Eric T. Schneiderman, the Attorney General of New York, strikes me as someone who's got ambitions beyond his present venue.
Every Sunday I can look forward to a newsletter in my mail box that covers, literally, everything but the kitchen sink, though he's not reluctant to take the side of fast foodworkers whose employers stinted on their pay.
Look behold the curlicue for some of this week's offerings.
Schneiderman Ends Ban By Bed Bath & Beyond On Hiring Applicants With Criminal Convictions
Attorney General Schneiderman’s settlement with Bed Bath & Beyond, a national retailer with 62 stores in New York, will ensure that future applicants for employment are not automatically disqualified based on criminal convictions and without the individualized consideration that is required by New York State law. The agreement also requires that the company pay $40,000 in restitution to individuals who were unlawfully denied employment, and $15,000 to three organizations that assist rehabilitated individuals with their job search.
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Also, to warm the cockles of liberal hearts:
Schneiderman Reaches $7.5M Settlement With Former Bank Of America CFO, Barring From Serving At A Public Company For 18 Months
Attorney General Schneiderman announced a $7.5 million settlement with Bank of America Corporation’s former Chief Financial Officer, Joe L. Price, which also bars him from serving as an officer or director of a public company for 18 months. The agreement, which follows last month’s deal with former BofA CEO Ken Lewis, resolves charges of misconduct alleged during the bank’s 2008 merger with Merrill Lynch, closing the final chapter in the Attorney General’s litigation over the merger.
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Schneiderman Files Charges Against 17 Nursing Home Employees For Neglecting Disabled Resident
Attorney General Schneiderman’s Office filed charges against 17 employees of a Buffalo nursing home, following an investigation into their treatment of a nursing home resident. The investigation, which relied on a hidden camera placed in the patient’s room, revealed a disturbing pattern of neglect.
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And one with national relevance:
Schneiderman Bars NYC Attorney From Securities Work For Allegedly Facilitating Fraud In Condo Sales
Attorney General Schneiderman settled with a Brooklyn attorney for allegedly submitting at least nine fraudulent filings to the Attorney General’s Real Estate Finance Bureau and breaching his fiduciary duties as an escrow agent. Under the settlement agreement, the attorney and his firm are permanently barred from offering or selling securities in or from New York, which includes cooperative apartments and condominium units.
Attorney General published an op-ed in the New York Times on his lawsuit against Airbnb and his effort to work with the tech industry to protect the public interest online.
http://ag.ny.gov/...
Never heard of Airbnb, but the AG's position seems well founded:
Take Airbnb, a San Francisco-based company now valued at close to $10 billion that enables users in 192 countries to turn their homes into hotel rooms. In 2010, the state of New York passed a law confirming that short-stay rentals were generally illegal in apartment buildings, and for good reason: The longstanding distinction between hotels and apartment buildings protects the rights of building residents who didn’t choose to live 10 feet away from a parade of strangers. The law also protects tourists — who are usually unfamiliar with the rooms and buildings where they are sleeping — by imposing stiffer fire safety and building codes on hotels.
In any case, Schneiderman is one energetic fellow.