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" Equal justice means that there is not one set of rules for the powerful and another for everyone else. "
Eric Schneiderman
Justice
Else
Everyone
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" 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. "
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" Language has historically stood as a barrier for some voters seeking to participate in the electoral process. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" As the state's top lawyer, I am empowered to protect nonprofit donors from fraudulent solicitations and charitable assets from misuse. "
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" My commitment to gender equality is rooted in the quintessentially American principle of equal justice under law. "
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" 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. "
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" In New York, we have laws against defrauding the public, defrauding consumers, defrauding shareholders. "
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Against
Laws
" We've sued out-of-state power plants that are polluting our air and led a coalition of attorneys general from Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and Massachusetts against efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives to remove critical environmental regulations that protect New York communities from toxic pollution. "
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" We're very interested in seeing what science Exxon has been using for its own purposes because they're tremendously active in offshore oil drilling in the Arctic, for example, where global warming is happening at a much more rapid rate than in more temperate zones. "
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Active
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" 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. "
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Law
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" As Attorney General, my most important responsibility is keeping New Yorkers safe by enforcing the laws that protect our people from harm. But another fundamental part of my job is to seek to advance the basic American principle of equal justice under law. "
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Job
Responsibility
Justice
" Daily fantasy sports is much closer to online poker than it is to traditional fantasy sports. "
Eric Schneiderman
Daily
Sports
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" My job is to enforce the law, without fear or favor. "
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Job
Without
Law
" Our elected representatives wisely enacted laws to protect our state and local governments from undue outside influence. "
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Influence
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" Transformational politics requires us to challenge the way people think about issues, opening their minds to better possibilities. "
Eric Schneiderman
People
Think
Challenge
" The right to organize is a fundamental right for American workers. "
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Organize
American
Workers
" 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
Reward
History
You
" For more than a century, states have sought to protect the integrity of the democratic process at the state and local level by regulating corporate spending in elections. "
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Elections
Protect
Process
" Organizing gives workers the power to lift themselves out of poverty and build a better future. "
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Lift
Power
" 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. "
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Zombie
" I am not in the entertainment business; I am in the justice business. "
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" Morally bankrupt wage practices and laws cannot hold. "
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Cannot
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Wage
" Our review concludes that DraftKings'/FanDuel's operations constitute illegal gambling under New York law. "
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" 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. "
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Go
Need
Confidence
" Very few checklist liberals will focus on transformational work if they are rewarded or punished only for their transactional work. "
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" Every day, in every city and town across the country, police officers are performing vital services that help make their communities safer. "
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Help
Town
City
" We can prevent unfair advantage, and we can avoid the destabilizing effect that high frequency trading can have. "
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" There's nothing wrong with advocating for your own company. "
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Your
Company
Nothing