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" The right to vote is one of our nation's most important civil rights. "
Eric Schneiderman
Important
Vote
Rights
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Us
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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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" Organizing gives workers the power to lift themselves out of poverty and build a better future. "
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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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Town
City
" Manufacturers must accept responsibility for their customers' safety. "
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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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" We can prevent unfair advantage, and we can avoid the destabilizing effect that high frequency trading can have. "
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Avoid
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" The Supreme Court should follow settled precedent and allow states like New York to manage our own labor relations to achieve labor peace and government efficiency and to continue our long tradition of support for workers. "
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" If the Treasury Department should not remove Hamilton from the $10 bill, what should they do? The answer is fairly simple: Replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. "
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Bill
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Simple
" No woman should have her personal health care decisions dictated by the religious beliefs of her boss. "
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" Our investigation has found that, unlike traditional fantasy sports, daily fantasy sports companies are engaged in illegal gambling under New York law, causing the same kinds of social and economic harms as other forms of illegal gambling and misleading New York consumers. "
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Law
New York
Sports
" The 2006 federal Internet gaming statute is not ambiguous. It does not prohibit gambling on fantasy sports. "
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Gaming
Does
Gambling
" 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
" 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
" 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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Plants
New York
Power
" As the state's chief law enforcement officer, it's my job to see that perpetrators of fraud are brought to justice. "
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See
Law
Justice
" 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. "
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Live
New York
Place
" In New York, we have laws against defrauding the public, defrauding consumers, defrauding shareholders. "
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Consumers
Against
Laws
" In 1980, a young Senator Al Gore held the first Congressional hearings on global warming. "
Eric Schneiderman
Global Warming
Global
First
" Abandoned homes become magnets for vandalism and crime. They drag down the property values of neighboring homes. "
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Crime
Values
Down
" 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
" Exercising the right to vote is essential to our democracy. "
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Vote
Democracy
Essential
" When the trust between the police and the communities they serve breaks down, everyone is at risk. "
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Everyone
Trust
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" I am running for Attorney General because I believe there is no higher calling than the pursuit of justice. "
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I Believe
Believe
I Am
" People plead guilty or admit to crimes they didn't commit for various reasons. Certain interrogation procedures produce high rates of false confessions. "
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Admit
People
High
" You can't have some institutions that are protected by the law, not allowed to fail, and not held to account, and all the other companies in America are allowed to fail. You can't have equal justice under law and too big to fail. "
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Law
You
America
" Prosecutors are all used to persons who commit fraud making wild accusations when they're caught. "
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Who
Wild
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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
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People
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