Donald Trump and his GOP cohorts have been trying to make urban violence a political issue, but they have failed to mention a leading problem–the flow of illegal guns from lax gun-law states to the nation’s cities....
Attorney General William Barr his issued a tantamount declaration of war against the states, but New York’s attorney general is pushing back against the intrusion on state sovereignty....
New York State says it will “aggressively defend” itself against a National Rifle Association (NRA) lawsuit to overturn an order that deemed gun stores “non-essential” businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Anti-abortion politicians in mostly conservative red states are cynically trying to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to block access to abortion services....
Craigslist.com, the popular online site for the sale of goods and services and the latest haven for coronavirus scammers and price gougers, has come under fire by New York’s attorney general....
Alex Jones is the latest high-profile right-wing pundit to hawk a supposed cure for the coronavirus as scammers flood the market with fake cures, prompting a warning by New York’s Attorney General....
New York Attorney General Letitia James and state attorneys general from 18 other states have filed a new lawsuit asking a federal court to block the use of federal funds to build Trump’s wall on the southern U.S. border....
The Trump Administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been sued by the state of New York for ignoring its responsibility under the Clean Air Act to control upwind sources of pollution that create smog across the state. ...
Kenneth Friedman, the well-known owner of The Spotted Pig restaurant in the West Village, has agreed to pay 11 former employees $240,000, plus a cut of profits, to settle charges he and other celebrity patrons sexually harassed numerous employees....
Donald Trump has been slapped down in court again. In separate rulings, two U.S. District Court judges ruled that diverting money from the military to build his wall under the guise of a “national emergency” is illegal....
Donald Trump cheated in the 2016 election in more ways than one. The president has just had to forfeit $2 million in damages payable to eight charities to settle a lawsuit alleging he engaged in election fraud. ...
More than a dozen websites operators who sell ready-to-assemble assault rifles and other guns over the Internet have been ordered to stop doing business in New York State,...
Google and YouTube repeatedly violated a federal law that protects children from being tracked online and will pay $170 million in a nationwide settlement....
The Trump administration’s approval of untraceable, undetectable guns created with 3-D printers was stopped in its tracks today (Aug. 27) by a federal judge, who issued a preliminary injunction in response to a lawsuit filed by eight state Attorneys General....
Donald J. Trump, daughter Ivanka and sons Donald Jr. and Eric Trump have been named in a lawsuit filed by New York State for using the Trump Foundation as a personal and political slush fund in what it called “persistent illegal conduct.” "So, the Democrats make up a phony crime, Collusion with the Russians, pay a fortune to make the crime sound real, illegally leak (Comey) classified information so that a Special Councel (sic) will be appointed, and then Collude to make this pile of garbage take on life in Fake News!" Trump countered. The suit, filed today (June 14) alleges the illegal conduct occurred over more than a decade involving “extensive unlawful political coordination” with the Trump presidential campaign....
Eric Schneiderman’s career as New York Attorney General has crashed and burned, and the final embers are flickering out on late night television. Comics are dissecting his Stunning fall from grace as a “defender of women” who secretly abused them in the bedroom. New York’s top cop wasted no time doing the honorable thing and resigning in the face of allegations from four women, even though he strenuously denied assaulting them or engaging in non-consensual sex....
Harvey Weinstein’s sex assault victims have been freed of so-called “non-disclosure agreements” and can finally go public without fear of legal retribution from the Weinstein Company, according to New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. The Weinstein Company, which is going through bankruptcy, announced that victims of and witnesses to Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct are no longer bound by non-disclosure agreements....
Net Neutrality, the long-standing government policy to keep the Internet free and open, has been rolled back by the Trump administration, but the fight is far from over. States are banding together to sue in court. New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that he will lead a multi-state lawsuit to block the Federal Communications Commission’s rollback....
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is being urged to challenge the presidential election result before the U.S. Supreme Court on the grounds that state winner-take-all rules violate the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. If successful, Hillary Clinton would be declared winner. A group called Taxpayers for Fairness has filed a petition on the site change.org, urging Schneiderman to take action on behalf of New York voters....
Scott Pruitt, who was tapped today by Donald Trump to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is “dangerous” and “unqualified” to protect the nation’s air and water, said New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. In a blistering statement, the state’s top cop said he is “ready to use the full power” of his office to battle Pruitt if he “fails to uphold our nation’s environmental laws.”...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today (Nov. 17) ramped up statewide efforts to crack down on hate crimes inspired by Donald Trump’s election, vowing to protect religious and ethnic minorities, women, gays and immigrants from attacks. He launched the effort with an “urgent bulletin” to law enforcement offices that provides guidance and support to “identify, investigate, and prosecute hate crimes.”...
Nine out of ten guns used in crimes in New York State come from elsewhere, according to an eye-opening new study by the New York Attorney General. (Photo: Gett...
Donald Trump’s hotel company has been fined $50,000 and ordered to upgrade its data security following two separate breaches that led to the theft of personal data from 70,000 credit cards, New York’s Attorney General announced today. The breaches led to hundreds of fraudulent transactions....
Barbie, Hot Wheels, American Girl and other top toy brands with their own Internet web sites were allowed by top toymakers to be used illegally to spy children under the age of 13 on behalf of marketers and advertisers, a sweeping investigation has discovered. Viacom, Mattel, JumpStart Games, Inc. and Hasbro are among the companies caught in the crackdown....
Zika virus infections have been rising in the United States, causing scammers to prey on fearful citizens by selling a host of products that are ineffective against mosquitoes that carry the virus, New York Attorney General A.G. Schneiderman warned today. The state’s top cop said he issued “cease and desist” orders against seven companies that have been busted for selling bogus preventive products....
