New York Attorney General's Office
Case of Black man killed by trooper ready for grand jury

By Mike Catalini May. 20, 2021 05:25 PM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A case involving a New Jersey state trooper who fatally shot a Black New York state man during a traffic stop almost one year ago is set...

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, in Oxon Hill, Md. Federal Judge Harlin Hale announced his decision Tuesday, May 11, 2021, to dismiss the National Rifle Association's bankruptcy case over whether the powerful gun-rights group should be allowed to incorporate in Texas instead of New York, after 11 days of testimony and arguments. Lawyers for New York and the NRA's former advertising agency grilled the group's embattled top executive, LaPierre, who acknowledged putting the NRA into Chapter 11 bankruptcy without the knowledge or assent of most of its board and other top officers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
EXPLAINER: With bankruptcy tossed, what's next for the NRA?

By Michael R. Sisak And Jake Bleiberg May. 12, 2021 04:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, in Oxon Hill, Md. Federal Judge Harlin Hale announced his decision Tuesday, May 11, 2021, to dismiss the National Rifle Association's bankruptcy case over whether the powerful gun-rights group should be allowed to incorporate in Texas instead of New York, after 11 days of testimony and arguments. Lawyers for New York and the NRA's former advertising agency grilled the group's embattled top executive, LaPierre, who acknowledged putting the NRA into Chapter 11 bankruptcy without the knowledge or assent of most of its board and other top officers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Judge dismisses NRA bankruptcy case in blow to gun group

By Jake Bleiberg And Michael R. Sisak May. 11, 2021 05:50 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 15, 2020, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo removes a mask as he holds a news conference in Tarrytown, N.Y. Cuomo's office said it won't reveal what it told the U.S. Justice Department about COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes, partly because doing so would be an "invasion of personal privacy." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
NY won't say what it told DOJ about nursing home outbreaks

By Marina Villeneuve Apr. 23, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes off his face mask before a news conference in New York on Monday, April 19, 2021. New York’s comptroller has asked the state attorney general’s office to launch a criminal investigation into whether the governor used state resources to write and promote his book on leadership in the COVID-19 pandemic. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool via AP)
New York AG investigating Cuomo's use of aides on book

By Marina Villeneuve Apr. 19, 2021 03:34 PM EDT

FILE — In this Sept. 3, 2020 file photo, Joe Prude, brother of Daniel Prude, right, and his son Armin, stand with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y. Newly released transcripts show that a grand jury investigating the police suffocation death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, voted 15-5 to clear the three officers involved in his restraint of a criminally negligent homicide charge sought by prosecutors. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
State's own expert told grand jury police didn't kill Prude

By Michael R. Sisak Apr. 16, 2021 03:51 PM EDT

This image from video shows Sherry Vill during a Zoom news conference with attorney Gloria Allred, not pictured, Monday, March 29, 2021. Vill, 55, from upstate New York, said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo forcibly grabbed her face and kissed at her home during a visit to inspect area flood damage in 2017, in what Vill felt was a "highly sexual manner." He kissed her cheek again outside her home in a "very aggressive manner," Vill said. (AP Photo)
Woman says Gov. Cuomo forcibly kissed her cheeks in 2017

By Marina Villeneuve And Michael Hill Mar. 29, 2021 05:04 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021, file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. Michigan announced Friday, March 12, 2021, that all residents age 16 and up will become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on April 5, nearly a month before the May 1 date pledged by President Joe Biden. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, File)
Nessel declines GOP request to probe nursing home deaths

By David Eggert Mar. 15, 2021 09:11 PM EDT

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a vaccination site on Monday, March 8, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
NY attorney general names team that will investigate Cuomo

By Marina Villeneuve Mar. 08, 2021 04:47 PM EST

Demonstrators rally for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation in front of his Manhattan office in New York, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Cuomo has avoided public appearances for days as some members of his own party call for him to resign over sexual harassment allegations. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
Cuomo avoids public amid outcry over harassment allegations

By Marina Villeneuve Mar. 02, 2021 04:52 PM EST

FILE — In this Feb. 22, 2021 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at a COVID-19 vaccination site in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York's attorney general said she's moving forward with an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after receiving a letter from his office Monday, March 1, 2021, authorizing her to take charge of the probe. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File)
Cuomo accuser blasts attempted apology, 'predatory behavior'

By Michael R. Sisak And Marina Villeneuve Mar. 01, 2021 07:35 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2021 photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, pauses to listen to a reporter's question during a news conference at a COVID-19 vaccination site in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York's attorney general said she's moving forward with an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against the governor after receiving a letter from his office Monday authorizing her to take charge of the probe. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, file)
Harassment, bullying claims dog Cuomo, once a pandemic star

By Karen Matthews Mar. 01, 2021 04:57 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 05:44 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 24 The Democrat &...

FILE - In this March 30, 2020 file photo, workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work conditions in the company's warehouse in New York. Amazon is facing a lawsuit from the New York Attorney General’s office that claims the online shopping powerhouse didn’t provide adequate health and safety measures for workers at its New York facilities during the coronavirus pandemic and took retaliatory action against multiple employees. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
NY sues Amazon, saying it didn't protect workers from virus

By Joseph Pisani And Michelle Chapman Feb. 17, 2021 08:08 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday April 16, 2020 file photo, The Amazon logo is seen in Douai, northern France. Amazon is suing the attorney general of New York in a bid to stop her from suing the company over its coronavirus safety protocols and the firing of one of its outspoken workers, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)
Amazon sues NY attorney general to stop virus probe

By Joseph Pisani Feb. 12, 2021 07:14 PM EST

AG slams NY's legal shield for nursing homes, hospitals

By Marina Villeneuve Jan. 29, 2021 04:23 PM EST
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's attorney general has joined calls for the state to loosen a partial immunity from lawsuits and criminal prosecutions it had...

New York attorney general's probe finds the state may have undercounted COVID-19 nursing home deaths by as much as 50%

Jan. 28, 2021 10:49 AM EST
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York attorney general's probe finds the state may have undercounted COVID-19 nursing home deaths by as much as 50%. ...

FILE — In this Jan. 18, 2019, file photo, an attendee at a gun-rights rally wears a hat supporting the National Rifle Association, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. A New York judge on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, denied the National Rifle Association's bid to throw out a state lawsuit that seeks to put the powerful gun advocacy group out of business. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Judge: NY lawsuit seeking NRA's dissolution can go forward

By Michael R. Sisak Jan. 21, 2021 01:49 PM EST

FILE - This photo from Wednesday March 7, 2012, shows Illinois gun owners and supporters file NRA applications during an Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day convention before marching to the Illinois State in Springfield, Ill. Lawyers for the influential gun-rights advocacy group told a federal judge Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 that the organization’s recent decision to seek bankruptcy protection and reincorporate in gun-friendly Texas was not an attempt to dodge a lawsuit brought by the attorney general in New York, its current corporate home. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
NRA fights for its future in Texas, New York courts

By Michael R. Sisak Jan. 20, 2021 07:54 PM EST

FILE - This Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. Houston. The National Rifle Association announced Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, it has filed for bankruptcy and will seek to incorporate the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
NRA declares bankruptcy, plans to incorporate in Texas

By Paul J. Weber And Michael R. Sisak Jan. 15, 2021 04:59 PM EST