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 | 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.
Feb 3, 2025 | "deferred resignation" program | Arizona | Attorneys General | California | Coalition | Connecticut | Delaware | federal workers | Hawaii | intimidation | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | misleading buyout offer | New York | Office of Personnel Management (OPM) | The American Federation of Government Employees | Trump Administration | unelected billionaire | Union | Vermont | warning to federal employees | Washington | Defending our Workforce | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 11 attorneys general warning federal employees about the Trump administration’s misleading “deferred resignation” program, which purports to offer federal employees pay through September 30, 2025 if they resign by February 6.
