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" By cracking down on wage theft, we can make sure workers and taxpayers are not getting ripped off by crooked employers. "

Eric Schneiderman

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" You wanna know people are held accountable if they engage in misconduct and that no one is above the law. "

Eric Schneiderman

" As New York's chief law enforcement officer, I have taken a hard line against those in state government who abuse the law they have sworn to uphold. "

Eric Schneiderman

" From the Bronx to Buffalo, cities and towns in New York have been plagued by what are commonly called zombie properties. These are homes that residents abandon - often after they have received a foreclosure notice - which then languish, uncared-for, until the foreclosure process is complete. "

Eric Schneiderman

" A statute that lets some wrongfully convicted individuals seek restitution but denies that right to others is an unjust and unequal application of the law. "

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" I look forward to continuing to serve the people of New York and making our state a safer place to live, work and raise families for many years to come. "

Eric Schneiderman

" The memory of the 146 people who lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire stands as a reminder that legal protections and workplace safety standards were won through a long struggle for social justice and at great human cost. "

Eric Schneiderman

" I'm very interested in the more grass-roots consequences of the economic meltdown: issues related to mortgage foreclosures, debt collection, and the practices of credit card companies and others who hold a lot of consumer debt. "

Eric Schneiderman

" As the state's top lawyer, I am empowered to protect nonprofit donors from fraudulent solicitations and charitable assets from misuse. "

Eric Schneiderman

" Exercising the right to vote is essential to our democracy. "

Eric Schneiderman

" New Yorkers have been fortunate to have Andrew Cuomo as our Attorney General - protecting working New Yorkers against the banks, insurance companies and big corporations. "

Eric Schneiderman

" We must never stop fighting for a vision of American democracy in which we strive for and encourage the highest levels of voter turnout and participation. "

Eric Schneiderman

" The workers who harvest our food have been systematically denied the basic rights that are granted to all other American workers. They can be fired for trying to form a union or for attempting to improve their working conditions. They are not eligible for overtime pay, disability, or even unemployment insurance. "

Eric Schneiderman

" After the 1970s, when President Nixon's illegal campaign cash was used as a secret slush fund to pay for the Watergate burglary and cover-up, Americans have demanded to know where the money fueling our elections is coming from. "

Eric Schneiderman

" Abandoned homes become magnets for vandalism and crime. They drag down the property values of neighboring homes. "

Eric Schneiderman

" Every New Yorker has the right to clean air, safe drinking water, and healthy communities to raise their children - and you can rest assured that I will aggressively protect that right, not just on Earth Day, but every day. "

Eric Schneiderman

" Throughout my career, I have made rooting out public corruption a top priority. "

Eric Schneiderman

" Obviously, Nevada doesn't prohibit all forms of gambling, but you have to submit yourself to a very rigorous regulatory process to run a gambling operation in Nevada. "

Eric Schneiderman

" The secret's out: New York's Labor Law provides the power to help low-wage workers earn enough to meet their basic needs. "

Eric Schneiderman

" Anyone who believes in the essential role government can play in improving people's lives must also be the toughest critics of those who abuse the public trust. "

Eric Schneiderman

" History teaches that the overwhelming majority of elected officials follow movement builders outside government when it comes to the new and risky... Once you recognize it, demand it and reward it, it will happen. "

Eric Schneiderman

" I'm going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector. "

Eric Schneiderman

" My commitment to gender equality is rooted in the quintessentially American principle of equal justice under law. "

Eric Schneiderman

" In New York, we have laws against defrauding the public, defrauding consumers, defrauding shareholders. "

Eric Schneiderman

" Transactional politics requires us to be pragmatic about current realities and the state of public opinion. It's all about getting the best result possible given the circumstances here and now. "

Eric Schneiderman

" Daily fantasy sports is much closer to online poker than it is to traditional fantasy sports. "

Eric Schneiderman

" The 2006 federal Internet gaming statute is not ambiguous. It does not prohibit gambling on fantasy sports. "

Eric Schneiderman

" There's nothing wrong with advocating for your own company. "

Eric Schneiderman

" In a system that disproportionately harms poor people and people of color, too many Americans have lost faith in the essential American principle of equal justice under law. "

Eric Schneiderman

" Equal justice means that there is not one set of rules for the powerful and another for everyone else. "

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" Manufacturers must accept responsibility for their customers' safety. "

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