Feb 9, 2025 | "deferred resignation" | “Fork in the Road” directive | 21 state attorneys general | accept a legally fraught “buyout” | AFGE Local 3707 | Arizona | California | Colorado | Connecticut | County and Municipal Employees | Delaware | Donald Trump | Elon Musk | federal employees | federal ethics regulations | Hawaii | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | potential termination | Rhode Island | the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) | the American Federation of State | the District of Columbia | the National Association of Government Employees | the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) | Trump administration’s federal “buyout” plan | Vermont | Washington | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general, standing with the nation’s federal employees in a challenge to the Trump administration’s federal “buyout” plan. The so-called “Fork in the Road” directive is an attempt to force federal workers to choose, with only days to decide, between accepting a legally fraught “buyout” and potentially being terminated.
Feb 7, 2025 | "special government employees" | Arizona | bank account details | block federal funds to states | Bureau of Fiscal Services (“BFS”) | California | central payment system | childcare | Colorado | Connecticut | critical services | Delaware | DOGE | Elon Musk | essential services like law enforcement | Hawaii | Health Care | Illinois | infrastructure repairs | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Medicare and Medicaid payments | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | public education | Rhode Island | Social Security numbers | Social Security payments | Treasury Department | Trump Administration | unelected billionaire | Vermont | veterans benefits | vital funding | Wisconsin | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop the unauthorized disclosure of Americans’ private information and sensitive data.
Feb 7, 2025 | 22 attorneys general | coallition | court orders | critical funding to states | ensure funding | Federal Funding | funding for new jersey | states file motions | Trump Administration | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, with a coalition of 22 other attorneys general, filed a motion for preliminary injunction in New York v. Trump, the ongoing lawsuit challenging actions by President Trump, the Office of Management and Budget, and federal agencies that attempted to pause or withhold nearly $3 trillion in federal assistance funding allocated to the states that support critical programs and services that benefit the American people.
Feb 7, 2025 | and Wisconsin | Birthright citizenship | Boston | California | Coalition | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Federal Court Hearing | Hawaii | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Rhode Island | the City of San Francisco | the District of Columbia | the Immigration and Nationality Act | two U.S. Supreme Court decisions | Unconstitutional Trump Executive Order | Vermont | DD-ImmigrantRights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin traveled to Boston for a key hearing in his challenge to President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional executive order to terminate birthright citizenship.
Feb 5, 2025 | Attorneys General | California | Coalition | Colorado | Connecticut | court's order | Delaware | dignity and rights of all people | doctors | families | Gender-affirming care | genital mutilation | Hawaii | Health care decisions | healthcare policies | Illinois | life-saving medical treatment | Maryland | Massachusetts | Nevada | New York | patients | Rhode Island | statement | Trump Administration’s recent Executive Order | Vermont | Attorney General Statement | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general to reaffirm their commitment to protecting access to gender-affirming care in the face of the Trump Administration’s recent Executive Order.
Jan 28, 2025 | Arizona | California | childcare services to families in need | Colorado | combat hate crimes and violence against women | Connecticut | critical health | Delaware | deliver support to public schools | federal executive agencies | Federal Funding | federal grant funding | Freezing Funds | Hawaii | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Oregon | provide life-saving disaster relief to states | Rhode Island | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | unconstitutional | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general sued to stop the implementation of a new Trump administration policy that orders the withholding of trillions of dollars in funding that provides essential services to millions of Americans in every state.
