Press Clips / Attorney General Eric Schneiderman http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/ News from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman en-us Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:47 -0500 40 Wall Street and the Mortgage Fraud Working Group Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0279 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0279 NOW With Alex Wagner: Taking on Wall Street Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0278 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0278 UP with Chris Hayes: Schneiderman and the Mortgage Task Force Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0277 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0277 The Man The Banks Fear Most Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0276 New York Attorney General aEUR..Eric Schneiderman led the fight to investigate Wall Street for its role in aEUR..wrecking the economy. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0276 NY moves to ban sex offenders from gaming websites Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0272 Registered sex offenders in New York state are being shut out of online gaming systems that have allowed them to interact with children anonymously, under an agreement announced by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0272 Schneiderman warns against mortgage scammers Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0273 Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is out with a warning against mortgage scammers aEUR" folks who pose as bank officials and get people to give up valuable personal identification data. They are playing off news of a mortgage settlement with major banks. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0273 AG: Violent Capital District Narcotics Network Shut Down Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0274 Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the arrests and 261 count indictment of 52 members of a violent narcotics network who were distributing massive quantities of cocaine, heroin and various illegal prescription medications throughout the state. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0274 Massive mortgage settlement to provide for foreclosure services Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0275 New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman plans to put some of the stateaEUR(TM)s $132 million share of a multistate mortgage-servicing settlement to keep the stateaEUR(TM)s about-to-expire Foreclosure Services Prevention Program afloat. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0275 Attorney General Eric Schneiderman vows to enforceA labor laws for restaurant employeesA A Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0267 aEURoeMy office will aggressively pursue employers who fire workers for standing up for their rights,aEUR? Schneiderman said. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0267 State's attorney general joins Staten Island pols to defeat prescription drug abuse Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0271 Speaking outside Delco Drugs in Eltingville, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman promoted a bill he has proposed that would set up a real-time database requiring doctors and pharmacists to keep track of who is being prescribed which drugs. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0271 AG Schneiderman arrests 16 in Brooklyn accident fraud sweep Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0269 Sixteen Brooklyn residents are facing charges that they took part in an insurance fraud scheme with staged car accidents. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0269 AG wants system to fight Rx drug crisis Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0270 A growing and deadly epidemic is going on in western New York and New York's top prosecutor wants to put an end to it. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says something must be done now to tackle a prescription drug crisis. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0270 Schneiderman Pushes Democrats On Gay Marriage Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0268 Mr. Schneiderman urged the Democratic Party platform drafting committee to put support of same-sex marriage into its convention plank this summer. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0268 AG Schneiderman lines up support for Rx drug abuse prevention program Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0265 Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is lining up support for his proposed legislation he says will help combat a crisis of prescription drug abuse here in New York. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0265 State AG Calls Foreclosure Settlement a Down Payment Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0266 State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the national settlement with major banks on the foreclosure crisis reached this week is a "down payment" on what he believes banks owe foreclosed homeowners and he says there's a lot still to do, including pursuing civil and criminal prosecutions. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0266 NY's AG isn't backing down from Wall Street probe Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0264 Schneiderman, in his first year of office, kept Wall Street investigations going and started new ones. He insisted on preserving those, despite pressure from the banks. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0264 NY's Schneiderman sues banks in foreclosure effort Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0262 Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is accusing some of the nation's largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he says puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0262 Eric Schneiderman promises aggressive financial fraud probe Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0263 New York Atty. Gen. Eric Schneiderman, who was tapped by President Obama to co-chair a new state and federal mortgage crisis unit, promised to move aggressively to coordinate investigations into the causes of the subprime mortgage market meltdown http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0263 Tighten drug laws: Attorney general has a reasonable plan to cut down on prescription drug abuse Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0259 State legislators should join in bipartisan support of Attorney General Eric T. SchneidermanaEUR(TM)s bill targeting the illegal prescription painkiller market. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0259 State Attorney General combats prescription narcotic drug abuse Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0261 State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pushing for legislation to create an online database to report and track the use of prescription narcotic drugs. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0261 Schneiderman creates $1M fund for foreclosure assistance Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0260 New York Attorney General Eric. Schneiderman announced on Thursday that his office will fund $1 million worth of foreclosure prevention services to help New York residents struggling through the foreclosure crisis. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0260 Schneiderman Touts Accomplishments At End-Of Year Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0258 It has been in many respects a banner year for the rookie AG, with laudatory profiles in a number of national newsmagazines, mostly for Mr. SchneidermanaEUR(TM)s unwillingness to go along with the 50-state mortgage settlement in order to get to the root of the financial crisis. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0258 Schneiderman eyes local development corporations Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0257 The New York attorney general's initial review of local development corporations uncovered the potential for self-dealing, nepotism, improper loans and exorbitant expenses at some. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0257 Bank Excuses on Foreclosure Growing Stale Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0252 aEURoeIf you donaEUR(TM)t air out the policies that led to the implosion of the economy, it will happen again,aEUR? says Mr. Schneiderman. aEURoeThereaEUR(TM)s not one sentence in the proposed agreement, not one period or comma about the stuff that blew up the economy. We canaEUR(TM)t let the banks rewrite history.aEUR? http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0252 New Yorkers must speak up on hydrofracking rules Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0255 Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is holding up his end in efforts to protect New Yorkers from possible ill-effects of hydraulic fracturing. http://www.ericschneiderman.com/news/press_clips?id=0255