Words matter. These are the best Eric Schneiderman Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I have three very simple principles. 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. And that you have to have enough capital to back up your promises.
Prosecutors are all used to people who commit fraud making wild accusations when they’re caught.
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.
Language has historically stood as a barrier for some voters seeking to participate in the electoral process.
Here in New York, we are already seeing how climate change contributes to increasingly violent and extreme weather that has cost us dearly, in both damage and in lives.
My job is to enforce the law, without fear or favor.
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.
My office is committed to tearing down unlawful barriers to voting to ensure that all eligible voters are able to freely cast a ballot.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In 1980, a young Senator Al Gore held the first Congressional hearings on global warming.
No woman should have her personal health care decisions dictated by the religious beliefs of her boss.
We’re very interested in seeing what science Exxon has been using for its own purposes because they’re tremendously active in offshore oil drilling in the Arctic, for example, where global warming is happening at a much more rapid rate than in more temperate zones.
More money is being spent on our elections, with less disclosure of where that money is coming from, than ever before.
Daily fantasy sports is neither victimless nor harmless, and it is clear that DraftKings and FanDuel are the leaders of a massive, multi-billion-dollar scheme intended to evade the law and fleece sports fans across the country.
My actual statement during the campaign was I want to be the sheriff of Wall Street, Albany and Main Street. I’m going to go after crime and corruption, wherever it is.
From the Bronx to Buffalo, cities and towns in New York have been plagued by what are commonly called zombie properties. These are homes that residents abandon – often after they have received a foreclosure notice – which then languish, uncared-for, until the foreclosure process is complete.
As the state’s chief law enforcement officer, it’s my job to see that perpetrators of fraud are brought to 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you have faith in the public sector, as I do, you must be the harshest critic of corruption, waste and fraud in government.
We can prevent unfair advantage, and we can avoid the destabilizing effect that high frequency trading can have.
I’m going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector.
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.
The credit reporting system suffers from inaccuracy and often from outright injustice.
The secret’s out: New York’s Labor Law provides the power to help low-wage workers earn enough to meet their basic needs.
Right here in New York, people are struggling in working conditions not much safer or fairer than the sweatshops of 1911.
Abandoned homes become magnets for vandalism and crime. They drag down the property values of neighboring homes.
My commitment to gender equality is rooted in the quintessentially American principle of equal justice under law.
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.
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.
After the 1970s, when President Nixon’s illegal campaign cash was used as a secret slush fund to pay for the Watergate burglary and cover-up, Americans have demanded to know where the money fueling our elections is coming from.
I don’t think it’s any secret that the public has lost confidence in the state government, and there’s a lot of work that needs to be done on issues related to public integrity.
Unlike most traditional, season-long fantasy sports sites, which make most of their money from administrative fees and advertising, FanDuel and DraftKings take a cut of every bet. That is what bookies do, and it is illegal in New York.
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.
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.
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.
New Yorkers must be able to trust the men and women of the NYPD. They must come forward to report crimes. And they must come forward as witnesses.
Our elected representatives wisely enacted laws to protect our state and local governments from undue outside influence.
