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Blogs
May 7, 2013
NYAG Eric Schneiderman Plans To Sue BOA & Wells Fargo For Mortgage Fraud
In January of 2011, President Obama selected New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in his State of the Union address to lead a banking crime busters force. The creation of the team came on behalf of the Democrat's disenfranchised liberal base, a sect frustrated with the lack of criminal conseq ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2013
AG Eric Schneiderman Thinks SCOTUS Should/Will Strike Down DOMA
Today, the Supreme Court will begin hearings on the cases pending constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8. It is the first legal step in a process that will end in June, when the Nine is expected to release its opinion to the public - one that could have drastic effects on the ri ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2013
The Numbers Are In: More Than $400 Million Was Raised For Hurricane Sandy Relief
When all else (Congress) fails to raise monies for those devastated by Hurricane Sandy, it's rewarding to see ordinary citizens donate a little extra to the cause. And even more rewarding when that little extra amounts to nearly half a billion dollars.A month ago, we reported on Attorney Genera ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2012
The Charitable Industrial Complex: "Charitable" Telemarketing by Professional Fundraisers Mostly Funds Professional Fundraisers
If you're thinking of giving to charity this holiday season, you might want to take a second to find out where your money is going. A report released today by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman found that a staggering amount of the money raised by charitable telemarketing winds up going to ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2012
New York AG Takes On "Reciprocity" Gun Bill
As it currently stands, the Second Amendment guarantees U.S. citizens the right to own firearms. But each state is permitted to place its own restrictions on the types of firearms -- and the manner in which they're possessed -- that people are allowed to own.A bill making its way through Congress wo ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2012
New York AG: Bronx Gas Station Charged $10 For Gallon Of Gas After Sandy
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman just announced that his office has notified 12 additional gas station owners of his intent to "commence enforcement proceedings" against them after he claims they jacked up prices after Hurricane Sandy.In one case, the A.G. says, a gas station in the Bronx ... More >>
Blogs
November 28, 2012
Schneiderman's Sandy Clampdown Continues: Non-Profits Next On NYAG's List
Last week, we reported on the subpoenas sent out by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to thirteen different gas providers in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The intention was simple: these providers, according to Schneiderman, were targeted for price-gouging consumers to profit off of the ene ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2012
Here's How To Not Get Scammed By Hurricane Opportunists
So, your house was destroyed and it's time to rebuild. You're probably going to need a contractor. Unfortunately, there are a lot of slimeballs out there who will undoubtedly do whatever they can to scam hurricane victims and exploit a natural disaster for personal gain.But there are ways to reduce ... More >>
Blogs
October 2, 2012
NYAG Eric Schniederman Announces First Fraud Task Force Target: J.P. Morgan Chase
Last January, President Obama announced in his State of the Union Address that a joint effort between state and federal authorities would aim to bring Wall Street's ass to court for civil fraud violations. Although the frustrated liberal base wanted jail time for the 2008 financial crisis, this lega ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2012
NY AG Eric Schneiderman's Subpoenas Aimed at Private Equity Firms, Bain Capital & Romney Donors Included
In a few weeks, this might be the Issue of the Election or the Story That Brought Romney Down. At this point, only time can tell.Yesterday, the New York Times reported that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has begun to send out subpoenas to investigate the tax situations in numerous priva ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2012
Bath Salt Apocalypse: Long Island "Head Shop" Permanently Banned From Selling Synthetic Drugs
A "head shop" in Long Island will have to stick to selling bongs and patchouli oil after a Nassau County judge ruled that it can no longer sell synthetic drugs like bath salts and fake weed.Following an undercover investigation -- and subsequent lawsuit -- by the New York Attorney General's Office, ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2012
Bath Salt Apocalypse: AG Eric Schneiderman Hits New York Head Shops With Lawsuits
There's a new hero in the ongoing Bath Salt Apocalypse: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.Apparently recognizing that synthetic drugs like bath salts bring out a person's inner-cannibal, Schneiderman has filed 12 lawsuits against head shop retailers across New York for violating the state' ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2012
Hammer Officially Dropped On Prescription Drug Traffickers; Sweep Nets Nearly 100 Arrests -- Including Two Doctors
Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies dropped the hammer on the illegal prescription drug trafficking biz this morning in a sweep that netted nearly 100 arrests, including two doctors and one nurse practitioner.The most arrests occurred on Staten Island, where law enforcement officials s ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2012
Report: Long Islanders Love Drugs
If you live on Long Island, there's a pretty good chance that you absolutely love drugs -- and we're not talking about weed, we're talking about real drugs like heroin, Oxycontin, and other opiates.In response to last year's "Father's Day Pharmacy Massacre" -- during which a pill junky murdered four ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2012
New York AG Chimes In On Arizona's Breathing While Brown Immigration Law
The constitutionality of Arizona's controversial immigration law currently is being reviewed by the United States Supreme Court -- and for some reason New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman decided to chime in in the form of a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the SCOTUS this morning.If you' ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2012
Eddie Calderon-Melendez, Brooklyn Charter School Founder, Accused Of Tax Evasion, Charging European Vacation On School Credit Card
