2023 Press Releases

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• 7/13/2023 Attorney General Tong Sues Stone Academy, Joseph Bierbaum, Paier College of Art for Violations of Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act

  Attorney General William Tong today sued Stone Academy, Paier College of Art and their owner Joseph Bierbaum alleging numerous violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act following the abrupt closure of the for-profit nursing school.

• 6/28/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Urging Stronger Standards for Dangerous Mercury Emissions from Power Plants

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general and cities to file comments in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to update and strengthen the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).

• 5/1/2023 Attorney General Tong Reaches $150,000 Settlement with Hope Home Health Agency Over Improper Billing

  Attorney General William Tong today announced the State has reached a $150,000 settlement with Hope Home Health Agency, Inc. and its owner, Miledy Marmol, resolving allegations that the agency’s billing practices violated the Connecticut False Claims Act.

• 4/7/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Dual Decisions Affecting Access to Medication Abortion Mifepristone

  Attorney General William Tong today issued the following statement after dual decisions affecting access to the medication abortion drug mifepristone were issued in Texas and Washington.

• 5/2/2023 Attorney General Tong Continues Fight to Protect Medication Abortion Access

  Attorney General William Tong continued his efforts to protect access to medication abortion in an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Joining with a multistate coalition, Attorney General Tong argues that the decision issued by a district court judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas would do serious harm to Americans’ access to the medication abortion drug, mifepristone. This amicus brief is part of Attorney General Tong’s ongoing fight to protect our rights to privacy, health care options, and medication abortion access.

• 4/14/2023 Attorney General Tong Issues Formal Opinion on Mifepristone

  In response to a request from Governor Ned Lamont, Attorney General Tong has issued a formal opinion clarifying the status of the abortion drug mifepristone.

• 4/20/2023 Attorney General Tong Calls for Recall of Theft-Prone Hyundai and Kia Vehicles

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general calling for a federal recall of Hyundai and Kia vehicles following the companies’ continued failure to take adequate steps to address the alarming rate of theft of their vehicles.

• 4/24/2023 CNG Over-Collected $8 Million From Connecticut Ratepayers, Attorney General Tong, Consumer Counsel Coleman, Connecticut Industrial Energy Consumers, PURA Office of Education Outreach and Enforcement Call for New Rate Hearing

  Following a recent earnings report showing Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation over-collected $8 million from Connecticut families and businesses, Attorney General William Tong, Consumer Counsel Claire E. Coleman, Connecticut Industrial Energy Consumers, and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement submitted a joint petition to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority seeking a new rate hearing to drive down costs for consumers.

• 6/21/2023 Attorney General Tong Appoints Assistant Attorneys General Alma Nunley, Emily Gait as Special Counsels for Reproductive Rights

  Attorney General William Tong today announced the appointment of Assistant Attorneys General Alma Nunley and Emily Gait as Special Counsels for Reproductive Rights. In their new roles, Counsels Nunley and Gait will lead the Office of the Attorney General in protecting abortion access and fighting for reproductive rights in Connecticut and nationwide.

• 6/20/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces Investigation into Hyundai and Kia Over Theft-Prone Vehicles

  Attorney General William Tong announced today he has launched a consumer protection investigation into Hyundai and Kia regarding the companies’ failure to equip their vehicles with industry standard anti-theft technology. The move is the latest in a series of steps Attorney General Tong has taken over the companies’ continued failure to address the public safety concerns of their vehicles.

• 9/8/2023 Attorney General Tong Concludes Civil Rights Investigation of Greenwich Public Schools

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that his office has concluded its investigation into the possibility of discriminatory employment practices by former Greenwich Public Schools educator Jeremy Boland.

• 10/26/2023 Attorney General Tong Files Criminal Charges Against Simsbury Developer

  Attorney General William Tong today filed criminal charges against Sunlight Construction Inc. owner William Ferrigno, charging the Simsbury developer with three counts of failing to refund deposits.

• 12/28/2023 The Year in Review A Message from Attorney General Tong

• 7/17/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement Regarding Unlawful Construction of Trump Border Wall

  As part of a coalition of 18 states, Attorney General William Tong today announced a settlement of lawsuits over the unlawful construction of border wall projects that occurred during the Trump Administration.

• 12/13/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition Condemning Texas Supreme Court Decision Upholding the State's Dangerous Abortion Ban

  Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 11 attorneys general released the following statement after the Texas Supreme Court denied abortion access to Kate Cox, a pregnant woman whose health and life were at risk as a result of a lethal fetal diagnosis.