New York Attorney General Letitia James is spearheading a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an effort to halt the administration’s plans to dismantle the Department of Education and lay off approximately 50% of its workforce.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and 20 other state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Thursday to halt mass layoffs at the U.S. Education Department, charging it would effectively dismantle an agency without congressional authorization.

New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday led a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education (ED). Following President Donald Trump's March 11th announcement that the Education Department would be firing approximately 50% of its workforce as part of its goal of a “total shutdown” of the Department.