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 | 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 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.
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.