Letitia James

The report outlines the demographic breakdown of those arrested, scrutinizes some tactics used by officers and suggests an independent commission be responsible for hiring and firing NYPD leadership

NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday ordered the Black Lives Matter Foundation, a California-based charity with no ties to the Black Lives Matter movement, to stop soliciting donations from New Yorkers after the organization has been criticized for misleading those who want to contribute to the movement to end police brutality. Attorney General James said the Black Lives…

New York’s attorney general announced plans Thursday to sue New York City for $810 million for inflating the price of taxi medallions, which were marketed as a sure-fire investment before ride-hailing apps upended the taxi industry. Attorney General Letitia James filed a notice of claim against the city, which she said auctioned off medallions at artificially high prices between 2004…

Shkreli and his former company held a critical drug “hostage from patients and competitors as they illegally sought to maintain their monopoly,” Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.

Letitia James argued that posting the blueprints would allow anyone to go online and use the downloadable files to create unregistered and untraceable assault-style weapons that could be difficult to detect

Taxi drivers who purchased taxi medallions for upwards of $1 million in 2013 are now riddled in debt, as those same medallions are now selling for just $130,000. But there may be some relief coming with a new plan that would do away with the debt. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

Letitia James’ office is investigating the NYPD’s fare-enforcement practices after the department found black and Hispanic people account for the majority of fare-related summonses and arrests

While the NYPD has always maintained that quotas have never existed, new affidavits from officers claim the racial quotas against blacks and Hispanics, particularly for fare evasion. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

It is now illegal in New York City for employers to ask job applicants about their salary history.

Climate change may be the defining risk for oil and gas companies in coming decades, and attorneys for New York state are saying Exxon Mobil misled investors about how it was handling that risk. The state made closing arguments Thursday in a case that accused the energy giant of downplaying the impact of stricter climate regulations in a warming world....

As Exxon faced the prospect of new climate regulations, the energy giant set out to understand — not understate — how they would affect the bottom line, former CEO and ex-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told a court Wednesday. Exxon set up a system for gauging climate risks and costs that was “as robust as we could make it at...

One of New York City’s most iconic radio stations, and one of the country’s loudest progressive voices, shut down suddenly on Monday amid a funding crunch that left it deeply in debt.

Dunkin’ failed to notify nearly 20,000 customers that their accounts had been compromised and their information and personal funds were in jeopardy in 2015 – or accurately notify them once more when hackers accessed more than 300,000 customer accounts three years later, according to a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James against the company.

New York’s attorney general joined the Brooklyn district attorney and several immigrant advocates’ groups Wednesday in filing two separate federal lawsuits challenging Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in New York courthouses.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday she is launching an investigation into Facebook for possible antitrust violations. Attorneys general of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and the District of Columbia will join the probe, according to the announcement.

A suburban New York Republican organization removed a widely condemned video from its Facebook page on Thursday that warned of a Hasidic Jewish “takeover.”

New York officials who are pushing for additional cleanup of the Hudson River followed through Wednesday on their promise of a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

New York state, New York City, Connecticut and Vermont sued the federal government Tuesday over new Trump administration rules blocking green cards for many immigrants who use public assistance including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers.

On Tuesday New York and Connecticut joined the growing legal fight against the public charge rule. Andrew Siff reports.