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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
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" These facts are clear: Trump University was an unlicensed enterprise promising students that they would become wealthy by learning Trump's real estate tips and strategies, taught by his handpicked instructors. "
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" We've got to do more to ensure that people who work full time are not living in poverty and that the massive gap between rich and poor - which is fundamentally un-American, as far as I'm concerned - is somehow dealt with. "
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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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" Thieves sell to unscrupulous merchants who pay hundreds of dollars for phones - no questions asked - and then 'jailbreak' them. They unlock the units, erase their data, reprogram them, and put them up for resale. "
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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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" 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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" Throughout my career, I have made rooting out public corruption a top priority. "
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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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" 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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He
" 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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" 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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" The credit reporting system suffers from inaccuracy and often from outright injustice. "
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System
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" 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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" There are few people who exemplify the ideals of opportunity, entrepreneurship and commitment to the collective good than the great New Yorker and the face of the $10 bill, Alexander Hamilton. "
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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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" 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
" No woman should have her personal health care decisions dictated by the religious beliefs of her boss. "
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Health
Decisions
" When the trust between the police and the communities they serve breaks down, everyone is at risk. "
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" There's nothing wrong with advocating for your own company. "
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Company
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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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" 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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" High-frequency traders are firms all around the world. They're massive investments. And there is an incredible race for speed now. People are paying hundreds of millions of dollars to shave milliseconds off. "
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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. "
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" In New York, we have laws against defrauding the public, defrauding consumers, defrauding shareholders. "
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" 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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" Trump University had neither a license nor a charter from New York State certifying it as an institution of higher education. "
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New York
" 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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Corruption
" 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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" 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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