There appears to be a reason a Brooklyn charter school was so broke in 2009 that its teachers were forced to double as janitors: the school's founder was allegedly using the (publicly funded) school's credit card to go gallivanting across Europe -- amongst several other alleged acts of sleaze.That f ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2012
Child Molesters Lose Access to Video Games for Children, AG Eric Schneiderman Announces (UPDATE)
Time for some good news and some bad news. The good news? The online video game accounts of 3,500 sex offenders registered in New York have been closed. The bad news? Apparently, 3,500 registered sex offenders were able to get gaming accounts with platforms frequented by children -- such as Elec ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2012
AG Eric Schneiderman On Crusade To Curb Prescription Drug Abuse -- And To Bum You Out In The Process
We're suffering from a severe case of the "blahs" today, and it's not because it's Monday -- it's because we just spent the last 30 minutes reading prescription drug horror stories on New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's website.Schneiderman's on a quest to reduce prescription drug abuse ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2012
People Are Actually Still Falling For Online Money-Wiring Scams
If you wire money to some stranger who sent you an email promising a large sum of cash if you just cough up some sort of initial payment, you're an idiot. There, we said it.That said, people are still falling for these types of online money wiring scams, and a new one has caught the attention of ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2012
AG Eric Schneiderman Continues Crusade Against Small Tobacco
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman apparently is on a mission to rid the state of roll-your-own cigarette businesses, and today he's got another victim in his cross hairs.Schneiderman has filed a federal lawsuit against a business near Syracuse that was running an operation similar to th ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
Eric Schneiderman Takes On Small Tobacco; AG's Office Suing Two Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Businesses
Bad news, hipsters...Apparently out of bigger fish to fry, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman -- in cahoots with New York City Corporation Counsel Michael Cordoza -- has set his sights on small tobacco; he's filed lawsuits against two roll-your-own cigarette businesses in New York City f ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2012
AG Eric Schneiderman Will "Never Ask Your Immigration Status" In Employment Beefs
If you're an illegal immigrant working in New York, you've got a friend in a pretty high place: the New York Attorney General's Office.Attorney General Eric Schneiderman penned an op-ed yesterday, in which he vows to "never ask your immigration status, or share immigration information with federa ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2012
Staten Islanders Apparently Love Prescription Drugs
If there's one things Staten Islanders love, it's prescription drugs. If there's another thing Staten Islanders love, it's prescription drugs!That's according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who says the prescription drug abuse problem -- particularly with pain killers like hydroc ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2012
AG Eric Schneiderman Gives Detailed Instructions On Best Way To Scam Grandparents
Scamming old people has always been a relatively easy thing to do -- and it just got easier, thanks to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.In an attempt to alert the public about a common "grandparents scam" that's taken New York seniors for nearly $500,000 over the past several months, S ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman To Head Obama's New Mortgage Agency
Last night's presidential address was all about the state of our great nation, but New Yorkers got a nod with the announcement that our very own attorney general will head a new task force charged with investigating abusive lending and risky mortgages. You know, all that fun stuff that led to the ho ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2011
Tainted Cantaloupe Death Toll Up to 18; NYC Goes Gaga for Gluten-Free
Health officials are now saying that 18 people have died and at least 100 more are sick from eating cantaloupes contaminated with listeria. [MSNBC] Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has quietly launched an investigation into school lunch providers that have been illegally overcharging. [NY ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Eric Schneiderman, NY Attorney General, Argues Against DOMA
New York's attorney general is working to prove the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. AG Eric Schneiderman filed a brief today, the New York Times reports, supporting Edith Windsor, who is suing the United States because the federal government would not recognize her Canadian ... More >>
Blogs
September 17, 2010
Michael Mulgrew Gloats on NY1 After Dubious Teachers Union "Victory" in Election
The Michael Mulgrew victory tour took an embarrassing turn on NY1 last night, when the United Federation of Teachers president gloated throughout an extended interview, overstating a very mixed primary day report card.
Blogs
September 15, 2010
Eric Schneiderman's Numbers Don't Look So Hot, Victory and All
If you've never heard of Jay Townsend, guess what? He runs a small marketing firm and lives in Cornwall on the Hudson and last night he got at least 10,000 more votes than Eric Schneiderman (http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/primary_2010_returns/). Townsend is now the Republican cand ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2010
Eric Schneiderman Hoodwinks the New York Times (UPDATED)
Campaigns test and reveal character, and we've learned a lot about Eric Schneiderman's character that we didn't know when he launched his "reform" candidacy for attorney general. The lessons of the last few days include: --Hoodwinking the New York Times into thinking he was the anti-Cuomo ca ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2010
Dan Donovan: 'I'm No Sheriff of Wall Street'
The most disturbing story of the day on the state political beat is the Reuters piece quoting Republican attorney general candidate Dan Donovan. It confirms my worst fears about him and makes Tuesday's Democratic primary all the more important. The headline is "NY Republican candidate: ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2010
Andrew Cuomo's Opportunity is Here: When Will He Endorse an A.G. Candidate?
