Saritha Komatireddy
What this job does: The attorney general is the state's top lawyer. The office defends the state in court and brings lawsuits to protect consumers, workers, renters and the environment. It mostly handles civil cases; it prosecutes crimes only in certain areas, such as Medicaid fraud. A term is four years.
- Occupation
- Lawyer; former federal prosecutor
Background
- Assistant U.S. attorney (federal prosecutor) in the Eastern District of New York from 2013 to 2025. source: ballotready.org
- Chief of staff of the Drug Enforcement Administration (2023 to 2024). source: sarithafornewyork.com
- Now a partner at the law firm Holtzman Vogel and teaches at Columbia Law School. source: sarithafornewyork.com
- Graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School; clerked for then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. source: sarithafornewyork.com
- First run for public office. source: ny1.com
In their own words
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- "If New York isn't safe, nothing else matters." source: sarithafornewyork.com
- Refocus the office on prosecuting crime, with at least half its lawyers on criminal cases source: cityandstateny.com
- Audit and investigate every homeless-shelter nonprofit in New York source: sarithafornewyork.com
- Create an Office of Civil Commitment to move people with severe mental illness off the streets into treatment source: sarithafornewyork.com
- "Root out fraud" by those "stealing taxpayer dollars" source: sarithafornewyork.com
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