Apr 15, 2025 | 504(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | American Association of People with Disabilities v. Dudek | Amicus Brief | DOGE | Dudek | Elon Musk | erratic actions | First and Fifth Amendments | food | Health Care | Illegal Cuts | Medicaid | Medicare | Preliminary Injunction | reckless and unlawful layoffs and closures | shelter | Social Security Administration | social security benefits | SSA | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance | the Administrative Procedure Act | The Office of Transformation | Trump Administration | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 20 other states filing an amicus brief supporting an injunction to block the Trump Administrationās reckless and unlawful layoffs and closures at the Social Security Administration, which have jeopardized continued Social Security payments for millions of Americans.
Apr 14, 2025 | GetCoveredNJ | health coverage | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with the Attorneys General of California and Massachusetts, co-led a multistate letter regarding a raft of proposed changes that would undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA), making it more difficult and expensive for individuals to enroll in health coverage on federal and state exchanges.
Apr 14, 2025 | bookkeeper | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | exchange for a recommended sentence | failure to pay income taxes | fraudulent tax returns | gambling habit | Guilty Plea | Monmouth County | South Brunswick | stolen money | tax fraud | theft from employer | theft of movable property | West End Express Co. | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that a Monmouth County woman admitted to stealing approximately $4,000,000 from her employer and failing to pay taxes on the stolen money.
Apr 11, 2025 | Abuse of Authority | coalition of 21 attorneys general | Jenner & Block LLP | rule of law | targeting attorneys and law firms | Trump Administration | Unconstitutional Executive Order | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin is co-leading a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing amicus briefs supporting two law firms, Jenner & Block LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, that have filed lawsuits challenging unconstitutional executive orders imposing severe sanctions on the firms in retaliation for their work on causes disfavored by the Trump Administration.
Apr 11, 2025 | "No Bill" | 911 call domestic dispute | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | autopsy results | ballistics results | Fatal Police Shooting | Hamilton | Independent Prosecutor Directive | interviews | intoxicated | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | photographs | review of body worn camera footage | standard operating procedures (SOPs) | State Grand Jury | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of a Hamilton Township man who was fatally shot while exchanging gunfire with two Hamilton police officers, striking one of them, on March 8, 2024.
