FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 25, 2026
Contact: Team Saritha
Email: [email protected]

NEW YORK – Crime-fighting New York State attorney general candidate Saritha Komatireddy, who will professionalize the office of attorney general to protect New Yorkers from crime, fraud, and corruption, and take the homeless and mentally ill off the streets humanely, today released her “Day One” agenda: a concrete plan of action that Ms. Komatireddy will begin executing the moment she takes the oath of office.

The award-winning former federal prosecutor, who also served as chief of staff to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), has jailed some of the world’s most dangerous criminals, including members of ISIS, al Qaeda, and the Mexican drug cartels. Ms. Komatireddy, a mother of four, is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School and a partner at a major New York law firm. 
Unlike the current attorney general, who has spent her eight-year tenure chasing political headlines, Ms. Komatireddy is offering New Yorkers a detailed list of actions she will take to help turn New York around on her first day in office. 

“I am a prosecutor, not a politician, and a prosecutor is exactly what New Yorkers need back in the office of the New York State attorney general,” Ms. Komatireddy said. “Letitia James is spending almost half a billion taxpayer dollars each year playing ideological politics with her position, while crime, fraud, homelessness, and corruption fester all over the state. That is totally unacceptable. The AG’s office has the power and mandate to fix a lot of what’s going wrong in this state, but Ms. James seems content to spend her time attacking cops and political enemies in order to appease her colleagues.  New Yorkers deserve so much better than this.” 

The Komatireddy campaign noted that the Day One agenda will expand as Ms. Komatireddy continues traveling the state and hearing directly from the New Yorkers she intends to serve.

The Komatireddy Day One plan now includes:

• Restructure the AG’s office by assigning 350 AAGs – half the office – to prosecute crime;
• Prosecute crimes ignored by progressive DAs like Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg;
• Send attorneys to serve as Special ADAs in DAs offices that request support;
• Launch a Transit Crime Strike Force to take back our subways and buses;
• Crack down on car theft and fraud driving up insurance premiums;
• Shut down illegal drug injection sites;
• Audit and investigate every homeless shelter for safety, effectiveness, and misuse of funds;
• Put the $3B in opioid settlement money where it belongs: free residential mental health care and drug treatment to every New Yorker who needs it;
• Implement safe buffer zones to protect schools and houses of worship;
• Expand criminal and civil investigations to aggressively pursue Medicaid fraud and recover $1B for taxpayers;
• Partner with federal authorities to prosecute terrorism; 

“Every item on this list is something the attorney general already has the power to do,” Ms. Komatireddy added. “What’s been missing isn’t authority. It’s will. On Day One of my tenure as attorney general, that changes.”

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