2021 Press Releases

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• 5/6/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Congress to Pass the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul urging Congress to pass the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021. The legislation is aimed at combatting the high Black maternal mortality rate and increasing access to maternal and perinatal care.

• 5/10/2021 Attorney General Tong, DCP Commissioner Seagull Warn Connecticut Consumers to be Wary of Companies Selling Over the Counter Hearing Aids

  Attorney General William Tong is asking Connecticut consumers to be wary of companies selling potentially faulty and unregulated over-counter-hearing aids.

• 12/31/2019 AG Tong Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Rule Undermining Energy Efficiency Standards for Dishwashers

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of New York in filing a lawsuit challenging the Department of Energy’s (DOE) final rule undermining current energy efficiency standards for residential dishwashers.

• 5/10/2021 Attorney General Tong and Civil Rights Counsel Publish Law Review Article Urging State-Level Election Reforms

  Attorney General William Tong and Special Counsel for Civil Rights and Deputy Solicitor General Joshua Perry authored an essay in the Connecticut Law Review urging state-level election reforms to protect voting rights in the wake of the 2020 elections.

• 6/7/2021 Attorney General Tong Praises Final Passage of Data Breach Notification Bill

  Attorney General William Tong praised final passage of An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches, a measure sought by the Office of the Attorney General to update and strengthen Connecticut’s breach notification statute.

• 5/20/2021 Attorney General Tong and Senator Blumenthal to Attend White House Bill Signing for COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act

  At 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 20, Attorney General William Tong and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) will attend a White House ceremony to witness President Joe Biden sign the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law.

• 5/18/2021 Attorney General Tong Calls on PURA to Reject $20 Million Rate Hike for Connecticut Water Company Consumers

  Attorney General William Tong today called on the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to reject an unwarranted and unreasonable $20 million rate increase for Connecticut Water Company customers.

• 8/2/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks Information Regarding People's Bank and M&T Merger

  Attorney General William Tong today wrote to leadership of M&T Bank and People’s United Bank seeking detailed information regarding efforts to mitigate job losses and adverse economic impacts to Connecticut workers and communities.

• 4/19/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges OfferUp to Stop Sales of Fake Vaccination Cards

  Attorney General William Tong today called on OfferUp, an online mobile marketplace, to act immediately to prevent fraudulent or blank COVID-19 vaccine cards from being sold on its platform.

• 12/20/2021 Attorney General Tong and Consumer Counsel Statements on $1.8 Million Civil Penalty Over Eversource Marketing Tactics

  Attorney General William Tong and Interim Consumer Counsel Claire E. Coleman issued the following statements after the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority recommended a $1.8 million civil penalty over Eversource’s marketing tactics. Attorney General Tong and the Office of Consumer Counsel had filed a petition with PURA seeking an investigation following media reports that Eversource was using high pressure tactics to entice consumers to convert to natural gas.

• 9/24/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Backing Commonsense Approach to Concealed Carry Laws

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending New York’s law regulating when individuals may obtain a license to carry firearms in public.

• 2/8/2021 AG Tong Urges FCC to Protect Consumer Access to Affordable Communications Services

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general, led by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect access to Lifeline for low-income consumers.

• 8/2/2021 Attorney General Tong Supports Protections for Student Borrowers

  ttorney General William Tong joined a multistate amicus brief advocating for the rights of federal student loan borrowers. The brief, which was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, supports the New York Legal Assistance Group's (NYLAG) lawsuit challenging action taken by the Trump administration's Department of Education (ED) that unlawfully repealed and replaced federal “borrower defense” regulations.

• 11/24/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Tri-State Coalition in Calling for EPA to Tighten Controls on Air Pollution from Trucks

  Smog Originating from Truck Emissions Poses a Particular Health Threat in Low-Income Communities and Communities of Color

• 9/27/2021 AG Tong Urges Department of Education to Fix Broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to take robust action to fix the broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.