Description: The Office of the Attorney General of New York is the state’s chief legal office and public advocate. It represents New York in civil and administrative litigation, provides legal counsel to state agencies, enforces state laws and regulations, and pursues consumer protection, civil rights, environmental, antitrust, securities, Medicaid fraud, public integrity, labor and workplace, and other enforcement actions on behalf of New Yorkers. Type: State government office / executive-branch legal agency Policies: Consumer protection and fraud enforcement; civil rights and anti-discrimination enforcement; environmental and climate enforcement; antitrust and competition matters; securities and financial fraud oversight; Medicaid, healthcare and public-benefits fraud enforcement; public integrity and corruption investigations; labor and workplace protections; data privacy and technology regulation; civil and criminal referrals and litigation strategy affecting state policy Funding: Funded primarily by New York State appropriations and the state budget, supplemented by fees, fines and recoveries from settlements and judgments and occasional federal grants Affiliates: The Attorney General (officeholder) and the Office’s deputy leadership, New York State agencies and the Governor’s office, county district attorneys, the National Association of Attorneys General, and frequent partnerships with consumer and public-interest organizations and outside law firms in complex litigation
