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Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

6

Predecessor

Barbara Underwood

New York City Public Advocate

Successor: Jumaane Williams

New York City Council

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Letitia James (Democratic Party) (also known as Tish) is the Attorney General of New York. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.

James (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for re-election for Attorney General of New York. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

James (Democratic Party) also ran for election for Governor of New York. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 28, 2022.

James is a former Democratic New York City Public Advocate in New York. First elected in 2013, James won a new term in the general election on November 7, 2017. James also ran on the Working Families ballot line. She also served on the New York City Council from 2004 to 2013.

Biography

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James earned a bachelor's degree from the City University of New York and a law degree from Howard University.^[1]

Political career

New York Attorney General (2019 - Present)

James was first elected to the attorney general's office on November 6, 2018.

Elections

2022

Attorney General of New York

See also: New York Attorney General election, 2022

General election

General election for Attorney General of New York

Incumbent Letitia James defeated Michael Henry in the general election for Attorney General of New York on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Letitia James (D / Working Families Party)	54.6	3,168,256
		Michael Henry (R / Conservative Party)	45.3	2,631,301
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	3,073

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,802,630
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Sean Hayes (L)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Letitia James advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of New York.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Michael Henry advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of New York.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

John Sarcone III (R)
Joseph Holland (R)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Michael Henry advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Attorney General of New York.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Letitia James advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Attorney General of New York.

Governor of New York

See also: New York gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of New York

Incumbent Kathy Hochul defeated Lee Zeldin in the general election for Governor of New York on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Hochul (D / Working Families Party)	53.1	3,140,415
		Lee Zeldin (R / Conservative Party)	46.7	2,762,581
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	9,290

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,912,286
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jumaane Williams (Working Families Party)
John Nistico (Constitutional Party)
Larry Sharpe (L)
Alex Zapesochny (Unite Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of New York

Incumbent Kathy Hochul defeated Jumaane Williams and Tom Suozzi in the Democratic primary for Governor of New York on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Hochul	67.4	607,928
		Jumaane Williams	19.3	173,872
		Tom Suozzi	13.0	116,972
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	3,730

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 902,502
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of New York

Lee Zeldin defeated Andrew Giuliani, Rob Astorino, and Harry Wilson in the Republican primary for Governor of New York on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lee Zeldin	43.4	196,874
		Andrew Giuliani	22.8	103,267
		Rob Astorino	18.6	84,464
		Harry Wilson	14.7	66,736
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	2,261

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 453,602
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Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Lee Zeldin advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Governor of New York.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Jumaane Williams advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Governor of New York.

2018

See also: New York Attorney General election, 2018

General election

General election for Attorney General of New York

Letitia James defeated Keith Wofford, Michael Sussman, Christopher B. Garvey, and Nancy Sliwa in the general election for Attorney General of New York on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Letitia James (D)	62.4	3,739,239
		Keith Wofford (R)	35.2	2,108,600
		Michael Sussman (G)	1.2	72,512
		Christopher B. Garvey (L)	0.7	43,767
	Submit photo	Nancy Sliwa (Reform Party)	0.4	26,441
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	2,958

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,993,517
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Vincent Messina (Independence Party)
Kenneth Schaeffer (Working Families Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of New York

Letitia James defeated Zephyr Teachout, Sean Maloney, and Leecia Eve in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Letitia James	40.3	608,308
		Zephyr Teachout	31.0	468,083
		Sean Maloney	25.1	379,099
		Leecia Eve	3.5	52,367

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,507,857
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of New York

Keith Wofford advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Keith Wofford

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Green primary election

Green primary for Attorney General of New York

Michael Sussman advanced from the Green primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Michael Sussman

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Independence Party primary election

Independence Party primary for Attorney General of New York

Vincent Messina advanced from the Independence Party primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Vincent Messina

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Reform Party primary election

Reform Party primary for Attorney General of New York

Nancy Sliwa defeated Michael Diederich Jr. and Christopher B. Garvey in the Reform Party primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Nancy Sliwa	52.8	14,864
	Submit photo	Michael Diederich Jr.	24.0	6,752
		Christopher B. Garvey	23.2	6,533

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,149
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Working Families Party primary election

Working Families Party primary for Attorney General of New York

Kenneth Schaeffer advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Kenneth Schaeffer

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Reform Party primary election

Reform Party primary for Attorney General of New York

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Nancy Sliwa	52.8	14,864
	Submit photo	Michael Diederich Jr.	24.0	6,752
		Christopher B. Garvey	23.2	6,533

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,149
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in New York, New York (2017)

New York City held elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, and all 51 seats on the city council in 2017. New Yorkers also voted for offices in their boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

Primary elections were scheduled for September 12, 2017, and the general election was on November 7, 2017. Under New York law, candidates who run unopposed in a primary or general election win the nomination or election automatically, and their names do not appear on the ballot.^[2] Incumbent Letitia James (D) defeated Juan Carlos Polanco (R), Michael O'Reilly (Conservative), James Lane (Green), and Devin Balkind (Libertarian) in the general election for public advocate of New York City.

