Brendan J. Lyons
Managing Editor, Enterprise and Investigations at Times Union (Albany)
Managing Editor Capitol Bureau/Investigations Times Union
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1 day ago |
timesunion.com | Brendan J. Lyons
ALBANY — The New York attorney general’s onslaught of litigation against the Trump administration continued Tuesday with the filing of two more lawsuits — both challenging federal policies threatening to cut federal aid for a state’s failure to support immigration deportation efforts. Since January, there have been more than two dozen lawsuits or legal interventions initiated by state Attorney General Letitia James, an outspoken critic of President Donald J.
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6 days ago |
timesunion.com | Brendan J. Lyons
ALBANY — The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albany have opened a formal criminal investigation examining the real estate and mortgage transactions of New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to law enforcement sources briefed on the matter.
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1 week ago |
timesunion.com | Brendan J. Lyons
ALBANY — The state budget being adopted this week will eliminate the $229,000-a-year salary of Tremaine Wright, a former state assemblywoman who was appointed chair of the Cannabis Control Board by Gov. Kathy Hochul in September 2021. It's unclear why the annual salary for the position was eliminated, although salaries that high for state government board positions are rare. The other four members of the Cannabis Control Board receive $260 stipends on the days they attend meetings or events.
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1 week ago |
timesunion.com | Brendan J. Lyons
ALBANY — Attorneys for the mother of an Albany man who died following an altercation at Fishkill Correctional Facility that involved correction officers have filed a petition seeking to compel a medical examiner to turn over their records on his autopsy. The petition was filed in state Supreme Court in Orange County this week and alleges that correction officers “brutally beat” 39-year-old Ameek Nixson after breaking up a fight between him and another inmate.
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1 week ago |
timesunion.com | Brendan J. Lyons
ALBANY — State Attorney General Letitia James this week sent a letter to the U.S. Justice Department commending the agency for intervening in a civil case in which the leaders of a Sullivan County town have been accused of adopting zoning regulations that appear to have been designed to block a large development project proposed by Hasidic Orthodox Jews.
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FBI opens formal investigation of NY Attorney General Letitia James. A mortgage document from James' purchase of a Virginia residence was signed by Jennifer Levy, her first deputy. https://t.co/MiwaNNUFEN via @TimesUnion
'We stand prepared to act in the capacity that we need to when and if we are informed there’s a charge to be made,' said U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III, after FBI in Albany opens investigation of @NewYorkStateAG Letitia James. https://t.co/MiwaNNUFEN via @TimesUnion
FBI opens formal investigation of @NewYorkStateAG Letitia James. New York’s Northern District handling allegations that James said are “baseless” https://t.co/MiwaNNUFEN via @TimesUnion