GOP hopeful looks to upset AG Tish James in election as NY ‘tired of the lawlessness’
NY Post
ALBANY – The Republican looking to unseat state Attorney General Letitia James sees a path to victory because New Yorkers are “tired of the lawlessness” under her watch, she told The Post.
Saritha Komatireddy, a self-professed political outsider motivated into public service after the 9/11 terror attacks, had handled cases as a federal prosecutor against Al Qaeda and ISIS terrorists before launching an accomplished career as a lawyer, including at the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The Manhattan-based mother of four, who was tapped by the GOP as its nominee last month, said woke and soft-on-crime policies are making it tougher and tougher to live in the Empire State.
“These things affect innocent people. They affect everyday New Yorkers. And I think New Yorkers across the political spectrum just are tired of the lawlessness,” said Komatireddy, 41.
The candidate is a born-and-raised New Yorker, and daughter of immigrants who emigrated from India and settled in Coney Island in the 1980s.
After the 9/11 attacks, she was motivated to pursue a career in law enforcement. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he sat on the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
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