New York City Public Advocate, General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Letitia James Incumbent	73.81%	812,234
	Republican	Juan Carlos Polanco	15.68%	172,601
	Conservative	Michael O'Reilly	8.00%	88,060
	Green	James Lane	1.76%	19,404
	Libertarian	Devin Balkind	0.61%	6,737
		Write-in votes	0.13%	1,407
Total Votes				1,100,443
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 General Certified Election Results," November 28, 2017

Incumbent Letitia James defeated David Eisenbach in the Democratic primary for public advocate of New York City.^[3]

New York City Public Advocate, Democratic Primary Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Letitia James Incumbent	76.24%	300,301
David Eisenbach	23.42%	92,246
Write-in votes	0.34%	1,322
Total Votes		393,869
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 Primary: Official Election Results," September 26, 2017

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2018

James' campaign website stated the following:

“

Taking on Wall Street Abuses

Wall Street malfeasance has had devastating consequences in New York. It precipitated the foreclosure crisis, in which tens of thousands of families lost their homes, others faced an unrecovered loss in property values, and many jobs were lost. Ten years later, the Administration under President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress are weakening oversight by watering down the Dodd-Frank Act and undermining the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB).

At the same time as important federal reforms are being gutted, new and emerging risks threaten investors’ financial security. The combined effect of loosening controls on risky investments, growing debt, and an active market in collateralized debt, is a real threat to the American economy and the American people.

New York City is the center of the financial services industry and New York’s state laws provide one of the toughest mechanisms for oversight of that sector.

As Attorney General, I will have both the power and the responsibility to prosecute financial fraud that harms consumers and investors. I will:

Utilize the broad powers of the Martin Act to pursue investigations that protect shareholders and investors, including workers’ pension funds and savings.

Vigorously investigate fraudulent business practices by strengthening the Criminal Enforcement and Financial Crimes Bureau.

Investigate and pursue actions into discriminatory and abusive payday lending, mortgage lending abuse, for-profit college student loans; and,

Scrutinize practices and industries that have benefited from deregulation under the Trump Administration, and those that are currently posing a significant threat to our economy.

Protecting Immigrants’ Rights

One in five people in New York State is an immigrant. While Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies harm all immigrants, they particularly impact children, poor people, and refugees, while undermining the very system of judicial process that protects us from tyranny. Immigrants -- with and without legal status -- are increasingly afraid to travel, to access essential services, and to simply live their everyday lives in the United States.

I am proud to have fought for immigrants’ rights in and out of the courtroom. As a pro bono attorney, I represented a child from Honduras in applying for, and obtaining, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. He came to New York after his father’s death and was scared to return to his home country because of gang violence. He is now free to live and work in the United States, recently graduated high school, and is a soccer player.

Earlier this summer, I acted as “next friend,” bringing a petition seeking a writ of habeas (court order) on behalf of a child forcibly separated from her mother at the border. The child had been traumatized by the separation and was terrified of being placed in a prison-like setting. The case resulted in the child and mother being reunified on July 27, 2018, and released without detention.

As Public Advocate, I have fought tirelessly on behalf of immigrants, immediately making submissions in the lawsuit challenging the Muslim ban, calling for Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) to discontinue its practice of detaining people seeking access to New York Courts, and making pleas for pardons that would justify termination of removal proceedings.

In this time of increased hostility towards immigrants, it is critically important that the New York Attorney General protects New Yorkers from federal policies that hurt them and fights perpetrators of fraud who manipulate fear for profit. As Attorney General, I commit to doing just that. If elected, ensuring that New York welcomes immigrants and safeguards their rights will be one of my top priorities. In addition to continuing the advocacy and legal work on behalf of immigrants I have done throughout my career, I will:

Bring legal action to keep ICE out of our courts: our system of justice cannot function if people are frightened to seek the protection of our courts or participate in the administration of justice.

