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A lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office says evidence found in a three-year probe into Donald Trump’s business practices could support legal action against the former president, his company, or both. That comes as a federal judge weighs Trump’s lawsuit seeking to halt the civil investigation. The lawyer, Andrew Amer, spoke during a hearing Friday in Trump’s lawsuit...

New York Attorney General Letitia James previously announced that the state would take steps to try and secure abortion protection ahead of any changes to Roe v. Wade — on Monday it was revealed that those changes in the state will start with funding. In a news conference about protecting access to abortion rights, James — alongside State Senator Cordell…

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A New York judge held former president Donald Trump in contempt on Monday over his lack of response to a subpoena from the state’s attorney general, and ordered him to pay $10,000 a day in fines until he complies. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

New York officials are calling for a wider array of language options in severe weather alerts after Hurricane Ida’s floods disproportionately claimed Asian lives and devastated lower-income immigrant neighborhoods in September.  State Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter Tuesday calling on the National Weather Service and the U.S. commerce secretary to expand emergency alert language beyond just English and Spanish. In...

The New York State Attorney General, Letita James has asked to depose former President Trump.

NY Ethics panel voted to rescind their approval of Cuomo’s million dollar book deal. Melissa Russo reports.

Members of New York’s ethics commission voted overwhelmingly to rescind approval of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $5.1 million book deal Tuesday. The committee’s vote comes over a year since the October 2020 publication of Cuomo’s book “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic,” which largely recounts the governor’s once-daily press conferences last spring. The former governor, who resigned...

A former top state Health Department official testified that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office barred the agency from working closely with the NYC Health Department and other public health officials during the peak of the pandemic. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

Investigators appointed by New York Attorney General Letitia James concluded earlier this week that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women in violation of state and federal law. James had noted her investigation was civil but opened the door for other agencies to investigate behavior she said qualified as criminal in nature. On Friday, an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo identified...

A criminal complaint was filed against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after a report of the investigation into sexual harassment allegations released by the Attorney General.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s full response to the investigation by state Attorney General Letitia James.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has projected confidence that he’ll ultimately be exonerated of allegations of sexual harassment

Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to be questioned in the state Attorney General’s investigation into alleged sexual misconduct. Jonathan Dienst reports.

The National Rifle Association has dropped a lawsuit that had accused New York’s attorney general of suing the gun rights group last year out of political hostility

New York’s attorney general just rolled out sweeping reform to police use of force laws, including making the use of force an “absolute last resort.” New NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

New York’s attorney general said Friday that she’s assigned two lawyers to work with the Manhattan district’s attorney’s office on a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business dealings

New York Attorney General Letitia James says an ongoing investigation surrounding Gov_ Andrew Cuomo will “conclude when it concludes.”

The new York attorney general’s office is looking into whether the Trump Organization engaged in tax and other types of fraud schemes, and said there is evidence of possible crimes.NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Sotheby’s helped an art collector dodge millions of dollars in New York sales taxes, the state attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Friday, accusing the prominent auction house of accepting bogus documentation to spare a top client a tax bill. The case involves $27 million worth of purchases of pieces by such artists as painter Jean-Michel Basquiat and sculptor…