New York Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Florida staffing company yesterday agreed to fork over $100,000 in back wages to exploited Filipino guest laborers working on Long Island in a settlement with state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office. Officials said Star One Staffing in...
findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed Georgetown University over suspicion that the school was profiting by forcing students to join a specific health care plan.
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
So you know how Marc Jacobs ' shows are really cool because they take place at the 69th Regiment Armory instead of the tents at Bryant Park? Well! In February, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo was considering charging the designer with bribing Armory officials in order to secure the space for his shows. Back then, Mr. Jacobs was reportedly refusing to cooperate with the investigation....
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
In February of this year, State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo crashed Fashion Week and announced an indictment against the former superintendent of the 26th Street Armory who solicited bribes from designer Marc Jacobs. Now TMZ reports that Cuomo has brought his wrath upon Jacobs himself, you know, "for bribing a State official so he could get a desirable venue for his fashion show." Marc Jacobs International...
TMZ (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Filed under: Celebrity Justice The New York State Attorney General has nailed designer Marc Jacobs for allegedly bribing a State official so he could get a desirable venue for his fashion show.A.G. Andrew Cuomo says Jacobs's company, Marc Jacobs International, has agreed to pay a... Permalink
rochesterturning.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
AG Seal If you get a chance to see or hear New York State Attorny General Andrew Cuomo, chances are you will come away impressed. I was last night. Andrew Cuomo and his staff was in town last night for a public forum at Irondequoit High School. The entire event was well organized, I got the impression [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Few Wall Streeters are expected to show up for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's lavish birthday and fund-raising bash in two weeks - but it's not because they weren't invited. Several Wall Street bigwigs received invites on Monday for the...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday asked troubled insurance giant American International Group to reveal whether it intends to give bonuses or raises to its executives this year. In a letter to AIG chief executive Edward Liddy, Cuomo said he believed the company had a duty to be "completely transparent" with taxpayers about executive pay. AIG has received $150 billion so far...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Anyone would agree that Andrew Cuomo's ass is on fire about bonuses right now. But is it literally on fire? Are his knickers literally in a twist about executives rewarding themselves as the American economy literally goes up in flames? He might say so. Today the New York attorney general wrote AIG CEO Edward M. Liddy a letter asking him if he thought he was going to give out bonuses this year after...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is warning struggling homeowners about mortgage rescue companies. Madigan on Tuesday announced that she's filed seven new lawsuits against businesses she says offered false hope to homeowners trying to keep their homes. She's now filed 22 lawsuits against such companies. The latest lawsuits were filed in Cook, Sangamon and Winnebago counties. They target mortgage...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
If Sen. Hillary Clinton moves on to become Secretary of State in the Obama administration, the buzz in New York has Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D) a likely candidate to fill her seat. That might be a good thing for Cuomo since a new Siena Research Institute poll finds Gov. David Patterson (D) beating Cuomo handily in a Democratic primary for governor, 53% to 25%. In general election match ups, Patterson...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
If Sen. Hillary Clinton moves on to become Secretary of State in the Obama administration, the buzz in New York has Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D) a likely candidate to fill her seat. That might be a good thing for Cuomo since a new Siena Research Institute poll finds Gov. David Paterson (D) beating Cuomo handily in a Democratic primary for governor, 53% to 25%. In general election match ups, Paterson...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Illinois Atty. General Lisa Madigan says the chance is "less than zero" that Gov. Rod Blagojevich will offer her President-elect Barack Obama's former seat in the U.S. Senate. Madigan on Tuesday said she doesn't think she was even being considered and she's thinking instead about a possible run for Blagojevich's job. The Chicago Democrat also said she liked her job as attorney general. Blagojevich...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D) this month has begun to issue subpoenas and requests for documents to a number of colleges as part of an investigation into the relationship between the schools and health insurers that cover students, the New York Times reports.
Mondo Visione (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
"UBS has made a wise choice not to give bonuses to its top executives this year. We are moving into a new era of corporate belt-tightening and the path forward is clear. Investors and taxpayers are being hit from all sides, and Wall Street needs to do the right thing when it comes to corporate leadership and responsibility. It's time for the rest of Wall Street to look in the mirror and follow the...
