New York State

New York Attorney General Increases Homeowner Assistance Funding

The Huffington Post 01/12/2012

New Yorkers struggling to keep their homes are about to get additional help. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has approved $1 million in funding for nonprofit legal services organizations to directly assist homeowners facing foreclosure, according to a statement released Thursday by his office.

NY arrests 7 in $1M consumer identity theft The Wall Street Journal 01/12/2012	Tissue holders pulled from stores in NY, elsewhere The Wall Street Journal 01/12/2012
Seven suspects have been arrested in an identity theft scheme that netted more than $1 million in products and gift cards by tapping consumer charge accounts in four states, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Thursday.	Metal tissue holders contaminated with low levels of radioactive material may have been distributed to Bed, Bath & Beyond stores in more than 20 states including New York, federal regulators said Thursday.
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Oxycodone Prescriptions Rose Sharply in New York The New York Times 01/11/2012	New York closes heated fracking comment period Edward McAllister Reuters 01/11/2012
In a stark depiction of the rapid spread of prescription drug use and abuse in New York State, a new report shows that prescriptions for oxycodone, a widely prescribed narcotic painkiller, rose by 82 percent from 2007 to 2010.	$New York closes heated fracking comment period$ Final rules that could lift a three year ban on fracking in New York will be finalized by state regulators in the coming months, after a heated and divisive public comment period closed on Wednesday.
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New push to expand DNA samples from NY offenders The Wall Street Journal 01/10/2012	New York Probes Banks, Insurers on Home Policies LIZ RAPPAPORT AND LESLIE SCISM The Wall Street Journal 01/10/2012
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants the state to be the first to collect DNA from anyone convicted of a crime — whether a felony or misdemeanor.	New York's Department of Financial Services has been probing banks and insurance companies for allegedly obtaining excessive fees on homeowners' policies that they force borrowers to pay for when their insurance lapses, said people familiar with the matter.
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New Urgency On Teacher Evaluations LISA FLEISHER The Wall Street Journal 01/10/2012	Cuomo proposes some public funding of campaigns The Wall Street Journal 01/10/2012
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday blamed the Assembly for the failure of a new statewide teacher-evaluation process, saying lawmakers needed to overhaul the way teachers and principals are assessed.	Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the coming weeks will introduce a proposal that good-government advocates have long said would transform New York politics like nothing else: voluntary public funding of political campaigns.
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