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Diversity & Inclusion
Public Integrity
Environmental Justice
Sexual Assault Victims
What are we working on?
Racial Justice
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated racial disparities that have long plagued our country, and we have a moral obligation to address this problem.
Gun Violence
Over the past decade, nearly 5,000 New Jersey residents have been killed by guns. This is more than a tragedy. It’s also a public health crisis.
Police-Community Relations
The New Jersey Attorney General has the unique authority to issue statewide policy directives that apply to the New Jersey’s 38,000 state, county, and local police officers and 1,000 state, county, and municipal prosecutors.
Protecting New Jersey in Court
The Attorney General protects the rights of New Jersey’s residents by standing up to corporate polluters, financial fraudsters, discriminatory employers—and when necessary, the federal government.
Racial Justice
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated racial disparities that have long plagued our country, and we have a moral obligation to address this problem.
Gun Violence
Over the past decade, nearly 5,000 New Jersey residents have been killed by guns. This is more than a tragedy. It’s also a public health crisis.
Police-Community Relations
The New Jersey Attorney General has the unique authority to issue statewide policy directives that apply to the New Jersey’s 38,000 state, county, and local police officers and 1,000 state, county, and municipal prosecutors.
Protecting New Jersey in Court
The Attorney General protects the rights of New Jersey’s residents by standing up to corporate polluters, financial fraudsters, discriminatory employers—and when necessary, the federal government.
Latest News
Acting AG Platkin Co-Leads National Coalition of Attorneys General in Supporting Legal Challenge to Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” Law
For Immediate Release: August 4, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting...
Acting AG Platkin, DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Natural Resource Damages Lawsuit against Monsanto and other Corporate Defendants over PCB Contamination
For Immediate Release: August 4, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting...
Division on Civil Rights Adopts New and Amended Rules Governing Posters, Launches New Posters to Heighten Public Awareness of New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination and Family Leave Act
For Immediate Release: August 3, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting...
Acting AG Platkin Announces Charges in Alleged Opioid Distribution Network Being Run from Morris County Physician’s Office
For Immediate Release: August 5, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting...
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Hospital-based violence prevention programs (HVIP) provide a critical lifeline when people are at their most vulnerable.
We’re so grateful to @GovMurphy & @NewJerseyOAG for allocating $10M in continued funding for New Jersey’s HVIP programs.
https://www.njoag.gov/governor-murphy-and-acting-ag-platkin-announce-10-million-in-federal-funds-to-support-hospital-based-violence-intervention-programs-that-reduce-cycle-of-gun-violence-in-communities/
In 2020, we invested $20 million in hospital-based violence intervention programs to help break the cycle of gun violence. Today, @GovMurphy and I are proud to announce another $10 million investment that will continue this important work and save lives https://bit.ly/3A5eqHp
To protect NJ residents, we’re cracking down on vehicle thefts increasingly linked to more violent crimes. Today we announced prison sentences for final defendants prosecuted in our takedown of a stolen auto trafficking ring in Newark. https://bit.ly/3zvSXG6
Thank you @CoalitionForAC, @NAACPAC, @AtlanticCityPD and Councilman @KaleemShabazz for organizing yesterday’s community walk in #AtlanticCity. This is how we continue to improve public safety and build trust between law enforcement and the residents we serve.
4New Jersey will always stand up for LGBTQ+ youth. That’s why I’m proud to lead an amicus brief on behalf of 16 AGs supporting a legal challenge to Florida’s deeply misguided “Don’t Say Gay” law. https://bit.ly/3JtbDLj
For decades, Monsanto manufactured toxic chemicals used in household and industrial products, even after they knew these chemicals were harmful. Today, we filed a lawsuit for Natural Resources Damages for the environmental harms caused to our state. https://bit.ly/3SpEeFc
We prioritize protecting residents from “dark patterns” – website designs and ads used to deceive and manipulate consumers. That’s why we join a multistate letter to urge the FTC to address dark patterns in its guidance to commercial advertisers. https://bit.ly/3QcZooa
It is critical that our State’s residents understand the protections our civil rights laws afford. That’s why @NJCivilRights has developed new rules and posters to better inform the public about the NJ Law Against Discrimination and NJ Family Leave Act: https://bit.ly/3zwfm6f
Robocalls remain a nationwide problem. That’s why we join a nationwide Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to continue protecting our consumers from the scammers the telecom industry has yet to properly engage and restrict.
Victim Information:
1) How to file a domestic violence restraining order; 2) resources for domestic violence victims; and 3) petitioning the court to dissolve the no contact order for defendants/juveniles released from custody due to public health emergency credits.