Investigate companies profiting from Trump’s draconian policies: this administration’s immigration policies have led to a drastic increase in the number of immigration detainees, and publicly-traded companies are providing much of the necessary infrastructure.

Work with other Attorneys General to protect 18 to 21 year old children: because of an illegal change in policy by the Trump Administration, children who have been abused, abandoned and neglected are now at risk of deportation. I will join with other Attorneys General to give them a voice.

Bring legal action to stop a rule that will make immigrants fear public benefits: no one should be afraid of seeking emergency medical care or using food, housing, and subsistence benefits.

Establish an anonymous hotline for victims of discrimination based on immigration status.

Protecting New Yorkers from Gun Violence

Thirty-three thousand Americans die each year from gun violence. Approximately 5,500 of these deaths are homicides of young, men of color. In New York State, there are nearly 3,000 shootings each year.

The mass shootings that make the front pages and nightly news are devastating, but represent a fraction of the gun violence on our streets. This violence is devastating our families and communities, and is causing financial ruin to our local economies. It is estimated that gun violence costs New York State $5.6 billion each year.

New York State has the third lowest rate of gun deaths in the country. Strict gun control laws in the state have reduced gun violence over the decades, but homicides continue to plague low-income communities of color.

New York’s gun laws have made it exceedingly difficult to purchase a gun in the state, meaning that when a gun is used to commit a crime in New York, there is a 75 percent chance it was originally purchased in another state. In New York City, nearly 90 percent of crime guns originated elsewhere.

Having strong gun laws in New York State is not enough. Particularly with the NRA waging a full-throated propaganda campaign to thwart any common sense gun laws passing at the federal level. New York has long been a leader in the fight against gun violence, but we must do more to make our laws even more comprehensive, ramp up enforcement of the laws already on the books, and use creative thinking to make up for obstruction on the federal level and lax gun laws in other states.

As Public Advocate, I have used my office to fight the scourge of gun violence. I led the way on divesting New York City’s largest pension fund from gun retailers, stood up to banks that funded the makers of assault weapons, took on Walmart and pushed them to change their gun sale policies, took action against gun makers that failed to disclose risks to their shareholders, and successfully advocated for increased funding for the public health model of gun violence prevention.

As Attorney General, I will:

Investigate the legitimacy of the NRA as a charitable institution;

Investigate arms dealers and enforce prohibitions against the sale of illegal firearms;

Go after fraudulent business practices by gun companies that deceive their shareholders by failing to disclose risks;

Target weapons manufacturers that knowingly sell to bad apple dealers;

Investigate the financial backing of gun makers and sellers;

Take on interstate trafficking working with coalition partners; and,

Pushing a legal and legislative agenda to close legal loopholes.

Police and Prosecutorial Accountability

Four years ago, Eric Garner was killed at the hands of police in one of many high-profile police-involved killings in recent years. While the families of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Alton Sterling still wait for justice, these tragedies helped spur a grassroots movement to fundamentally reform our criminal justice system. That movement has already achieved significant victories: the use of stop-and-frisk in New York City is down 98 percent, a special prosecutor is appointed for police-involved killings in New York State, and the age of criminal responsibility has been raised. But there is an immense amount left to do, because too many in our city, state, and nation still feel that the scales of justice are tilted away from fairness.

That is why, as Attorney General, reforming the criminal justice system will be one of my top priorities.

Throughout my career, I have fought for measures to build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. I believe that the vast majority of police officers and prosecutors are dedicated public servants who uphold the law every day. But when there is no accountability or transparency, incidents of misconduct are magnified and it becomes impossible for people to trust that the process is fair and the right result is being reached. When systemic flaws continue to lead to unjust outcomes even in incidents where there was no wrongdoing, it means we must change the system.

In the wake of Eric Garner’s death, I was the first elected official to call on the Governor to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate his killing. I stood with the former Attorney General when he requested the authority to investigate the deaths of unarmed citizens at the hands of police officers. I sued for the release of the minutes of the Grand Jury proceedings concerning Eric Garner’s death, because I fundamentally believe that sunlight is the best disinfectant. I have been proud to be a leader in the fight for implementing the use of body-worn cameras by police officers, and championed the use of such technology by the NYPD.

As Attorney General, I will:

Expand and codify the Attorney General’s role as special prosecutor;

Push to end unnecessary and harmful police secrecy;

Lead the way on real criminal discovery reform; and push to bring body-worn cameras statewide.

