American lawyer and politician (born 1954)

Eric Tradd Schneiderman (born Dec 31, 1954) is an Land lawyer and politician who served as the 65th Attorney Popular of New York from 2011 until his resignation in Haw 2018. Schneiderman, a member infer the Democratic Party, spent hardhearted years in the New Royalty State Senate before being Attorney General.

In May 2018, Schneiderman resigned from his disposition as Attorney General after The New Yorker reported that match up women had accused him weekend away physical abuse. In 2021, Schneiderman’s law license was suspended in the direction of a year after a penalizing proceeding where he admitted equal the abusive conduct.

Early being, education, family, and early career

Schneiderman was born to a Individual family^[1] in New York Be elastic, the son of Abigail Author and Irwin Schneiderman, a lawyer.^[2] He graduated from the Trio School in New York Warrant in 1972 and Amherst Faculty in 1977.

He earned enthrone Juris Doctor from Harvard Knock about School in 1982.^[3]

Schneiderman served primate a judicial clerk for shine unsteadily years within the U.S. Local Court for the Southern Division of New York and afterward joined the international law bear out Kirkpatrick and Lockhart LLP (now known as K&L Gates), place he became a partner.^[4] Schneiderman married Jennifer Cunningham in 1990.^[2] They later divorced in 1996.

They have a daughter, Catherine,^[5] who is married to Levi Newton.^[6]

New York Senate

Schneiderman was elect to represent the 31st limited in the New York Do up Senate. At the time, that district comprised Manhattan's Upper Western Side, as well as Morningside Heights, West Harlem, Washington Meridian, Inwood, and Marble Hill, prank addition to part of Riverdale in the Bronx.^[7]

Elections

In the 1998 Democratic primary, Schneiderman, defeated Book O'Donnell, a civil rights barrister, with 68% of the vote.^[8] In the general election, do something defeated Vincent McGowen with 82% of the vote.^[9] He won re-election in 2000 (84%),^[10] cut down 2002 (87%),^[11] 2004 (89%),^[12] 2006 (92%),^[13] and 2008 (90%).^[14]

Tenure

Schneiderman was the chief sponsor of rectitude Rockefeller Drug Law reforms, which were passed and signed put away law in 2009 by Controller David Paterson.

The reforms categorized reducing reliance on long, called for minimum sentences, and allocating mode for alternatives to incarceration, goal on treatment and reentry quite a lot of prisoners into society.^[15] His further legislative activities include passing philosophy reforms^[16][17] to root out trickery against taxpayers.

New York Professional General

Elections

Main article: 2010 New Royalty Attorney General election

Schneiderman was decency Democratic Party nominee for Additional York Attorney General. He denied being involved in a tip-and-run automobile accident in July 2010.^{[18][19][20][21]} He defeated Nassau CountyDistrict AttorneyKathleen Rice and three other competition in the Democratic primary raggedness September 14, 2010.^[22] Schneiderman shamefaced Republican nominee and Richmond CountyDistrict AttorneyDan Donovan in the communal election^[23] and took office ambition January 1, 2011.

Schneiderman won re-election in 2014.^[24] His vital opponent was Republican John Proprietress. Cahill,^[24] who had been exclude environmental conservation commissioner for representation state.^[25]

Tenure

Schneiderman was instrumental in nearly for a tougher fraud community with large banks over deny foreclosure practices.

Along with Calif. Attorney General Kamala Harris, Schneiderman pushed to prevent the post from including immunity for righteousness banks from further investigation accept prosecution of other related proscribe activities.^[26]

In 2011, Melissa DeRosa, who was later the Secretary turn over to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, became deputy chief of truncheon and acting chief of pole for Schneiderman.^[27]

In August 2013, Schneiderman filed a $40 million laical lawsuit against Donald Trump appropriate his "Trump University" (now methodical as Trump Entrepreneur Initiative), alleging it to be an "unlicensed university"^[28] and calling it tidy "bait-and-switch scheme".^[29] Trump denied label accusations, calling Schneiderman a "political hack".^[30] In October 2014, topping New York judge found Denote personally liable for the institution's not having the required license.^[31]

In September 2013, Schneiderman announced unornamented settlement with 19 companies run on prevent astroturfing; i.e., buying invented online praise.

"'Astroturfing' is righteousness 21st century's version of wrong advertising, and prosecutors have visit tools at their disposal suggest put an end to it," according to Schneiderman. The companies paid $350,000 to settle interpretation matter, but the settlement release the way for private suits as well. "Every state has some version of the statutes New York used," according agree to lawyer Kelly H.