Andrew Cuomo will show us in the next few days if he has the balls to be a change agent as governor. His feud with Eliot Spitzer caught fire when Spitzer got stuck in neutral during Cuomo's 2006 primary race for attorney general against Mark Green, refusing to endorse Cuomo when it mattered. ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2010
Al Sharpton and the 'Times' Endorse Eric Schneiderman: You Gotta Be Kidding
Can I start with the final straw and work my way backwards? While I was away on vacation last week, Al Sharpton, one of the worst tax scofflaws in New York, endorsed Eric Schneiderman for the state's top law enforcement office. No big deal. Any one of the four other Democrats running for att ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2010
Law: You May No Longer Choke Someone Out in New York and Get Away With It
Fun Fact! Up until today, "strangulation" was viewed by New York State's legal system as less than a misdemeanor. Unfortunately, fans of choking people have now suffered a crucial setback.
Blogs
July 22, 2010
Attorney General Candidates Debate #7: Haikus and Chutzpah
The marathon debating team of five Democratic candidates for Attorney General met again last night and if they are maybe running out of steam somewhat after seven straight matches who can blame them? Kathleen Rice, the Nassau County D.A. who is leading both polls and fundraising, gave the ev ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2010
Dan Donovan, AG Candidate, Opposes Inmate-Counting Plan
SILive.comDonovanDan Donovan, the Staten Island District Attorney and Republican candidate for attorney general, says that he opposes State Senator Eric Schneiderman's bill to count inmates as residents of the legislative districts that they come from, rather than the districts where they are ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Democratic Attorney General Wannabe's Duck Debate on Great Fender Bender Scandal
The five Democrats who want to be the state's next attorney general debated for the first time last night at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. Reports are that it was a sedate affair with no good mud-slinging worth relating. To NY1's great dismay, no one raised the biggest campaign issue so f ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Stopping and Frisking the A.G. Candidates
I knew Eric Schneiderman was coming to the attorney general debate at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn last night, so I didn't park in the campus lot. I preferred to take the chance that I'd be stopped and frisked by Ray Kelly on my walk through Crown Heights to see a debate at which all five Democ ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2010
Eric Schneiderman and the Bogus Issue of AG "Independence"
In the only hotly contested statewide primary race, the buzzword is "independence." The theory, propagated by those unlikely to get Andrew Cuomo's support to replace him as attorney general, is that an endorsement from the probable next governor would compromise a law enforcement official wh ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2010
Andrew Cuomo's Pledge Proving Tricky for Fellow Dems
By Gavin Aronsen Andrew Cuomo, New York's likely next governor, has made it known that fellow Democratic office seekers should sign onto a single-page pledge to reform Albany if they expect to win his endorsement for this fall's election. But only two of his hopeful AG successors, Nassau County DA ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2010
Why is Eric Schneiderman Using Eric Espada's Fixer?
SchneidermanThe current attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, is throwing allegations by the boxload at the man who thinks state government is his personal hostage, Senator Pedro Espada, while one of the AG candidates who wants to replace Cuomo, Senator Eric Schneiderman, hired Espada's right-hand ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2010
Eric Schneiderman Blasts His AG Candidate Counterpart, Kathleen Rice, Over a Tiny Uptick in Crime?
Eric SchneidermanThe ongoing war of words between State Senator Eric Schneiderman and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, two of the top candidates for New York Attorney General, is at least novel. Does anyone really think a DA should be blamed, as Schneiderman has Rice, if crime g ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2010
Eric Schneiderman, Too Beholden to Teachers' Union to Be Attorney General?
SchneidermanEric Schneiderman, the Manhattan state senator running for Attorney General, was one of 12 Democrats who voted against the charter school bill that passed 45 to 15 on Monday. Ironically, though a bill authorizing new charter schools appears irrelevant to the AG race, t ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2010
Barrett: Eric Schneiderman Riding Hiram Monserrate's Misdemeanor to the Ballot
Much ado about Hiram's misdemeanorThey don't teach this in journalism school. But yesterday, I discovered the perfect lede (yes, that's how journalists spell the leading paragraphs of our work). It was in a press release emanating from that font of wisdom, the New York State Senate. Beleagure ... More >>
Columns
July 1, 2009
Senate Coup Plotters' Hidden Agenda
Tabloids call it a circus, but the lobbyists' goal is to squelch reforms
Blogs
May 21, 2009
D.A. Candidate Aborn is Seven Up
Seven additional Manhattan elected officials declared themselves this morning for Richard Aborn, the anti-gun advocate whose dark-horse campaign to succeed Robert Morgenthau as District Attorney is picking up momentum. The added backers brings Aborn's political endorsements to 14, by his count. So f ... More >>
News
November 7, 2006
Serph's Up
Friendly Democrats forget muscle, fumble state senate again
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