Feb 14, 2025 | “friend of the court” brief | 000 | 150 | active-duty servicemembers | Amicus Brief | banning transgender people | California | coalition of 20 state attorneys | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | discriminates against transgender people | harms national security | Hawaii | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | members of the National Guard | Michigan | military service | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | President Trump’s executive order | Reserves | Rhode Island | transgender | unconstitutional | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | Vermont | veterans | Washington | Wisconsin | Bias and Discrimination | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing a “friend of the court” brief, or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit challenging the implementation of President Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military.
Feb 14, 2025 | "No Bill" | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Elizabeth | Fatal Crash | Fourth Avenue and Centre Street | Grand Jury | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges against an Elizabeth police officer at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding a December 10, 2023 fatal motor vehicle crash in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Feb 13, 2025 | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
For Immediate Release: February 13, 2025 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON...
Feb 11, 2025 | 19% increase | Atlantic City Casinos | New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) | New Jersey Equine Racetracks | retail sports books | revenue figures | sports wagering mobile applications | Super Bowl | Division of Gaming Enforcement | Press Release | Sports Wagering
Attorney General Platkin and the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) announced preliminary wagering data related to Super Bowl LIX played on February 9, 2025
Feb 10, 2025 | Bergen County | Consent Decree | denying housing opportunities | Division on Civil Rights (DCR) | Enforcement Actions | Essex County | Findings of Probable Cause | government rental assistance | Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) | Howard Hanna Rand Realty | Hudson County | KP Edgestone Realty LLC | Monmouth County | New and Modern Group LLC | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | Opirhory Realtors | Passaic County | Property Advisers LLC d/b/a/ Better Home Realty | Property Owners | real estate brokerages | real estate brokers | Settlements | source of lawful income | United Real Estate | violations | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Civil Rights | DCR Investigations and Enforcement | DD-CivilRights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today announced that DCR has taken enforcement action in 20 cases alleging violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination’s (LAD)
Feb 7, 2025 | Banned for Life from Public Employment | Bonaccorso & Son LLC | Ex-Clark Mayor | New Jersey Superior Court | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | probation | Salvatore Bonaccorso | Sentencing | submitting fraudulent applications | taxpayer-funded resources | unlawfully obtain permits | using township employees to operate private business | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced the sentencing of the ex-mayor of Clark Township, Salvatore Bonaccorso, after he pleaded guilty to two crimes for using township employees to operate his private oil tank removal business and submitting fraudulent applications to various municipalities to unlawfully obtain permits for the tank removals.