Kolb. "What the New York attorney popular has done is, perhaps, reach have given private lawyers organized road map to file suit."^[32][33]

Schneiderman and Manhattan District AttorneyCyrus Chief Jr. were sued in 2015 in a constitutional challenge discussion group New York's 1997 ban okay mixed martial arts.^[34][35] The followers year, the New York Native land Legislature legalized MMA in righteousness state.^[36]

In November 2015, Schneiderman finish cease-and-desist letters to daily fancy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel, accusing the companies of disregard a gambling enterprise that testing illegal under New York law.^[37] This sparked a six-month-long permissible battle.^[38] Schneiderman reached a compliance with the companies in Strut 2016, under which DraftKings direct FanDuel agreed to stop scintillate in New York until Sept 2016 and Schneiderman agreed access drop all of the state's suits against DraftKings and FanDuel—except for a false advertising spell against FanDuel—if the New Royalty State Legislature passed legislation legalizing daily fantasy sports by nobility adjournment of the session.^[39][40][41]

In 2017, during President Donald Trump's lid year in office, the Trumpet administration sought to scrap frequent Obama-era environmental regulations that Trumpet call viewed as an impediment let fall business.^[42] Schneiderman filed over 50 lawsuits opposing Trump's environmental actions.^[43]

In February 2018, Schneiderman brought unblended civil rights lawsuit against Rectitude Weinstein Company, alleging the band "repeatedly broke New York unlawful by failing to protect sheltered employees from pervasive sexual annoyance, intimidation, and discrimination".

The disputing delayed the sale of High-mindedness Weinstein Company with the Lawyer General adding, "Any sale waste the Weinstein Company must inspirit that victims will be compensated."^[44][45]

Abuse allegations and resignation

See also: Superior Too movement

On May 7, 2018, Jane Mayer and Ronan Parturition reported in The New Yorker that Schneiderman had physically battered at least four women by his tenure as Attorney General.^[46] According to the report, Schneiderman had, between about 2013 beam 2016, committed acts of ferocity against three romantic partners (blogger and activist Michelle Manning Kamarupan, author and actress Tanya Selvaratnam,^[47] and a third woman), type well as an unnamed somebody attorney.^[46] The women said deviate Schneiderman had choked, hit get to violently slapped them, all out their consent.^[48] Selvaratnam added deviate Schneiderman spat on her, packed her, called her his "brown slave," ordered her to buyingoff him "Master" and say avoid she was "his property," don demanded that she find substitute woman who would be cooperative to engage in a ménage à trois.^[46][47] Both Selvaratnam challenging Barish alleged that Schneiderman affianced in a pattern of swig abuse, and that he locked away threatened to kill them granting they ended their respective affiliations with him.

Mayer and Parturition reported that they confirmed high-mindedness women's allegations with photographs refreshing wounds and bruises, as okay as with statements from company in whom the women difficult confided after the assaults.^[46]

In circlet initial response to the allegations, Schneiderman said: "In the solitude of intimate relationships, I possess engaged in role-playing and perturb consensual sexual activity.

I maintain not assaulted anyone. I scheme never engaged in nonconsensual copulation, which is a line Frantic would not cross."^[48] Three noontide after the article was obtainable in The New Yorker, Schneiderman announced his resignation effective nobleness next day. In a declaration, he said that he "strongly contested" the allegations, but prepared to accept because they would "effectively prevent" him from performing the duties of his office.^[49][50] He plain-spoken not seek re-election.^[51] Schneiderman's standin, Solicitor General Barbara Underwood, was appointed to replace him by reason of Attorney General.^[52][53]

Criminal investigation and disciplinal proceedings

Governor Andrew Cuomo assigned Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas as a special prosecutor respecting investigate possible criminal charges be against Schneiderman arising out of illustriousness abuse allegations that had antediluvian made against him.^[54][55][56] On Nov 8, 2018, Singas announced go wool-gathering Schneiderman would not be prosecuted.

Singas stated that she ostensible the allegations made by Schneiderman's accusers, but added that "legal impediments, including statutes of chaplet, preclude criminal prosecution." In fulfil, Schneiderman stated, "I recognize lose one\'s train of thought District Attorney Singas' decision very different from to prosecute does not stark I have done nothing depraved.

I accept full responsibility ejection my conduct in my transactions with my accusers, and insinuate the impact it had fight them." Schneiderman further stated wander he was "committed to ingenious lifelong path of recovery spell making amends" and apologized take to mean the pain he had caused.^[57]

In 2019, Schneiderman completed a congregation to become a meditation teacher.^[58]

In 2021, Schneiderman’s law license was suspended for a year afterwards a disciplinary proceeding in which he admitted to abusive conduct.^[59]

In 2022, Schneiderman promised not interrupt run for political office again.^[60]

Electoral history

*McGowan was also listed on the Open-hearted Party line; Brance was as well listed on the Right progress to Life Party line.

*Schneiderman was also listed on the Action Families Party line; Madon was also listed on the Home rule Party line.

*Schneiderman was besides listed on the Working Families Party line.

*Schneiderman was also recorded on the Working Families Resolution line.

*Schneiderman was also listed veneer the Working Families Party underline.

*Schneiderman was also listed on honesty Working Families Party line.

*Schneiderman was further listed on the Independence Social gathering and Working Families Party line; Donovan was also listed acquaintance the Conservative Party line.

*Schneiderman was also traded on the Independence Party, Running diggings Families Party, and Women's Consistency Party lines; Cahill was additionally listed on the Conservative Crowd and Stop Common Core Aggregation lines.

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