#Andrew Cuomo has to go — right now

#Andrew Cuomo has to go — right now

“#Andrew Cuomo has to go — right now” It’s time for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to do one honorable thing: step down. If he refuses, lawmakers should remove him. Pronto. The case for his departure — whether voluntary or forced — was clear long before state Attorney General Letitia James released her damning report Tuesday. Now there’s no…

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#GOP lawyer taking on Letitia James for attorney general

#GOP lawyer taking on Letitia James for attorney general

“#GOP lawyer taking on Letitia James for attorney general” A Republican lawyer is seeking to take on Democratic incumbent Letitia James in the race for state attorney general next year. Michael Henry, a commercial litigation lawyer, has opened a campaign account and is kicking off a tour of the state. Henry claims James is “nothing…

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#NY, other states to fight dismissal of Facebook antitrust suit

#NY, other states to fight dismissal of Facebook antitrust suit

“#NY, other states to fight dismissal of Facebook antitrust suit” New York and other US states filed a notice on Wednesday saying they will fight the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit that they launched against Facebook in an appeals court. In June, a U.S. judge dismissed federal and state antitrust complaints against the social media company that had sought to force…

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#Team Cuomo continues its underhanded attacks on his investigators

#Team Cuomo continues its underhanded attacks on his investigators

“#Team Cuomo continues its underhanded attacks on his investigators” How about that: Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Lavine actually slapped Rich Azzopardi, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s loyal spokesthug, for bad-mouthing state Attorney General Tish James, who’s overseeing a key investigation into the many sexual-harassment claims against the gov. Lavine (D-LI) is overseeing the Assembly’s own (incredibly…

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#Gov. Cuomo’s lawyer blasts threat of impeachment ‘punishment’ for aide’s tweet

#Gov. Cuomo’s lawyer blasts threat of impeachment ‘punishment’ for aide’s tweet

“#Gov. Cuomo’s lawyer blasts threat of impeachment ‘punishment’ for aide’s tweet” A threat to punish Gov. Andrew Cuomo over an aide’s tweet through “severe repercussions” on his impeachment investigation raises serious “constitutional concerns,” one of Cuomo’s outside lawyers told the head of the probe on Thursday. Former New Jersey US Attorney Paul Fishman, who the…

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#Big 3 drug distributors, J&J reach landmark B opioid settlement

#Big 3 drug distributors, J&J reach landmark $26B opioid settlement

“#Big 3 drug distributors, J&J reach landmark $26B opioid settlement” A group of state attorneys general unveiled on Wednesday a landmark, $26 billion settlement resolving claims that the three largest US drug distributors and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson helped fuel a deadly nationwide opioid epidemic. Under the settlement proposal, distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen…

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#Drug distributors settle NY opioid claims for up to .18B

#Drug distributors settle NY opioid claims for up to $1.18B

“#Drug distributors settle NY opioid claims for up to $1.18B” The three largest U.S. drug distributors agreed mid-trial to pay up to $1.18 billion to settle claims by New York state and two of its biggest counties over their role in the nationwide opioid epidemic, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday. McKesson, Cardinal Health…

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