Lawmakers in Albany voted Tuesday to keep Barbara Underwood, the former state solicitor general and current acting attorney general, as the interim head of the Attorney General's Office until a new attorney general is elected later this year.

In a statement, Underwood praised the “talent and dedication of the people” that make up the Attorney General's Office. She called the decision by state legislators a “tremendous honor” for the “most important job I have ever had.”

“In the past few weeks, they have once again demonstrated their professionalism by pursuing the vital work of the people—rooting out fraud, fighting the opioid epidemic, protecting the vulnerable, and defending and enforcing the laws of our state,” she said. “At this moment, when so many New Yorkers are fearful of the effects of overreaching and discriminatory federal policies on them and their families, the role of the New York Attorney General's Office is more important than ever.”