New York To Sue Family Behind OxyContin Production, Marketing
The state's attorney general filed the nation's most extensive lawsuit against drug makers for allegedly creating the opioid epidemic.
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The state's attorney general filed the nation's most extensive lawsuit against drug makers for allegedly creating the opioid epidemic.
His tweet came after CBS News confirmed New York Attorney General Letitia James issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank as part of an investigation looking into the financing of four Trump Organization projects, as well as his failed attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014.
James is the first African American woman to hold statewide office. Here's a look at her inauguration speech at Ellis Island in its entirety.
Election Day provided an overwhelming and historic victory in the race for New York State's top legal official.
History was made and there was a record turnout for the New York Democratic Primary on Thursday.
Public Advocate Letitia James has won a four-way competition over who could best use the office to antagonize President Donald Trump.
That's one in 10 students, with the latest number at 104,000.
A crowd gathered outside of city hall on Monday, to demand that Mayor Bill de Blasio do more for residents of NYCHA housing.
Public advocates are calling for improvements to construction safety in New York City.
Well over a thousand protesters were kept across the street from the Intrepid in barricades as throngs of police stood by to keep order.
There is a new way for the city's schools to flunk lunch.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission will vote Thursday on new rules for black cars.
As President-elect Donald Trump continued to hold transition meetings in New Jersey, elected officials in New York had plans of their own.
Police said the sergeant shot and killed an emotionally-disturbed woman who confronted him with scissors and a baseball bat.
Public Advocate Letitia James said it's critical that the city continues to carry out Thompson's work -- vindicating the wrongfully convicted, and not prosecuting low level marijuana offenses.
The New York City Public Advocate's office claimed Thursday that evidence suggests Airbnb is allowing for discrimination against both hosts and guests.
New York City schools will be open for classes as usual Monday, but some lawmakers and other officials called said schools should be closed or delayed given the conditions after the weekend blizzard.
Comptroller Scott Stringer said the companies are using the old playbook of the tobacco industry when it comes to targeting young people.
Police are searching for a fifth suspect after four teenagers were taken into custody in connection with an alleged group rape of an 18-year-old woman in Brooklyn.
James said TD Bank lent Smith & Wesson nearly $300 million, the same manufacturer that made the guns used in Wednesday's San Bernardino mass shooting.
Their ideas run the gamut from saving community gardens to making all cars that travel in New York City run on electricity.
The city should cut senior citizens and New Yorkers with disabilities a break if they don't shovel their sidewalks after a snowstorm, some lawmakers argued Thursday.
Following multiple requests by five downtown schools, Public Advocate Letitia James, city lawmakers, parents and school officials demanded the city increase security for families.
Sweltering school buses carrying disabled students have led to a lawsuit against the New York City Department of Education.
A state Supreme Court Appellate Division panel ruled Wednesday. A lower court judge declined in March to release the testimony, citing longstanding principles of grand jury secrecy.
