Jan 12, 2024 | Bias and Discrimination | Discrimination | Discrimination in Home Appraisals | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division on Civil Rights | housing | LAD | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today the launch of the Home Appraisal Discrimination Initiative to address persistent systemic inequities in real estate appraisals, which play a critical role in the homebuying and home refinancing process.
Jan 9, 2024 | CashApp | CFPB | Coalition | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Digital Payment and Wallet Services | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking | Paypal | proposed federal rule | Venmo | Zelle | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin yesterday led a coalition of Attorneys General to support a proposed federal rule that would expand supervisory authority over certain nonbank companies to ensure that such companies are subject to the same regulatory oversight as banks, credit unions, and other traditional financial institutions.
Jan 8, 2024 | Cranford Police | Garden State Parkway | OPIA | police-involved shooting | stolen vehicle | Woodbridge | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Today, the Attorney General’s Office released the identity of the driver who died in a December 28, 2023 police-involved shooting on the Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
Jan 8, 2024 | 2023 | Division of Highway Traffic Safety | Preliminary Data | Significant Fatal Crash Decreases | Significant Traffic-Related Fatality Decreases | Division of Highway Traffic Safety | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety (HTS), today announced a substantial reduction in traffic-related fatalities in 2023.
Jan 8, 2024 | compensation equity | Complaint | Consent Decree and Order. AT&T | Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act | equal pay provisions | Finding of Probable Cause | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | pay discrimination | Settlement | Defending our Workforce | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today announced that the State has entered into a Consent Decree and Order resolving allegations that AT&T violated the equal pay provisions of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), known as the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act.
Jan 4, 2024 | Bribes | contraband | Hopewell | Indictment | Mercer County Correction Center (MCCC) | Mercer County Corrections Officer | Official Misconduct | OPIA | 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 a state grand jury has voted to file criminal charges against a correctional police officer with the Mercer County Department of Corrections.
