Eric Schneiderman Quotes

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Eric Schneiderman

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 31, 1954

Unions go hand-in-hand with a strong middle class.

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Organizing gives workers the power to lift themselves out of poverty and build a better future.

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The Supreme Court should follow settled precedent and allow states like New York to manage our own labor relations to achieve labor peace and government efficiency and to continue our long tradition of support for workers.

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Daily fantasy sports is much closer to online poker than it is to traditional fantasy sports.

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Unlike most traditional, season-long fantasy sports sites, which make most of their money from administrative fees and advertising, FanDuel and DraftKings take a cut of every bet. That is what bookies do, and it is illegal in New York.

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Games of chance often involve some amount of skill; this does not make them legal. Good poker players often beat novices. But poker is still gambling, and running a poker room - or online casino - is illegal in New York.

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There are few people who exemplify the ideals of opportunity, entrepreneurship and commitment to the collective good than the great New Yorker and the face of the $10 bill, Alexander Hamilton.

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A staunch abolitionist, Hamilton was one of the founding members of the New York Manumission Society. He was a trustee and namesake of Hamilton-Oneida Academy, an upstate New York school dedicated to educating Native-American boys.

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If the Treasury Department should not remove Hamilton from the $10 bill, what should they do? The answer is fairly simple: Replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

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Morally bankrupt wage practices and laws cannot hold.

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We must use every tool at our disposal to lift the living standards of low-wage employees.

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The secret's out: New York's Labor Law provides the power to help low-wage workers earn enough to meet their basic needs.

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Lawmakers zealously guard their prerogatives, and as much as some might oppose a minimum-wage increase, they will not want to see the issue taken out of their hands.

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When someone makes a claim against the state, that person must legally verify that the facts in the claim are true.

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Just as we demand that people take responsibility for their actions, we as a society must take responsibility for fighting injustice.

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I am not in the entertainment business; I am in the justice business.

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Trump University had neither a license nor a charter from New York State certifying it as an institution of higher education.

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As the state's chief law enforcement officer, it's my job to see that perpetrators of fraud are brought to justice.

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These facts are clear: Trump University was an unlicensed enterprise promising students that they would become wealthy by learning Trump's real estate tips and strategies, taught by his handpicked instructors.

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A factory-installed security measure - one that phone owners would have to opt out of, rather than opting in - could automatically render purloined devices inoperable on any network, anywhere in the world. No resale value, no thefts.

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