New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a 15-state coalition in suing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., challenging changes that removed seven vaccines from the CDC’s list of vaccinations recommended for every child. The states allege the changes and ACIP appointments violated the Administrative Procedure Act and ask the court to invalidate them; the release reports no penalty or court-ordered remedy.
The states are asking the court to declare the new vaccine schedule unlawful, invalidate Secretary Kennedy’s ACIP appointments, and reverse the committee’s hepatitis B decision. These are requested remedies, not remedies reported as imposed.
This is a challenge to federal vaccine policy, not a privacy enforcement action, and the release does not identify privacy-related contract violations. Healthcare organizations should nevertheless review vendor and customer agreements that allocate responsibility for vaccine schedule updates, clinical guidance, immunization coverage, and notice of regulatory changes; check that public health and vaccine-related representations can be updated when guidance changes; and review employee health policies for consistency with applicable state requirements. No particular data-processing, consent, or breach-notification clause is implicated by the reported action.
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HealthcareOfficial Press Release
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-sues-secretary-kennedy-protect-children-dangerous-vaccine
arizona et al v robert f kennedy jr amended complaint 2026
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/arizona-et-al-v-robert-f-kennedy-jr-amended-complaint-2026.pdf
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"lawsuit against U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr."
"October 5, 2026"
"in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act."
"the new schedule ignored decades of scientific evidence, cut out the experts and public input required by law"
"They are asking the court to declare the new vaccine schedule unlawful, to throw out Secretary Kennedy’s appointments to ACIP, and reverse the committee’s hepatitis B decision."
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and Pennsylvania’s governor in a letter urging HHS to keep federal vaccine recommendations grounded in scientific and medical evidence. The letter asks HHS to preserve the ACIP’s role and current vaccine recommendation categories; it is a policy advocacy action, not a privacy enforcement action.
Health and civil rights enforcement action. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield led a coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The suit challenges a December 18, 2025 HHS 'declaration' that claims certain gender-affirming care is 'unsafe and ineffective' and threatens to exclude providers from Medicare/Medicaid for offering such care. The attorneys general argue HHS violated federal administrative law by implementing a major policy change without required notice-and-comment rulemaking, creating fear for patients and providers and threatening state Medicaid programs.
$2.6M
New York and Connecticut reached a settlement with Boston Children’s Health Physicians and its IT security provider, XTIUM, after a 2024 breach exposed private information of approximately 825,000 New York residents and 62,871 Connecticut residents. The companies will pay $2.64 million and implement enhanced cybersecurity measures; additional penalties are conditional on violating the settlement.
New York Attorney General Letitia James joined 16 other attorneys general in urging Congress to pass proposed legislation addressing the federal government’s release of Jeffrey Epstein-related records. The press release says DOJ has not fully disclosed the records required by the original law and that personal information of at least 43 victims was exposed in released files; this is a legislative advocacy announcement, not an enforcement action imposing a penalty or remedy.
$1.9M
New York Attorney General Letitia James secured a settlement after an investigation found Dollar General stores routinely charged customers more than advertised or posted prices and issued confusing receipts. Dollar General must donate $1.875 million in food and personal items to Foodlink and implement pricing, receipt, training, and audit reforms.
New York Attorney General Letitia James released an updated guide warning voters that AI-generated election content and chatbots may provide misleading information. This is public guidance, not an enforcement action, and the release describes no penalty or privacy violation.