prepared to be governor than Andrew Cuomo, and if you speak to people close to the 52 - year - old attorney general, the word «destiny» is often heard.

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In WA, for instance, the right is presently divided into old and a new factions, largely because party strongman and former premier, Brian Burke, remains a formidable behind - the - scenes operative, to the displeasure of Premier Geoff Gallop and Attorney - General Jim McGinty.

-- Interesting: Rep. Mo Brooks offered to drop out of the Alabama Senate race to clear way for Sessions, should the attorney general choose to leave his post and try to reclaim his old Senate seat.

«I just can't imagine that Nikolas Cruz can commit such a heinous crime and then potentially we tell a 20 - year - old woman living alone that she can not buy a firearm to defend herself,» said Rep. Jay Fant, R - Jacksonville, a candidate for attorney general.

«I just can't imagine that Nikolas Cruz can commit such a heinous crime and then, as a result, we tell potentially a 20 - year - old single mother living alone that she can not purchase a firearm to protect herself,» Representative Jay Fant of Jacksonville, a Republican running for attorney general, said on the House floor.

Remember that guy Jeffries — prosecuted / convicted in Utah for marrying that 14 year old child, but the Mormon UT Supreme Court overturned his conviction and the Mormon attorney General refused to try (s?)

CNN: AME Church likens Congress's Holder vote to «evil strategies» following Reconstruction The country's oldest black religious denomination is blasting Congress's recent vote holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt as similar to the «evil strategies employed following the Reconstruction era.»

Washington (CNN)- The country's oldest black religious denomination is blasting Congress's recent vote holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt as similar to the «evil strategies employed following the Reconstruction era.»

Turner has argued that his big win against Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin in Weiner's old Democrat - dominated Brooklyn / Queens district, which drew national attention and made him an overnight GOP sensation, afforded him more name recognition than his two primary opponents, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, and makes him a better general election challenger to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

The news of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's resignation was only a few hours old when names of his possible replacement began to emerge.

The district is currently under investigation by the attorney general «s office following the death of 14 - year - old Trevyan Rowe.

GOWANUS — President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts would undo decades of progress toward cleaning the toxin - riddled Gowanus Canal and send New York back to the «bad old days of choking smog and rampant pollution,» state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Tuesday.

Rep. Kathleen Rice, a leading name to replace former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, could be dogged in the coming months by a batch of potential campaign finance violations involving her old district attorney campaign Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, could be dogged in the coming months by a batch of potential campaign finance violations involving her old district attorney campaign attorney campaign account.

About 100 people participated in the rally at the oldest Republican club in the United States, funded in 1875, to meet Republican and Conservative candidates Chris Moss for lieutenant governor, John Cahill for state attorney general, Bob Antonacci for state comptroller, Grant Lally for Congress and Maureen Koetz for state Assembly.

The 34 - year - old Carroll Gardens resident, who purchased a train sign for $ 230.79 on Black Friday as a Christmas gift for his wife, is among a growing group of customers who say they're filing complaints with acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood's office out of desperation.

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.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said his office will take over the investigation into what happened to 42 - year - old Raynette Turner, who died July 27 in the Mount Vernon Police Department's cellblock.

The Utica City School District's practice of sending older students who are new to America into separate programs led to a lawsuit and an investigation by the state's attorney general.

One appointed Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for homicide cases involving a cop, the other barred 16 and 17 year - olds from entering prisons for adults and arranged to send them into alternate facilities.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sounded the alarm about the deep cuts at a canal - side press conference last week, saying the slashed funding would send New York «back to the bad old days of choking smog and rampant pollution.»

The attorney general last night signalled he would not bow to political pressure to increase the sentence on a man who sexually assaulted a three - year - old girl.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he will investigate a shooting in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn on Wednesday after a 34 - year - old black man with mental health issues was shot by officers who mistook a metal shower head he was holding for a gun.

Cuomo says even if the public vote is delayed, the casino siting legislation would still need to be passed this year, based on a decades old opinion issued by a former State Attorney General, who said that constitutional amendment votes by the legislature need to happen in consecutive years, and can't skip a year in between votes.

Young, an 83 - year - old Catholic priest who said he was called to help drug addicts, alcoholics, ex-convicts and «the dregs of society,» has been investigated since 2011 by the attorney general's office, according to E. Stewart Jones Jr., Young's lawyer.