Reproductive Healthcare Access

With the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, access to reproductive healthcare is in greater peril than ever before. Women are at critical risk of losing the protections guaranteed by Roe v. Wade, safe access to health clinics, and access to birth control.

In New York, over 1.2 million women receive publicly-funded contraceptive services and supplies, either through Title X or Medicaid. And our state, a leader on many issues of reproductive healthcare access, has failed to enshrine the fundamental right to choice into state law. This means that millions of women and families are at risk of losing core healthcare services, and basic rights and freedoms.

I have been a champion of women’s reproductive healthcare access for my entire career. As Public Advocate, I successfully pushed for the expansion of New York State Medicaid coverage for more accurate breast cancer screening technology; convened a roundtable with leaders to combat proposed changes to Title X funding; sponsored legislation supporting the Reproductive Health Act; and have been a vocal supporter at every rally and in every fight for a women’s right to reproductive health access.

As Attorney General, I will:

Enforce access to reproductive healthcare, protect a woman’s right to choose;

Investigate fake crisis pregnancy clinics;

Protect women from workplace pregnancy discrimination;

Protect access to birth control; and,

Work with other Attorneys General to fight against attacks on women’s healthcare.

Gender Equity in the Workplace

Equal pay for equal work is the law of the land. Yet nationally, a woman makes 79 cents for each dollar earned by a man. New York State has a smaller wage gap, at 89 cents on the dollar. And for women of color in New York, the wage gap grows exponentially. Black women make only 66 cents, Latina women make 56 cents, and Asian women make 82 cents for each dollar a man makes. Righting this wrong requires a commitment to examining the root causes of the inequity, amending or re-applying the law to affect those root causes, stepping up enforcement, and changing workplace culture.

Pay disparities, even those based on deep-seated prejudices based on a woman’s “appropriate” role, are not the only aspect of work life that keep women down. The #MeToo movement has demonstrated the shocking and pervasive violence that has been accepted as a regular part of working life.

As Public Advocate, I sponsored a landmark law that prohibits employers in New York City from inquiring about a job applicant’s salary history -- a vital way of stopping the perpetuation of the gender pay gap. I published a series of reports addressing the gender wage gap including a first-of-its kind report identifying gender and salary data for all 300,000 New York City employees that shed light on the hiring, pay, and promotion practices of every City agency. I recently introduced legislation to create affordable child care for city employees by using space within city buildings.

As Attorney General, I will:

Fight for statewide legislation to mirror the law I helped to pass in New York City which bans employers from asking workers about their salary history;

Create a Wage Discrimination Task Force to investigate and prosecute instances of systemic wage discrimination that currently evade enforcement because they are hidden behind deep misconceptions about the role of women in the workplace;

Take on the wage gap by taking legal action to root out the myriad forms of discrimination against women that result in unequal pay: pregnancy discrimination, caregiver discrimination, and the chronic and wide-spread devaluation of “women’s work.”

Make sexual harassment and gender equity a central focus, ensuring that women have a reliable ally in the office who will use the full extent of her powers to defend women’s right to equal pay and to equality in all facets of our society.

Protecting Our Environment and Holding Polluters Accountable

The health of planet earth is under attack by the Trump Administration every day. With a philosophy of deregulation-at-all-costs and policies that put business interests ahead of public interests, forces in Washington, D.C. are jeopardizing decades of environmental progress and the health and safety of Americans. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the rest of his Administration have tried to undermine environmental protections at every turn. They’re working to change or withdraw regulations to the benefit of the fossil fuel industry and asbestos manufacturers at the expense of the safety of the American people.

At the same time, New York faces serious environmental challenges of its own, which impact communities throughout the state, particularly communities of color. Lead poisoning cases in black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Buffalo are some of the highest in the State, drinking water sources are contaminated in Newburgh, and smog-filled air in black and Hispanic communities leads to asthma rates in Erie County significantly higher than the national average. With that and damage resulting from climate change, our environmental challenges are growing by the day. At a time when the federal government is abandoning its responsibility to enforce the laws that protect our food, air, water, and the rest of our environment, the role of the Attorney General is vital to protect the health and safety of New Yorkers everywhere.

