New York’s housing is already too expensive, in large part because the Attorney General hasn’t enforced the law and many areas of the city are too crime-ridden for average families to tolerate.
And now the mayor lays out a plan to confiscate private property — almost certainly an illegal taking. If this passes legal muster, it will transfer even more power to nonprofits in New York, a sector that has exploded in recent years, is funded with tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer money, and answers to no one.
The New York Attorney General is uniquely positioned to hold these nonprofits accountable. That is because every nonprofit in the state must register with the AG’s Charities Bureau, must receive approval from the AG for certain major transactions, and is subject to the AG’s vast powers to investigate fraud and corruption.
Now more than ever, we need an Attorney General who will defend property rights and who will do the AG’s actual job of overseeing nonprofits, especially those taking taxpayer money — and now, property.