Abandoned homes are everyone's problem, afflicting communities all over the state.
— Eric Schneiderman
Exercising the right to vote is essential to our democracy.
My office is committed to tearing down unlawful barriers to voting to ensure that all eligible voters are able to freely cast a ballot.
In 'Citizens United v. FEC', the Supreme Court ruled that sections of the federal campaign finance law known as McCain-Feingold imposed unconstitutional restrictions on the First Amendment rights of corporations.
If you have faith in the public sector, as I do, you must be the harshest critic of corruption, waste and fraud in government.
I am running for Attorney General because I believe there is no higher calling than the pursuit of justice.
Throughout my career, I have made rooting out public corruption a top priority.
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.
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.
No woman should have her personal health care decisions dictated by the religious beliefs of her boss.
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.
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.
Very few checklist liberals will focus on transformational work if they are rewarded or punished only for their transactional work.
Transactional politics requires us to be pragmatic about current realities and the state of public opinion. It's all about getting the best result possible given the circumstances here and now.
Right here in New York, people are struggling in working conditions not much safer or fairer than the sweatshops of 1911.
When a donor is asked to contribute to a group whose innocuous-sounding name makes it appear to be doing work in the public interest, that donor should have a clear picture of where his or her money is going.
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.
Abandoned homes become magnets for vandalism and crime. They drag down the property values of neighboring homes.
The right to vote is one of our nation's most important civil rights.
Our elected representatives wisely enacted laws to protect our state and local governments from undue outside influence.
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.
New Yorkers have been fortunate to have Andrew Cuomo as our Attorney General - protecting working New Yorkers against the banks, insurance companies and big corporations.
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.
Anyone who believes in the essential role government can play in improving people's lives must also be the toughest critics of those who abuse the public trust.
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.
I believe that in New York, we must have one set of rules for everyone - and that means women cannot be unfairly denied health coverage.
The bottom line is clear: Climate change is a reality, and it is having a real impact.
When the trust between the police and the communities they serve breaks down, everyone is at risk.
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.
In 1980, a young Senator Al Gore held the first Congressional hearings on global warming.
By cracking down on wage theft, we can make sure workers and taxpayers are not getting ripped off by crooked employers.
The memory of the 146 people who lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire stands as a reminder that legal protections and workplace safety standards were won through a long struggle for social justice and at great human cost.
As the state's top lawyer, I am empowered to protect nonprofit donors from fraudulent solicitations and charitable assets from misuse.
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.
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.
Language has historically stood as a barrier for some voters seeking to participate in the electoral process.
Exxon Mobil and JPMorgan Chase each made more in profits in the first quarter of 2012 alone than the entire state budget of Montana. Without a doubt, multinational corporations like these have the resources to overwhelm the voices of the people.
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.
Equal justice means that there is not one set of rules for the powerful and another for everyone else.
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.
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.
Every day, in every city and town across the country, police officers are performing vital services that help make their communities safer.
My commitment to gender equality is rooted in the quintessentially American principle of equal justice under law.
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.
I have the highest possible regard for the district attorneys in the State of New York.
In a system that disproportionately harms poor people and people of color, too many Americans have lost faith in the essential American principle of equal justice under law.
Transformational politics requires us to challenge the way people think about issues, opening their minds to better possibilities.
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.
More money is being spent on our elections, with less disclosure of where that money is coming from, than ever before.
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.
