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Letitia Ann James (born October 18, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the attorney general of New York (NYAG), having won the 2018 election to succeed Barbara Underwood. A member of the Democratic Party, James is the first African American and first woman to be elected New York Attorney General. [1] [2]
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, was first elected to the office of Attorney General in 2010, winning reelection in 2014. He was in the midst of campaigning for a third term in office when on May 7, 2018, The New Yorker revealed allegations that he had physically abused several women he had dated during his tenure in office. [ 1 ]
The 2022 New York Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Letitia James was eligible for re-election, but originally decided to run for Governor of New York in 2022. On December 9, 2021, however, she suspended her gubernatorial campaign and announced that she would seek re-election as ...
Democrat Tom Suozzi has won the special election in New York’s 3rd District, defeating Republican Mazi Pilip to flip a House seat from red to blue. As of 11:45 p.m., 97 percent of the expected ...
In 1693, the attorney general earned a salary of 50 pounds. From 1777 to 1822, the attorney general was appointed by the Council of Appointment. From 1823 to 1846, the attorney general was elected by the New York State Legislature for a three-year term. Attorneys general have been elected by the voters since 1847.
District 41 is located in Brooklyn, comprising the neighborhoods of Sheepshead Bay, Flatlands, parts of East Flatbush, Midwood and Canarsie.. The district overlaps (partially) with New York's 8th and 9th congressional districts, the 21st, 22nd and 23rd districts of the New York State Senate, and the 44th, 45th, 46th and 48th districts of the New York City Council.
A pair of faces familiar to the mid-Hudson Valley will vie for the 41st state Senate seat in November. Sen. Michelle Hinchey is seeking a third term after serving the region since 2021, formerly ...
Barbara Dale Underwood (born August 16, 1944) is an American lawyer serving as the solicitor general of New York. She was first appointed to the position in January 2007 by Andrew Cuomo, who was then serving as the state's attorney general. Underwood was reappointed in 2011 by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.