And while the ethnic background of those committing crimes involving gambling, loan sharking, drug dealing and prostitution has changed over the decades, a recent bust by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Westchester District Attorney Anthony Scarpino was old school, with the arrest of 10 people who all had ties to the Lucchese crime family.

The 100 - year - old investor was also the biggest donor to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's and State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's re-election campaigns.

Josh also reports that state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is asking the judge for the maximum sentence of four years against the 71 - year - old Democrat.

The findings of the investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office of the fatal Troy police shooting of a 37 - year - old black man could undermine jurors» confidence in officers testifying in future cases, defense lawyers said.

Two Buffalo police officers who were arresting Wardel Davis, a 20 - year - old unarmed African - American man, when he died will not be charged in connection with his death, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced.

The 72 - year old served as foreign minister and attorney general in the NPP government that ruled between 2001 and 2009.

Two Buffalo police officers who were arresting Wardel Davis, a 20 - year - old unarmed African - American man, when he died will not be charged in connection with his death, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Wednesday.

On inauguration day, January 1, 48 - year - old Eliot Spitzer, Princeton class of» 81, Harvard Law class of» 84, heir to a real - estate fortune, and the most famous state attorney general in America, stood on the steps of the state capital and declared that everything in Albany must change, as he'd repeatedly vowed during his campaign.

The offices of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Gov. Andrew Cuomo 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.

Rice has closed out her attorney general accounts with the state Board of Elections, but kept her old district attorney campaign committee open, drawing upon its $ 1.6 million - plus in funds to bankroll ads and to sponsor local groups and candidates.

The Attorney General has directed the Tarkwa Circuit court to discontinue the case involving an Indian who was alleged to have indecently assaulted a two - year - old girl.

NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, joined by Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York State Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner James Rubin, today announced the arrest and indictment of landlord Daniel Melamed by the Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force («Task Force»), on charges that Melamed endangered the health and safety of rent regulated tenants, including a six year old child, during demolition and construction that began in February 2014 at his 14 - unit building at 1578 Union Street in Brooklyn.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has asked Cuomo to veto two bills he said would weaken the state's three - year - old electronic prescription monitoring system.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office said Republican Sen. Robert Ortt, 37 years old, was part of a scheme to arrange a no - show job for his wife to boost their income.

(CNN)-- Controversial 65 - year - old rock star Ted Nugent is campaigning Tuesday with likely Texas GOP gubernatorial nominee Greg Abbott, the state's current attorney general who makes no apologies for inviting Nugent on the trail with him.

ALBANY — The chief of staff to state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is considering a run for his boss» old state Senate seat, the Daily News has learned.

The epidemic of corruption on his watch has robbed him of moral authority, old punching bags like Attorney General Eric Schneiderman are starting to punch back, and legislators, including fellow Democrats, are no longer folding like cheap suits.

Mr. Kwatra left his post as the attorney general's chief of staff — to near - unanimous cheers from staffers The Observer spoke to — and one of the first things he did after setting up his own political shop was to recruit a big client, his old pal the Hotel Trades Council.

TROY — The findings of the investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office of the fatal Troy police shooting of a 37 - year - old black man could undermine jurors» confidence in officers testifying in future cases, defense lawyers said.

------------------------------------ Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the arrest and arraignment of 4 former employees of Focus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Cooperstown, who are accused of leaving a 94 - year - old patient left in a recliner with substandard care for 41 hours over the Memorial Day weekend in May.

Ohio State Auditor Betty Montgomery dropped out of the race for Governor and announced she would run for her old position as Attorney General, setting up another contentious GOP primary battle for that post (vs. State Sen. Grendell and Franklin Co. pros.

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.

As Mayor Bill de Blasio has become embroiled in the burgeoning scandal, the city's comptroller, the Department of Investigation and the state Attorney General are probing the deal in which city bureaucrats lifted a decades - old deed restriction on 45 Rivington St. that mandated the Lower East Side property be used only for non-profit, residential - health care purposes.

DFS, an executive regulatory agency created at Cuomo's suggestion through the 2011 merger of the old state Insurance and Banking departments, is currently required to refer potential violations of the laws covering those sectors to the attorney general, an appropriate agency or district attorney.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating a private school that booted an 8 - year - old student for threatening other kids with a paper gun, The Post has learned.

ALBANY — A $ 500 million deal to sell disgraced former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's old company collapsed Sunday night after state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office sued the fallen film producer and his company.