NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge gave the green light Tuesday to New York’s so-called Green Light Law, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to stop the state from issuing driver’s licenses to people without showing they are in the country legally. U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci in Albany ruled that the Republican administration … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a statement that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people. The statement issued last Thursday called treatments … Read more
Two New York City police officers will not be charged in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man during a mental health crisis last year as his mother and brother begged officers not to open fire, state Attorney General Letitia James’ office said Thursday. Win Rozario was shot five times by officers at his family’s … Read more
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s effort to install political loyalists as top federal prosecutors recently ran aground, with judges ruling that his handpicked U.S. attorneys for New Jersey, Eastern Virginia, Nevada and Los Angeles were all serving illegally. Now, another federal judge is poised to consider an argument from New York Attorney General … Read more
Nov. 24 (UPI) — A federal judge on Monday tossed criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding the appointment of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan in Alexandria, Va., to be “invalid.” In a 29-page ruling, US District Judge Cameron Currie of South Carolina ordered the charges … Read more