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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a vaccination site on Monday, March 8, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

NY attorney general names team that will investigate Cuomo

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 22, 2021, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at a COVID-19 vaccination site in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York's attorney general said she's moving forward with an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after receiving a letter from his office Monday, March 1, 2021, authorizing her to take charge of the probe. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File)

Calls for Cuomo’s resignation mount as 3rd accuser emerges

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

In this Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State address virtually from The War Room at the state Capitol, in Albany, N.Y. On Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, Cuomo acknowledged for the first time that some of his behavior with women had been “misinterpreted as unwanted flirtation,” and he would cooperate with a sexual harassment investigation led by the state’s attorney general. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, Pool, File)

Cuomo sorry for remarks aide ‘misinterpreted’ as harassment

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, Joe Prude, brother of Daniel Prude, right, and his son Armin, stand with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y. Daniel Prude, 41, suffocated after police in Rochester put a &quot;spit hood&quot; over his head while he was being taken into custody. He died March 30, after he was taken off life support, seven days after the encounter with police. The independent investigator leading a probe of the city's handling of Prude's death says the ex-police chief is refusing to cooperate. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffre, File)

No charges against officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death

By MICHAEL HILL and CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press

Amazon sues NY attorney general to stop virus probe

By JOSEPH PISANI - Associated Press

Independent examiner sought in NRA mismanagement allegations

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In this Aug. 6, 2020, file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James adjusts her glasses as she announces that the state is suing the National Rifle Association during a press conference, in New York. New York may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents by as much as 50%, the state’s attorney general said in a report released Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. James has, for months, been examining discrepancies between the number of deaths being reported by the state’s Department of Health, and the number of deaths reported by the homes themselves. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

N.Y. nursing home virus deaths were undercounted, AG says

By Marina Villeneuve - Associated Press

In this May 4, 2013, file photo, National Rifle Association members listen to speakers during the NRA's annual Meetings and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

NRA is in fight of its life when board meets Thursday

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Extortion, COVID-style: ‘Revenge porn’ surges during pandemic lockdown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 6, 2020, photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James takes a question at a news conference in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) **FILE**

New York warns of surge in ‘revenge porn’ during coronavirus

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE- This June 17, 2019 file photo shows the front entrance of Sotheby's auction house in New York. Sotheby's helped an art collector dodge millions of dollars in New York sales taxes, the New York attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. The lawsuit accused the prominent auction house of accepting bogus documentation to spare a top client a tax bill. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

New York AG: Sotheby’s helped rich art lover skirt taxes

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

By video, Eric Trump answers questions from NY investigators

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 6, 2020 file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James addresses the media during a news conference in New York. On Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, James recommended the New York Police Department get out of the business of routine traffic enforcement, a radical change that she said would prevent encounters like one the year before in the Bronx borough of New York that escalated quickly and ended with an officer fatally shooting a motorist. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

NYPD should stop making traffic stops, attorney general says

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

In this Nov. 19, 2019 file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference at her office in New York. James asked a court Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 to enforce subpoenas into an investigation into whether President Donald Trump and his businesses inflated assets on financial statements. James filed a petition in state trial court in New York City naming the Trump Organization, an umbrella group for the Republican president’s holdings, as a respondent along with other business entities. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Letitia James, New York AG, recommends NYPD end routine traffic enforcement

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

Eric Trump, the son of President Donald Trump, greets supporters at a campaign rally, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Saco, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Judge: Eric Trump must give NY deposition before election

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

In this Aug. 6, 2020, photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James takes a question at a news conference in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) **FILE**

NY AG moves to expedite release of police body cam footage

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In this Nov. 19, 2019 file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference at her office in New York. James asked a court Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 to enforce subpoenas into an investigation into whether President Donald Trump and his businesses inflated assets on financial statements. James filed a petition in state trial court in New York City naming the Trump Organization, an umbrella group for the Republican president’s holdings, as a respondent along with other business entities. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

NY AG probes if Trump pumped up value of estate, assets

By MICHAEL HILL and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Letitia James NRA lawsuit energizes gun rights Second Amendment base

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

State Attorney General Letitia James accused top officials at the NRA of diverting millions of dollars of charitable donations made to the lobbying group and squandering it on family vacations, private jets and expensive dinners. (Associated Press/File)

Letitia James, New York attorney general, moves to dissolve NRA after probe

By Jeff Mordock and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - This Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. New York’s attorney general is suing the National Rifle Association, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over allegations that high-ranking executives diverted millions of dollars for personal benefit. The lawsuit filed Thursday, Aug. 6, by Attorney General Letitia James followed an 18-month investigation into the NRA, which is a nonprofit group originally chartered in New York.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER and LISA MARIE PANE - Associated Press