Letitia James

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Overseeing reopened Cornell criminal investigation; five accused men want her removed

New York State Police now handle every sexual offense complaint at Cornell University by default, under an agreement signed October 29, 2026. Survivors can still ask for campus police, Ithaca Police or the Tompkins County Sheriff to take the case instead.

Updated 2 hours ago

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Announced the agreement with T-Mobile on November 9

T-Mobile cut internet speeds for New Yorkers on its $15-a-month low-income plan by more than 97% once they used 50 gigabytes in a month. A typical user could hit that limit in about four days. On November 9, the state attorney general announced the company had agreed to stop.

Updated 2 days ago

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Filed $36 billion lawsuit against Kalshi

Utah's criminal case against Kalshi now has a courtroom date. A state court summoned chief executive Tarek Mansour and chief operating officer Luana Lopes Lara to answer 14 criminal counts in Salt Lake City on Dec. 4. The charges, filed Oct. 28, rest on 12 sports wagers a state investigator placed from a Utah address between Sept. 13 and Sept. 26.

Updated 3 days ago

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Defending the state's algorithmic pricing law

A federal judge in Nashville gave final approval to settlements totaling $359,925,000 from 41 apartment landlords accused of using RealPage's pricing software to push rents above competitive levels. RealPage, the company that sold the software, paid nothing.

Updated 4 days ago

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Reached a $1.875 million settlement with Dollar General on Oct. 15, 2026, over pricing in western New York stores

The Federal Trade Commission and 20 states sued Dollar General on Oct. 26, accusing the chain of charging more at the register than its shelves and fliers advertised. The 95-page complaint, filed in federal court in Nashville, says the company logged at least 29,265 complaints about marked prices that were not honored between January 2023 and March 2026, across all 48 states where it operates.

Updated 5 days ago

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Defending the law; filed a reply on November 3, 2026 supporting her request to vacate the injunction

RealPage asked a federal judge on October 28 to leave the injunction in place, and New York's attorney general replied on November 3, urging the court to reconsider. The request to revive the state's ban on algorithmic rent-setting is now fully briefed and waiting on Judge Valerie Caproni.

Updated 6 days ago

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Administered oath at Mamdani's midnight ceremony

Zohran Mamdani became New York City's first Muslim and South Asian mayor on January 1, 2026, at age 34. His early months brought a $1.7 billion child care partnership with Governor Kathy Hochul, a two-year rent freeze and a $28 billion housing plan. His plan to tax the wealthy stalled against Council Speaker Julie Menin and Hochul.

Updated 6 days ago

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Part of the 36-state coalition that settled with GM

For years, drivers who signed up for a free OnStar feature had their braking, speeding, and location data sold to data brokers. On Oct. 29, 2026, General Motors agreed to pay $220 million to 36 states and to get explicit permission before collecting or sharing that data again.

Updated Nov 1

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Encouraging New Yorkers to file claims

People who bought certain generic prescription drugs in the United States between May 2009 and December 2019 can file claims for settlement money until March 8, 2027. A federal court in Connecticut has given preliminary approval to the plans for dividing that money up.

Updated Oct 25

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Filed separate lawsuits on January 9 supporting Empire and Sunrise Wind, arguing stop-work orders violate Administrative Procedure Act

All five East Coast wind farms that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum froze in December 2025 were back at work by early February, after federal judges in three districts granted preliminary injunctions. The building has gone on since: Ørsted's Revolution Wind finished offshore construction and has sent power to the New England grid since March, and Dominion's Coastal Virginia project is more than 80 percent built and delivering electricity.

Updated Oct 23

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Co-suing the Trump administration over offshore wind lease buybacks in September 2026

Federal judges cleared all five East Coast offshore wind projects to resume construction by February 2, 2026, finding the Trump administration had not justified its national security suspensions. The five projects total about 5.8 gigawatts. Vineyard Wind and Revolution Wind are now fully built and sending power; Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind is more than 80% complete.

Updated Oct 23

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As of October 2026: Signaled she will challenge the census proposal in court

The Trump administration's proposed 2030 census rule would count only U.S. citizens and green-card holders when dividing House seats, and would drop race and ethnicity questions from the form. The public comment period closes October 13; more than 20,000 comments had been filed by late September.

Updated Oct 10

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As of October 2026: Subject of Pulte‑driven mortgage‑fraud case; grand jury recently declined re‑indictment

In early 2025, Trump appointed housing heir Bill Pulte as director of the FHFA, which oversees Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and $8.5 trillion in mortgage credit. Within months, Pulte used mortgage data to publicly accuse NY AG Letitia James, Senator Adam Schiff, Fed Governor Lisa Cook, and Congressman Eric Swalwell of fraud, referring them to Justice amid concerns of political retribution.

Updated Oct 1

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As of September 2026: Led the 21-attorney-general coalition

Two federal courts struck down Trump administration rules on September 21 that tied social services to immigration status checks under a 1996 welfare law. A Rhode Island judge vacated notices from five agencies that would have forced Head Start, family planning clinics, and shelters to verify clients' immigration status.

Updated Sep 23

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As of May 2026: Lead negotiator for state attorneys general coalition

OxyContin launched in 1996 with marketing that downplayed addiction risk. Thirty years and hundreds of thousands of overdose deaths later, the company that made it no longer exists.

Updated May 31

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As of May 2026: Leading implementation of New York SAFE for Kids Act

A federal judge blocked Texas from forcing Apple and Google to verify every app store user's age, calling the law akin to requiring ID checks at bookstore doors. This December 2024 ruling is the latest defeat in a wave of state attempts to age-gate the internet.

Updated May 16

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As of May 2026: Empowered to enforce RAISE Act through civil actions and penalties

New York just told the biggest AI labs: if something goes seriously wrong, you don't get to bury it. Under the RAISE Act, large "frontier AI" developers must publish a safety approach and report "critical harm" incidents to the state within 72 hours after determining one occurred. First violations carry civil penalties capped at $1M; later violations, $3M—far below the bill's June penalty structure.

Updated May 15

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As of May 2026: Co-leading the multistate challenge to HUD’s CoC changes

HUD tried to rewrite the rules of America's biggest homelessness grant program in the middle of the funding cycle. On December 19, after states and cities sued, Judge Mary McElroy told HUD: stop—effective immediately.

Updated May 15

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As of May 2026: Positioning state AGs as frontline defenders of AI oversight against federal rollback.

Donald Trump just turned AI regulation into a states' rights knife fight. His new executive order creates a Justice Department "AI Litigation Task Force" to attack state AI laws. Washington can threaten to withhold $42 billion in broadband funds from states that don't comply.

Updated May 11