About the Office
The Attorney General serves the public interest of all New Yorkers in matters affecting their daily lives, enforcing laws to protect consumers, tenants, patients, workers, investors, and charitable donors. The office coordinates statewide civil and criminal investigations, promoting economic and social justice, encouraging harm-reducing public health strategies, and preserving the state’s environment.
While the Attorney General acts independently of the Governor, the Governor or a state agency may request the Attorney General to undertake specific criminal investigations and prosecutions. The Attorney General's authority also includes the activities and investigations of the Organized Crime Task Force and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
The office employs over 1,700 staff, including investigators, analysts, scientists, forensic accountants, legal assistants and support staff, and over 700 assistant attorneys general, serving in over two dozen locations across New York state.
Department of Law Divisions
Administration Division
The Administration Division consists of:
- Administrative Services Bureau
- Budget and Fiscal Management Bureau
- Human Resources Management Bureau
- Information Technology Bureau
- Legal Recruitment Bureau
- Legal Education and Professional Development Bureau
- Managing Attorney's Office
- Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- Practice Technologies Group
Criminal Justice Division
The Criminal Justice Division consists of:
- Conviction Review Bureau
- Criminal Enforcement and Financial Crimes Bureau
- Investigations
- Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
- Office of Special Investigation
- Organized Crime Task Force
- Public Integrity Bureau
- Real Estate Enforcement Unit
Economic Justice Division
The Economic Justice Division consists of:
- Antitrust Bureau
- Bureau of Internet and Technology
- Consumer Frauds and Protection Bureau
- Investor Protection Bureau
- Taxpayer Protection Bureau
Executive Division
The Executive Division consists of:
- Constituent Services Bureau
- Intergovernmental Affairs
- Legislative Affairs
- Press Office
- Public Information and Correspondence Unit
- Records Access Office (Freedom of Information Law (FOIL))
Regional Offices Division
The Office of the Attorney General’s 13 regional offices help carry out the Attorney General’s essential defensive, regulatory, and affirmative justice functions in every part of New York state.
Solicitor General Division
The Solicitor General Division consists of:
- Appeals and Opinions Bureau
- Criminal Appeals and Federal Habeas Corpus Bureau
- Law Library
State Counsel Division
The State Counsel Division consists of:
- Civil Recoveries Bureau
- Claims Bureau
- Litigation Bureau
- Real Property Bureau
- Sex Offender Management Bureau
Social Justice Division
The Social Justice Division consists of: