Fmr DFS Head, Maria Vullo Looks to AG Post.

• Author: Acunto, Sieve
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Maria Vullo, former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, has been rumored and reported to have plans to enter next year's race for state attorney general, not too surprising to those who know her and marvel at her strengths and determination. The AG's job will be vacant starting in 2023 because the current Attorney General of New York, Letitia James, has announced her intention to run for governor next year against Kathy Hochul, instead of campaigning for re-election.

Door is opened. There are others seeking the post as well, including State Senator Shelley Meyers of Westchester, but Maria has what they call the "creds". Prior to serving as the head of DFS, Vullo had been chief of the economic justice division at the state attorney general's office. She spent the bulk of her career at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP where, in addition to corporate litigation, she was a leader of the firm's pro-bono efforts on behalf of Planned Parenthood. She also won a $745 million judgment against Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic on behalf of Bosnian women raped by Serbians in the Balkan conflicts of the early 1990s.

Since leaving DFS in 2019, Vullo has run her own financial advisory firm. She has begun forming a team and is expected to announce her candidacy formally later this month.

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