“In a system that disproportionately harms poor people and people of color, too many Americans have lost faith in the essential American principle of equal justice under law.”

American lawyer and politician

Eric Schneiderman is an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 65th attorney general of New York from 2011 until 2018, after ten years in the New York State Senate. A Democrat, he was elected attorney general after his time in the state senate. He resigned in May 2018 after allegations of physical abuse were reported, and in 2021 his law license was suspended for a year following a disciplinary proceeding in which he admitted to the conduct.