New York State Assemblymember Calls on Attorney General to Launch Investigation of Morningstar Over BDS Allegations [by Andrew Bernard] New York State Assemblymember Daniel Rosenthal (D-NY27) has requested that New York’s Attorney General Letitia James open an investigation into the Chicago-based financial services firm Morningstar, Inc., for potential criminal involvement in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The August 31 letter cites concerns that Morningstar’s subsidiary Sustainalytics, which focuses on ratings and research related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, continues to issue ratings whose anti-Israel bias may be a violation of New York law. “One...