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Saritha Komatireddy

Republican Party

AG · NY

Age 41Brooklyn, NY

Attorney General of New York

Harvard College—A.B. Government; Harvard Law School—J.D.

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Background

Saritha Komatireddy is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and a former senior member of EDNY’s National Security & Cybercrime Section, where she handled matters involving terrorism, cybercrime, narcotics, money laundering, fraud, and foreign public corruption. She also served as Chief of Staff of the Drug Enforcement Administration and is currently a partner at Holtzman Vogel focusing on complex federal investigations, commercial litigation, and appeals. In February 2026, she received the Republican nomination for New York Attorney General.

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Healthcare

Saritha Komatireddy frames healthcare primarily through public safety, mental health, hospital-worker safety, homelessness, addiction treatment, and Medicaid fraud enforcement. She supports expanding residential treatment and civil commitment for severely mentally ill or addicted New Yorkers, using opioid settlement and Medicaid fraud recoveries to fund treatment capacity, and protecting hospital workers from assaults.

Specific Actions & Proposals

SUPPORTS

Use opioid settlement funds for statewide residential treatment centers

2026-05-15

Komatireddy called for building residential treatment centers throughout New York and directing the state's $3 billion in opioid settlement funds toward residential treatment for New Yorkers who need it.

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SUPPORTS

Give first responders tools to intervene in psychiatric crises

2026-09-17

Komatireddy said New York should ensure emergency intervention and civil commitment tools are used when severe mental illness leaves a person unable to meet essential needs or poses a danger, and convened a roundtable on residential treatment and civil commitment.

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Healthcare

Economy & Jobs

Saritha Komatireddy frames her Economy & Jobs agenda around reducing taxpayer burdens, prosecuting fraud to recover public money, cutting waste in the Attorney General's office, and protecting small businesses from retail theft. Her campaign states that stronger fraud enforcement and law enforcement-focused use of the AG's office would help stabilize budgets, lower tax pressure, and allow neighborhood businesses to thrive.

Specific Actions & Proposals

SUPPORTS

Add prosecutors to Medicaid fraud enforcement

2026-05-01

Komatireddy pledged to deploy 20 additional criminal prosecutors to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, reinvigorate civil False Claims Act enforcement, and recover taxpayer money that she says could help close budget gaps without new taxes.

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SUPPORTS

Combat organized retail theft to protect small businesses

2026-10-09

Komatireddy said she would use the full authority of the Attorney General's office to combat organized retail theft, hold repeat offenders accountable, and make New York a place where small businesses can operate without fear.

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OPPOSES

Reduce tax burden through stronger fraud recovery and budget oversight

2026-05-28

Komatireddy opposed the 2026-27 state budget's increased funding for the AG office and argued that properly prosecuting fraud could recover billions for the state, fund the budget, and reduce the tax burden on New Yorkers.

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OPPOSES

Stop taxpayer-funded outsourcing of AG legal work

2026-05-21

Komatireddy criticized nearly $20 million in outside counsel contracts and a $10 million set-aside for Attorney General Letitia James's legal defense, arguing that taxpayers should not pay private firms for work the AG office is staffed to perform.

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Economy & Jobs

Immigration

Saritha Komatireddy frames immigration primarily as a public-safety and rule-of-law issue: she says enforcement should focus on violent criminals while also protecting the rights of New Yorkers, including immigrant New Yorkers. She has also said she would follow and defend New York law, including laws limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, even where she personally disagrees.

Specific Actions & Proposals

SUPPORTS

Focus immigration-related enforcement on violent criminals rather than broad sweeps

2026-07-23

Komatireddy said her focus as attorney general would be violent crime, not broad immigration enforcement, and emphasized protecting immigrant New Yorkers from violent criminals.

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Defend New York laws restricting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement

2026-10-09

During debate coverage, Komatireddy was reported as saying she would fulfill the attorney general's duty to defend state laws, including legislation restricting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, even when she personally disagrees.

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Immigration

Climate & Energy

Saritha Komatireddy does not appear to have published a broad climate or energy platform; her identified Climate & Energy-related positions focus on environmental contamination enforcement and transportation costs/safety. She supports using the Attorney General’s Environmental Protection Bureau for transparency, accountability, and cleanup cost recovery in contamination cases, and she supports legislation allowing nuclear/radioactive waste remediation through the state Hazardous Waste Superfund.

Specific Actions & Proposals

SUPPORTS

Classify nuclear and radioactive waste as hazardous waste for Superfund remediation

2026-08-28

Komatireddy announced support for legislation introduced by Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt to classify nuclear and radioactive waste as hazardous waste so it can be remediated using New York’s Hazardous Waste Superfund.

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Use the Attorney General’s Environmental Protection Bureau for contamination accountability

2026-08-28

After visiting Niagara residents affected by radioactive contamination, Komatireddy said the AG’s Environmental Protection Bureau should play a constructive role with state and federal agencies to secure transparency, accountability, and cleanup cost recovery from responsible parties.

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Climate & Energy

Education

No specific Education policy position, proposal, vote, or bill action by Saritha Komatireddy for New York Attorney General was found in searches of her official campaign site and voter-guide/issue pages. Available materials focus on public safety, homelessness/mental illness, fraud, corruption, and the role of the Attorney General rather than education policy.

Education

Public Safety

Saritha Komatireddy frames public safety as the central theme of her 2026 Republican campaign for New York Attorney General, emphasizing prosecution of crime, repeat violent offenders, drug trafficking, fraud, and support for law enforcement. She proposes restructuring the Attorney General’s office toward criminal prosecution, changing bail laws, expanding residential drug and mental-health treatment, and auditing homeless-shelter nonprofits.

Specific Actions & Proposals

SUPPORTS

Fix bail laws and prosecute repeat violent offenders to the fullest extent

2026-07-22

After a reported subway attack, Komatireddy called for working with law enforcement to ensure repeat violent offenders are prosecuted to the fullest extent, fixing New York’s bail laws, and restoring a justice system that puts public safety first.

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OPPOSES

Oppose Attorney General funding for organizations she characterizes as anti-police

2026-08-12

Komatireddy criticized Attorney General Letitia James for directing state-funded homeowner-protection money to legal-aid groups she described as anti-police, arguing that such spending undermines public safety.

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