Letitia James

Authorities are investigating the death of a man who lost consciousness as police officers were trying to subdue him on Long Island. Suffolk County police got a 911 call about a possibly intoxicated man lying on the ground in Wyandanch shortly before 10:30 a.m. Thursday, the department said in a news release. Officers arrived and found the man acting agitated…

New York Attorney General Letitia James is distributing more than $100 million among counties across the state in the fight against teen vaping. It’s part of a major settlement from e-cigarette maker JUUL and officials hope the funding will keep young people from ever starting to vape, or help them quit. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A year after New York Attorney General Letitia James secured the largest million-dollar multistate settlement agreement with JUUL for the company’s role in the uptick in youth vaping, it was announced Wednesday that New York City will receive $27.1 million of that settlement to reinvest in the young community and vaping prevention programs. The State of New York will receive…

Donald Trump has appealed his $454 million New York civil fraud judgment, challenging a judge’s finding that he lied about his wealth as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency. The former president’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal Monday, asking the state’s mid-level appeals court to overturn Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 16...

Legal expert Michael Bachner gives some insight on todays verdict in Trumps civil fraud case. 

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is suing state Attorney General Letitia James seeking to force her to release interviews from the sexual misconduct investigation that led to his resignation. Cuomo filed the case against James in state court on Thursday. He argues that he needs the witness statements in full to defend himself against two sexual harassment lawsuits. A...

The defendants, including his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, deny any wrongdoing.

After more than two months of fireworks inside and outside the courtroom, testimony has wrapped in the civil fraud trial against Donald Trump. But, it’s going to be a while before we get a decision from the judge. News Four’s Erica Byfield is in Lower Manhattan with the details.

Donald Trump has testified in court as a football owner, casino builder and airline buyer. He once bragged in a legal deposition that he saved “millions of lives” by deterring nuclear war as president. Another time, he fretted about the dangers of thrown fruit. Come Monday, he’s poised to reprise his role as a witness, this time as a former...

Testy testimony from Eric Trump today in the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization. Erica Byfield reports.

Uber and Lyft will pay drivers in New York a combined $328 million to settle wage theft claims and have agreed to establish a minimum wage and paid sick leave for drivers across the state, Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday.

How much is Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago worth? That’s been a point of contention after a New York judge ruled that the former president exaggerated the Florida property’s value when he said it’s worth at least $420 million and perhaps $1.5 billion. Siding with New York’s attorney general in a lawsuit accusing Trump of grossly overvaluing his assets, Judge Arthur...

Donald Trump was in Manhattan for the third day of his civil fraud trial. Erica Byfield reports.

Former President Donald Trump is returning to court for day two of the $250 million civil fraud trial brought by the New York State Attorney General’s office.

After a fiery first day of opening statements, lawyers in Donald Trump’s business fraud trial in New York will move on Tuesday to the more plodding task of going through years of his financial documents in what’s expected to be a weekslong fight over whether they constitute proof of fraud. An accountant who prepared Trump’s financial statements for years...

We got our first look at Donald Trump inside a lower Manhattan courtroom as cameras captured the opening of his civil fraud trial. News 4’s Ida Siegal reports.

New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses Donald Trump, the Trump Organization and others of engaging in business fraud for years.

NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports on former president Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial.

Aggrieved and defiant, former President Donald Trump sat through hours of sometimes testy opening arguments Monday in a fraud lawsuit that could cost him control of some of his most prized properties. “Disgraceful trial,” he declared during a lunch break, after listening to lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James excoriate him as a habitual liar. The state’s...