When Letitia “Tish” James was first sworn as New York City’s public advocate in January 2014, she scandalized the city’s political and media elites by ― the horror! Andrew Cuomo’s administration ― for the Democratic nomination for New York state attorney general. On Thursday night, Bill Lipton, the WFP’s New York state director, characterized Maloney’s loss as a major win for the organization and the left more broadly. “Tish James is going to be the strong, progressive attorney general we need to stand up to Donald Trump,” Lipton told The New York Times. The state attorney general has broad power to investigate any company in New York.

Source: Huffington Post September 14, 2018 22:00 UTC