Jun 14, 2024 | corruption investigation | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Official Misconduct | OPIA | Political Retribution | SJTA | South Jersey Transit Authority | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced criminal charges have been filed against two members of the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) Board of Commissioners, after they allegedly colluded to block payments to an engineering firm as political retaliation in connection with a feud between a South Jersey Democratic Party leader and a Mercer County Commissioner.
Jun 13, 2024 | Fatal Police Shooting | Investigation | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Woodbridge Township | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on June 13, 2024, in the Fords section of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey.
Jun 11, 2024 | Colorado | criminal history | Delaware | Division on Civil Rights | Fair Housing Rule Proposal | Housing Barriers | HUD | HUD-Assisted Housing | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania | public housing authorities (PHAs) | the District of Columbia | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | Vermont | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | DCR Housing | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) joined with the Attorneys General of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania to co-lead a multistate comment letter supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed rule to improve access to safe and affordable housing.
Jun 11, 2024 | Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | body powder products | California | carcinogenic asbestos | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Johnson & Johnson | Kansas | Kentucky | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Montana | multistate | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Rhode Island | Settlement | Shower to Shower Powder | South Dakota | talc-based baby powder | Texas | the District of Columbia | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs, together with 42 other Attorneys General, today announced that they reached a $700 million nationwide settlement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve allegations related to the marketing of talc-based baby powder and body powder products.
Jun 11, 2024 | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office today identified the decedent and the police officer involved in a fatal motor vehicle crash on May 27, 2024, in Franklin Borough, New Jersey.
Jun 6, 2024 | Coldwell Banker Realty | Division on Civil Rights | Housing Discrimination | LAD | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | Settlement | the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights has resolved four cases alleging that Coldwell Banker Realty, a real estate brokerage company, violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
