Apr 30, 2025 | City Council Seat | forged ballots and voter registrations | Haledon | new charges | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Paterson City Council President Alex Mendez | Paterson resident | Paterson’s May 2020 municipal election | stole ballots | superseding indictment | Third Ward | three alleged co-conspirators | Vote-By-Mail | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced that Paterson City Council President Alex Mendez along with three alleged co-conspirators and another Paterson resident are facing new charges in a superseding indictment that alleges they stole ballots, forged ballots and voter registrations, and submitted them to help Mendez win Paterson’s May 2020 municipal election.
Apr 29, 2025 | addiction recovery | AmeriCorps | education of special needs students | educational | environmental needs | Funding | independent federal agency | mass layoffs | meaningful community-based service | mentoring programs | national disasters | operations | programs | Public Safety | recovery programs | relief program | urban areas | volunteer and service efforts terminated | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin filed a lawsuit with a coalition of 23 attorneys general challenging the Trump Administration’s dismantling of AmeriCorps, an independent federal agency that addresses the country’s educational, public safety, and environmental needs by engaging Americans in meaningful community-based service.
Apr 29, 2025 | 800 law firms | abuse of power | amicus briefs | coalition of attorneys general | former judges | law fims | legal community | letter | professors | targeting law firms | Trump Administration | unconstitutional executive orders | violation of Constitution | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in publishing an open letter to the legal community that expresses support for law firms that have fought back against President Trump’s unconstitutional attempts to target law firms for advocacy the Trump Administration disfavors, and that expresses the coalition’s profound disappointment that several of the country’s largest law firms have capitulated in the face of these dangerous attacks on the rule of law.
Apr 24, 2025 | agencies can terminate any contracts | coalition of attorneys general | deny the law firms’ personnel entry to federal buildings | Executive Order | federal contractors must disclose any business with the law firms | Law Firm | Singled Out | Susman Godfrey | suspension of active security clearances Refusal to engage with or hire employees of singled out firms | Trump Administration | violation of the Constitution | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin is co-leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general in an amicus brief in support of law firm Susman Godfrey, which is challenging an unconstitutional presidential order that retaliates against the firm for representing clients in the aftermath of the 2020 election and defending the integrity of that election.
Apr 15, 2025 | 504(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | American Association of People with Disabilities v. Dudek | Amicus Brief | DOGE | Dudek | Elon Musk | erratic actions | First and Fifth Amendments | food | Health Care | Illegal Cuts | Medicaid | Medicare | Preliminary Injunction | reckless and unlawful layoffs and closures | shelter | Social Security Administration | social security benefits | SSA | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance | the Administrative Procedure Act | The Office of Transformation | Trump Administration | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 20 other states filing an amicus brief supporting an injunction to block the Trump Administration’s reckless and unlawful layoffs and closures at the Social Security Administration, which have jeopardized continued Social Security payments for millions of Americans.
Apr 14, 2025 | GetCoveredNJ | health coverage | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with the Attorneys General of California and Massachusetts, co-led a multistate letter regarding a raft of proposed changes that would undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA), making it more difficult and expensive for individuals to enroll in health coverage on federal and state exchanges.
