Feb 9, 2025 | "deferred resignation" | “Fork in the Road” directive | 21 state attorneys general | accept a legally fraught “buyout” | AFGE Local 3707 | Arizona | California | Colorado | Connecticut | County and Municipal Employees | Delaware | Donald Trump | Elon Musk | federal employees | federal ethics regulations | Hawaii | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | potential termination | Rhode Island | the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) | the American Federation of State | the District of Columbia | the National Association of Government Employees | the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) | Trump administration’s federal “buyout” plan | Vermont | Washington | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general, standing with the nation’s federal employees in a challenge to the Trump administration’s federal “buyout” plan. The so-called “Fork in the Road” directive is an attempt to force federal workers to choose, with only days to decide, between accepting a legally fraught “buyout” and potentially being terminated.
Feb 7, 2025 | "special government employees" | Arizona | bank account details | block federal funds to states | Bureau of Fiscal Services (“BFS”) | California | central payment system | childcare | Colorado | Connecticut | critical services | Delaware | DOGE | Elon Musk | essential services like law enforcement | Hawaii | Health Care | Illinois | infrastructure repairs | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Medicare and Medicaid payments | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | public education | Rhode Island | Social Security numbers | Social Security payments | Treasury Department | Trump Administration | unelected billionaire | Vermont | veterans benefits | vital funding | Wisconsin | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop the unauthorized disclosure of Americans’ private information and sensitive data.
Feb 7, 2025 | Banned for Life from Public Employment | Bonaccorso & Son LLC | Ex-Clark Mayor | New Jersey Superior Court | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | probation | Salvatore Bonaccorso | Sentencing | submitting fraudulent applications | taxpayer-funded resources | unlawfully obtain permits | using township employees to operate private business | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced the sentencing of the ex-mayor of Clark Township, Salvatore Bonaccorso, after he pleaded guilty to two crimes for using township employees to operate his private oil tank removal business and submitting fraudulent applications to various municipalities to unlawfully obtain permits for the tank removals.
Feb 7, 2025 | and Wisconsin | Birthright citizenship | Boston | California | Coalition | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Federal Court Hearing | Hawaii | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Rhode Island | the City of San Francisco | the District of Columbia | the Immigration and Nationality Act | two U.S. Supreme Court decisions | Unconstitutional Trump Executive Order | Vermont | DD-ImmigrantRights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin traveled to Boston for a key hearing in his challenge to President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional executive order to terminate birthright citizenship.
Feb 6, 2025 | "Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) | Americans’ personally identifiable information | Elon Musk | sensitive payment systems | U.S. Department of the Treasury | Attorney General Statement | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general in releasing the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of the Treasury granting Elon Musk and his so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) staffers access to sensitive payment systems containing Americans’ personally identifiable information.
