The state attorney general is really the 'state's attorney,' representing New York in lawsuits, going after companies for bilking customers and monitoring nonprofits.īut the office has broad discretion, and the former office holders have taken it different directions.Įliot Spitzer was nicknamed the 'Sheriff of Wall Street' during his two terms from 1999 through 2006 for going after corruption in the financial industry.Īndrew Cuomo, who held the post from 2007 through 2010, busted up fraud within the student-loan industry and took down a bribery scandal within the state Comptroller's Office under Alan Hevesi.Īnd Schneiderman, a Manhattan liberal, took more than 100 legal actions against Trump since the Republican president took office in 2017.

'We find ourselves in a precarious moment in time when we need a champion - someone who is a fighter, someone who believes in justice and someone who will take on Donald Trump,' said Letitia James, the New York City public advocate and, according to polls, the front-runner.

Schneiderman's resignation is almost a footnote to the candidates, though.Īt the forefront of their campaigns is how they would focus the vast powers of the office on President Donald Trump and his policies, as well as his various business interests in New York.Īnd each candidate declares he or she has the experience and toughness to take on the president. The fourth candidate, Sean Patrick Maloney, brings his own unique credentials: He is New York's first openly gay member of Congress, representing a critical swing district in the Hudson Valley since 2012. Three prominent Democratic women are vying for the party’s nomination Sept.

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