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Maria Vullo

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Maria Vullo

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Prior offices
New York Superintendent of Financial Services

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Maria Vullo was the New York Superintendent of Financial Services. She assumed office in 2016. She left office in 2019.

Vullo (Democratic Party) ran for election for Attorney General of New York. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 28, 2022.

Vullo's responsibility as the superintendent, an office created in 2011, was to protect markets and consumers in the state from fraud and to reform financial services regulation.[1]

Biography

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When Vullo was appointed, she was a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and had served in that role for 20 years. She had more than 25 years of experience in business, fraud, real estate and insurance litigation. Vullo also oversaw the Economic Justice Division of the Office of the New York State Attorney General under then-officeholder Andrew Cuomo (D).[1] Vullo was nominated twice by the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination as a candidate for associate judge of the Court of Appeals. She has argued cases before the United States Supreme Court, multiple federal circuit courts of appeals, and the New York State Appellate Division.[2]

Education

  • B.A., College of Mount Saint Vincent
  • M.P.A., New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
  • J.D., New York University School of Law[2]

Political career

New York superintendent of financial services (2016-2019)

Vullo served as the New York superintendent of financial services from January 2016 to February 2019. She succeeded Benjamin Lawsky, who resigned in June 2015. Anthony Albanese, Lawsky's chief of staff, was acting superintendent from then until her appointment.[1]

Acting executive deputy attorney general for economic justice (2010)

In 2010, Vullo was then-Attorney General Cuomo's acting executive deputy attorney general for economic justice. Vullo oversaw the bureaus of Investor Protection, Antitrust, Real Estate Finance, Consumer Frauds and Internet.[1]

Elections

2022

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

Total votes: 5,802,630
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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

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.

Campaign themes

2022

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Anthony Albanese (interim)
Benjamin Lawsky
New York Superintendent of Financial Services
January 2016–February 2019
Succeeded by
Linda Lacewell