I have been an advocate for the environment throughout my career. As Public Advocate, I used my position as a trustee of the City’s largest pension fund to pressure the City to divest from fossil fuels -- the first trustee of a New York City pension board to call for such action. As a member of the City Council, I led the comprehensive rewriting of the City’s residential recycling program, the largest such program in the country, including expanding composting, simplifying and expanding plastics recycling, and significantly increasing the availability of recycling in public spaces. I have also been a staunch defender of environmental justice, ensuring that neighborhoods of color are not overburdened with more than their fair share of solid waste infrastructure.

As Attorney General, I will not hesitate to use the courts to force the Trump Administration to enforce environmental laws and other federal protections, while holding polluters accountable here in New York, taking action to address environmental racism, and more. I will:

Investigate and take legal action to stop environmental injustices that exacerbate racial disparities in asthma rates, lead poisoning, and other environmental illnesses;

Advance legislation and take legal action that would ban fracking infrastructure in New York;

Lead the fight for the State to divest fully from fossil fuels;

Litigate to prevent the rollback of federal regulations that protect the our air, our water, and our food;

Investigate and prosecute corporate polluters who collude with federal officials to mislead New Yorkers about the risk of climate change;

Litigate to protect against toxic products that harm workers and consumers; and,

Advocate to strengthen New York’s environmental laws by increasing the penalties for illegal dumping.

”

—Tish James' campaign website (2018)^[5]

Noteworthy events

Former President Donald Trump found liable in New York civil fraud case (2024)

On February 16, 2024, New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District Judge Arthur F. Engoron (D) issued a ruling finding former President Donald Trump (R), two of his sons, his company, and executives of his company liable in a civil fraud case for inflating the value of his assets, which allowed him to receive loans and insurance at lower rates than he would otherwise have been able to receive. Trump was ordered to pay $454 million in penalties and interest to the state, was barred from acting as an officer or director of any company in New York for three years, and an independent monitor was appointed to oversee the company's financial reporting.^[6] The lawsuit was filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) in 2022.^[7]

In his ruling, Engoron wrote, "In order to borrow more and at lower rates, defendants submitted blatantly false financial data to the accountants, resulting in fraudulent financial statements. When confronted at trial with the statements, defendants’ fact and expert witnesses simply denied reality, and defendants failed to accept responsibility or to impose internal controls to prevent future recurrences. As detailed herein, this Court now finds defendants liable, continues the appointment of an Independent Monitor, orders the installation of an Independent Director of Compliance, and limits defendants’ right to conduct business in New York for a few years."^[8]

Trump issued a statement in response to the ruling saying, "The Justice System in New York State, and America as a whole, is under assault by partisan, deluded, biased Judges and Prosecutors. Racist, Corrupt A.G. Tish James has been obsessed with 'Getting Trump' for years, and used Crooked New York State Judge Engoron to get an illegal, unAmerican judgment against me, my family, and my tremendous business. I helped New York City during its worst of times, and now, while it is overrun with Violent Biden Migrant Crime, the Radicals are doing all they can to kick me out."^[9] On February 26, 2024, Trump appealed the ruling.^[10]

A five-judge panel of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, issued a ruling on Trump's appeal on March 25, 2024, the deadline by which Trump needed to post bond in order to further appeal the ruling. The court reduced the bond from $454 million to $175 million, and extended the bond deadline by ten days. The court also stayed the portion of Engoron's ruling that barred Trump from acting as an officer or director of any company in New York for three years pending appeals, but allowed the installation of an independent monitor to proceed according to the initial ruling.^[11]^[12] Trump posted the $175 million bond on April 1, 2024.^[13]

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Footnotes

↑ Public Advocate for the City of New York, "Letitia James," accessed August 7, 2017
↑ New York Election Law, "Sec 6-160. Primaries," accessed July 14, 2017
↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email correspondence with the New York City Board of Elections," July 14, 2017
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Tish James for Attorney General, “Issues,” accessed August 22, 2018
↑ Reuters, "Donald Trump must pay $354.9 million, barred from NY business for 3 years, judge rules," February 16, 2024
↑ The New York Times, "What We Know About New York’s Fraud Case Against Donald Trump," October 2, 2023
↑ New York Courts, "Decision and Order," accessed February 16, 2024
↑ Trump's campaign website, "Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Crooked Joe Biden-directed New York AG Witch Hunt," February 16, 2024
↑ Associated Press, "Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case," accessed February 26, 2024
↑ CNBC, "Trump New York fraud bond cut to $175 million in appeal from $454 million," March 25, 2024
↑ Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, "Order," accessed March 25, 2024
↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Donald Trump Obtains $175 Million Bond in Civil Fraud Case," April 1, 2024

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