Dec 11, 2023 | Back Wages | Complaint | fines | Independent Contractors | Misclassification of Drivers | New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development | penalties | Defending our Workforce | Department of Labor | Division of Law | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo announced today that they have filed the first lawsuit under a 2021 law against employers who have misclassified workers as independent contractors.
Dec 11, 2023 | accessories | ammunition | Arizona | Colorado | Connecticut | dangerous weapons | Delaware | Gun Magazine Capacity | Hawaii | Illinois Maine | Large Capacity Magazines | LCMs | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Multistate Amicus Brief | Nevada | New Jersey | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | Second Amendment | the District of Columbia | threat to communities | Vermont | Washington | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, together with Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, co-led a coalition of 18 other attorneys general, to support the State of California’s assault weapons ban.
Dec 8, 2023 | ARRIVE Together | collaboration | community needs | Expansion | Law Enforcement | mental health emergencies | mental health professionals | Paterson | Arrive Together | Behavioral Health | Mental Health | Press Release | Strengthening Police-Community Relations
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the City of Paterson, New Jersey’s third largest city, will be the first municipality in Passaic County to participate in the Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together program.
Dec 7, 2023 | aggravated assault | Criminal Charges | Grand Jury | Official Misconduct | Paterson | Police Shooting | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability today announced that a state grand jury has voted to file criminal charges against a Paterson police officer who allegedly shot a fleeing man in the back in June 2022, leaving the victim paralyzed.
Dec 6, 2023 | Fatal Police Shooting | Investigation | Manchester | OPIA | 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 December 5, 2023, in Manchester, New Jersey.
Dec 6, 2023 | (CBVI) | Community-Based Violence Intervention | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Grant Funding | Violence Intervention and Prevention | violence prevention services | VIVA | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Violence Intervention
Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that $15 million in grant funding will be distributed to 29 organizations to support New Jersey’s Community-Based Violence Intervention (CBVI) Program and expand it into new communities.