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" Exercising the right to vote is essential to our democracy. "
Eric Schneiderman
Vote
Democracy
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" 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. "
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" In New York, we have laws against defrauding the public, defrauding consumers, defrauding shareholders. "
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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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" My office is committed to tearing down unlawful barriers to voting to ensure that all eligible voters are able to freely cast a ballot. "
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" You're not allowed to lure people into spending their money or betting their money based on false representations. "
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" The secret's out: New York's Labor Law provides the power to help low-wage workers earn enough to meet their basic needs. "
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" Abandoned homes are everyone's problem, afflicting communities all over the state. "
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" 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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" 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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" The 2006 federal Internet gaming statute is not ambiguous. It does not prohibit gambling on fantasy sports. "
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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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" Exxon Mobil and JPMorgan Chase each made more in profits in the first quarter of 2012 alone than the entire state budget of Montana. Without a doubt, multinational corporations like these have the resources to overwhelm the voices of the people. "
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" When the trust between the police and the communities they serve breaks down, everyone is at risk. "
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" If you have faith in the public sector, as I do, you must be the harshest critic of corruption, waste and fraud in government. "
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" When I was in the Senate, I worked to pass Women's Health and Wellness Act, which bars insurance companies from discriminating against the health care needs of women. "
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" 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. "
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" Manufacturers must accept responsibility for their customers' safety. "
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" Unions go hand-in-hand with a strong middle class. "
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" Daily fantasy sports is neither victimless nor harmless, and it is clear that DraftKings and FanDuel are the leaders of a massive, multi-billion-dollar scheme intended to evade the law and fleece sports fans across the country. "
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" I have three very simple principles. I don't like conflicts of interest; they should be eliminated or disclosed. I believe in transparency, that people have to really not just know but understand what they're buying and selling. And that you have to have enough capital to back up your promises. "
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" A staunch abolitionist, Hamilton was one of the founding members of the New York Manumission Society. He was a trustee and namesake of Hamilton-Oneida Academy, an upstate New York school dedicated to educating Native-American boys. "
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" 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. "
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" Equal justice means that there is not one set of rules for the powerful and another for everyone else. "
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