Should New York’s attorney general have broader powers?
Eric Dinallo, a Democratic candidate for New York attorney general, has asked Gov. David Paterson to issue an executive order giving the state’s top prosecutor the power to initiate investigations of...
View ArticleWill you be one of the few to vote in NY’s primary election?
New York will hold its primary election Tuesday to pick party candidates–including those running for governor and attorney general–for November’s general election. True, most of the candidates are...
View ArticleShould Airbnb comply with a subpoena for customers’ records?
Apartment-share company Airbnb pledged this week to fight a subpoena from state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for records of its 225,000 New York customers who have rented rooms in their private...
View ArticleShould Cyrus Vance Jr. get to keep the (ill-gotten) cash?
This week the Office of the Manhattan district attorney got a cash infusion of $449 million, almost five times its total annual budget. That windfall was the DA’s share of the $8.8 billion penalty...
View ArticleShould the president nominate Preet Bharara to be the next U.S. attorney...
Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Manhattan-based Southern District, is thought to be on the short list of candidates to succeed Eric Holder as U.S. attorney general. Mr. Bharara, born in 1968,...
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