Nov 28, 2023 | Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group | CFA | Consumer Fraud Act | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division's Office of Weights and Measures | Dollar General | OWM | OWM Enforcement Unit | Pricing Violations | Settlement | Weights and Measures Act | WMA | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that Dollar General Corp. (“Dollar General”), a national discount retail chain has agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve allegations of pricing violations.
Nov 9, 2023 | NJ CARES | Non-Violent Offenders | Paterson | substance use disorder | The Opt for Help and Hope Initiative | Battling the Opioid Epidemic | Fighting the Opioid Crisis | NJ CARES | Press Release
Opt for Help and Hope is a prosecutor-led diversion program that offers people who commit low-level, non-violent crimes the opportunity to overcome substance use disorder. Paterson is the first of six New Jersey cities to launch this pilot program.
Nov 9, 2023 | ARRIVE Together | collaboration | community needs | Kean University | Law Enforcement | mental health emergencies | mental health professionals | Union County | Arrive Together | Behavioral Health | Mental Health | Press Release | Strengthening Police-Community Relations
Announcement includes countywide expansion of ARRIVE and key partnership with Kean University For Immediate Release: November 9, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Alternative and Community Responses– Tiffany Wilson,...
Nov 6, 2023 | "Fix-and-Flip'" | Bergen County | Investment Scam | Manahawkin | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | OSFFCP | Ship Bottom | Surf City | Violence Suppression and Organized Crime Bureau | Consumer Protection | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that a state grand jury indicted a father and son from Bergen County for allegedly defrauding investors and mortgage lenders of more than $2.5 million through an investment scam involving Jersey Shore real estate.
Nov 1, 2023 | Air Conditioning | and refrigeration (HVACR) technician certification program | College | Heating | Post-Secondary Education Programs | ventilation | Advancing Innovative Policing Policies | Juvenile Justice Commission | Juvenile Justice Reform | Press Release
The JJC offers an array of programs designed to help youth grow and thrive, build resiliency, develop life skills, improve decision-making, and achieve independence.
Oct 27, 2023 | Bias in K-12 Schools | Division on Civil Rights | Law Against Discrimination | Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Attorney General Statement | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, have issued a statement in response to the recent rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia in K-12 schools and on college and university campuses.
