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  2. Letitia James - Wikipedia

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    From 2013 to 2018, she was the New York City Public Advocate, making her the first African-American woman to be elected to and hold citywide office in New York City. [3] James was briefly a candidate in the 2022 New York gubernatorial election , but suspended her campaign in December 2021, opting to instead run for reelection as Attorney General.

  3. New York State United Teachers - Wikipedia

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    Website. nysut .org. New York State United Teachers ( NYSUT) is a 600,000-member New York state teachers union, affiliated since 2006 with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the AFL–CIO, and the National Education Association (NEA). NYSUT is an umbrella group which provides services to local affiliates in New York state; lobbies on ...

  4. Attorney General of New York - Wikipedia

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    The attorney general of New York is the chief legal officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the Department of Law of the state government. [1] The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, initially under the Dutch colonial government of New Netherland. The attorney general of the State of New York is the highest-paid ...

  5. Academy at Ivy Ridge - Wikipedia

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    Affiliation. World Wide Association of Specialty Programs. Academy at Ivy Ridge was an independent privately owned and operated for-profit behavior modification facility in Ogdensburg, New York. It marketed itself as a boarding school. [1] The 2024 Netflix documentary series The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping documented the conditions at ...

  6. City University of New York - Wikipedia

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    The first community college in New York City was established in 1955 with shared funding between the state and the city, but unlike the senior colleges, community college students had to pay tuition. The integration of CUNY's colleges into a single university system took place in 1961, under a chancellor and with state funding.

  7. New York County District Attorney - Wikipedia

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    The New York County District Attorney, also known as the Manhattan District Attorney, is the elected district attorney for New York County (Manhattan), New York.The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New York state laws (federal law violations in Manhattan are prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York).

  8. Kathy Hochul - Wikipedia

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    Campaign website. Kathleen Hochul ( / ˈhoʊkəl / HOH-kəl; née Courtney; born August 27, 1958) is an American politician and lawyer. Since August 24, 2021, she has served as the 57th governor of New York. [2] A member of the Democratic Party, she is New York's first female governor [3] and the first governor from Upstate New York since ...

  9. Nathaniel L. Goldstein - Wikipedia

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    Nathaniel Lawrence Goldstein (June 9, 1896 – March 24, 1981) was New York State Attorney General from 1943 to 1954, paralleling the three terms of Governor Thomas E. Dewey. A Republican, Goldstein equaled the twelve-year tenure of his Democratic predecessor John J. Bennett Jr. Since the office's creation in 1777, the only New York Attorneys ...