The New Mexico attorney general’s office is drawing criticism for employing two lawyers funded by a New York University center that promotes clean energy and environmental laws.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico attorney general’s office is drawing criticism for employing two lawyers funded by a New York University center that promotes clean energy and environmental laws.
The energy advocacy group Power the Future and the American Tort Reform Association have raised concerns, with the association describing the arrangement as an improper way for outside interests to embed attorneys in public offices.
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“This arrangement raises a number of transparency and ethical issues because it clearly doesn’t pass the smell test,” Behrens said. “These attorneys are funded by out-of-state billionaire Michael Bloomberg and given power over the people of New Mexico yet they aren’t accountable to taxpayers.”
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