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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. "
Eric Schneiderman
Working
New
Insurance
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" Transformational politics requires us to challenge the way people think about issues, opening their minds to better possibilities. "
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" Ninety-five percent of the work in the attorney general's office is civil litigation and regulatory work, and I think I certainly have a lot more experience in that than most of the folks who have served in the office. "
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" Abandoned homes become magnets for vandalism and crime. They drag down the property values of neighboring homes. "
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" No woman should have her personal health care decisions dictated by the religious beliefs of her boss. "
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" We're going after the possibilities of tax fraud, insurance fraud, securities fraud. We're going to look at this stuff very closely. We have the jurisdiction, we have the resources, and we have the will. "
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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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" 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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Health
Care
" Equal justice means that there is not one set of rules for the powerful and another for everyone else. "
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Everyone
" Daily fantasy sports is much closer to online poker than it is to traditional fantasy sports. "
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" I believe that in New York, we must have one set of rules for everyone - and that means women cannot be unfairly denied health coverage. "
Eric Schneiderman
Believe
Rules
New York
" That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. "
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Rules
Justice
Fair
" 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
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Others
More
" As the state's chief law enforcement officer, it's my job to see that perpetrators of fraud are brought to justice. "
Eric Schneiderman
See
Law
Justice
" Exercising the right to vote is essential to our democracy. "
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Vote
Democracy
Essential
" In 'Citizens United v. FEC', the Supreme Court ruled that sections of the federal campaign finance law known as McCain-Feingold imposed unconstitutional restrictions on the First Amendment rights of corporations. "
Eric Schneiderman
Supreme Court
Finance
Rights
" More money is being spent on our elections, with less disclosure of where that money is coming from, than ever before. "
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Before
More
Money
" I am not in the entertainment business; I am in the justice business. "
Eric Schneiderman
Justice
Business
Entertainment
" Lawmakers zealously guard their prerogatives, and as much as some might oppose a minimum-wage increase, they will not want to see the issue taken out of their hands. "
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Much
Out
Will
" Gambling is entertainment. People go to casinos to be entertained. "
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Gambling
Go
People
" 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
New
Government
Law
" 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
Law
Power
New
" In 1980, a young Senator Al Gore held the first Congressional hearings on global warming. "
Eric Schneiderman
Global Warming
Global
First
" 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. "
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American
Vision
Fighting
" Once they are charged, too many poor New Yorkers find themselves trapped by our unjust bail system. Unable to pay for bail, they languish in Rikers Island or other jails while they await trial, regardless of guilt. "
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Find
Poor
New
" In New York, we have laws against defrauding the public, defrauding consumers, defrauding shareholders. "
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Consumers
Against
Laws
" Unions go hand-in-hand with a strong middle class. "
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Middle
Class
Go
" Fraud is fraud. And consumers of any product - whether you want to buy a car, participate in fantasy football - our laws are very strong in New York and other states that you can't commit fraud. "
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Car
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" In the 1960s, the public demanded seat belts in cars, but automakers balked. Not until government intervened did seat belts become standard equipment. Now, no one would consider buying a vehicle without this basic safety feature. "
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Without
Government
" 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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Healthy
Water
Rest
" 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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Memory
Fire
Great