{"id":103805,"date":"2019-06-21T14:09:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T18:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103805"},"modified":"2019-06-21T11:11:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T15:11:04","slug":"attorney-general-james-applauds-passage-of-statute-of-limitations-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103805","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General James Applauds Passage of Statute of Limitations Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Attorney General Letitia James<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Attorney General Letitia James today released the following\nstatement in response to the passage of legislation restoring the statute of\nlimitations to six years for certain crimes under the Martin Act and Executive\nLaw 63(12): <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur state\u2019s ideals are rooted in the fair pursuit of\njustice and the protection of our people. Restoring the statute of limitations\nfor these two laws to six years is a tremendous victory for the people of New\nYork. The passage of this bill will enable my office to fulfill our duty to\nprotect consumers and investors and prevent fraudulent acts in a way that New\nYorkers have come to expect of this office. We thank the sponsors of our bill,\nSenator Gianaris and Assembly member Carroll for their leadership in ushering\nit through their respective chambers.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restoring the statute of limitations to six years for claims\nunder Executive Law 63(12) and the Martin Act, two of the state\u2019s cornerstone\nconsumer and investor protection laws, will allow New York State to better\nprotect residents from scams and unscrupulous businesses and prevent the type\nof irresponsible behavior that led to the last financial crisis. The standard\nis also consistent with similar federal laws and those of other states. In the\npast, this six-year timeline has allowed the Office of the Attorney General to\nsecure over a billion dollars for the state and millions of dollars in consumer\nrelief and for victims of Hurricane Sandy. The passage of this bill is integral\nto the Attorney General\u2019s ability to pursue justice for the people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Office of the Attorney General submitted this\nlegislation as a program bill and vigorously advocated for its passage. In the\nlegislature, S.6536 was sponsored by Senator Michael Gianaris and A.8318 was\nsponsored by Assembly member Robert Carroll. The legislation now heads to the\nGovernor for his review and consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement in response to the passage of legislation restoring the statute of limitations to six years for certain crimes under the Martin Act and Executive Law 63(12): \u201cOur state\u2019s ideals are rooted in the fair pursuit of justice and the protection of our people. Restoring the statute […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-r0h","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Attorney-General-Letitia-James.jpg?fit=2832%2C4256&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}