Quotes from Eric Schneiderman

Fraud is fraud. And consumers of any product - whether you want to buy a car, participate in fantasy football - our laws are very strong in New York and other states that you can't commit fraud.

Every day, in every city and town across the country, police officers are performing vital services that help make their communities safer.

Exxon Mobil and JPMorgan Chase each made more in profits in the first quarter of 2012 alone than the entire state budget of Montana. Without a doubt, multinational corporations like these have the resources to overwhelm the voices of the people.

We must never stop fighting for a vision of American democracy in which we strive for and encourage the highest levels of voter turnout and participation.

Language has historically stood as a barrier for some voters seeking to participate in the electoral process.

That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

My office is committed to tearing down unlawful barriers to voting to ensure that all eligible voters are able to freely cast a ballot.

Morally bankrupt wage practices and laws cannot hold.

The credit reporting system suffers from inaccuracy and often from outright injustice.

You wanna know people are held accountable if they engage in misconduct and that no one is above the law.

In 1980, a young Senator Al Gore held the first Congressional hearings on global warming.

The right to vote is one of our nation's most important civil rights.

If you have faith in the public sector, as I do, you must be the harshest critic of corruption, waste and fraud in government.

Anyone who believes in the essential role government can play in improving people's lives must also be the toughest critics of those who abuse the public trust.

After the 1970s, when President Nixon's illegal campaign cash was used as a secret slush fund to pay for the Watergate burglary and cover-up, Americans have demanded to know where the money fueling our elections is coming from.

The bottom line is clear: Climate change is a reality, and it is having a real impact.

These facts are clear: Trump University was an unlicensed enterprise promising students that they would become wealthy by learning Trump's real estate tips and strategies, taught by his handpicked instructors.

Here in New York, we are already seeing how climate change contributes to increasingly violent and extreme weather that has cost us dearly, in both damage and in lives.

When the trust between the police and the communities they serve breaks down, everyone is at risk.

We're going after the possibilities of tax fraud, insurance fraud, securities fraud. We're going to look at this stuff very closely. We have the jurisdiction, we have the resources, and we have the will.

In New York, we have laws against defrauding the public, defrauding consumers, defrauding shareholders.

Manufacturers must accept responsibility for their customers' safety.

I believe that in New York, we must have one set of rules for everyone - and that means women cannot be unfairly denied health coverage.

History teaches that the overwhelming majority of elected officials follow movement builders outside government when it comes to the new and risky... Once you recognize it, demand it and reward it, it will happen.