New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood

Letitia James, the state's first black attorney general and the first woman elected to the position, was honored at an inauguration ceremony in New York City.

For a decade, Barbara Underwood was an apolitical force in New York, quietly serving as solicitor general before getting an unexpected promotion to become the state's first female attorney general.

New York state officials say the former president of a state-run medical center has been sentenced for illegally padding his pay by a quarter-million dollars.

Six New York hospitals have agreed to repay sexual assault victims who were illegally charged as much as $3,000 for rape examinations that should've been billed to the state or their insurers, Attorney General Barbara Underwood said Thursday.

Authorities say two men have pleaded guilty to scamming thousands of dollars from people across New York in an elaborate phone scam involving threats to kill the victims' relatives.