GOP hopeful looks to upset AG Tish James in election as NY tired of the lawlessness

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.She went on to prosecute cases against terrorists and narcotics traffickers in the Eastern District of New York.

In 2020, President Trump nominated her for a federal judgeship in the district, though it never moved forward prior to the end of his first term.She’s now a partner at Holzman Vogel.The prosecutor said she wants to make her campaign about her vision where the AG’s office gets tough — cracking down on drug crimes, antisemitism and rampant disregard for laws in public places like New York City homeless shelters.She also pointed to a need for more oversight of Democrats’ stranglehold on state government itself – pointing to an urgency to root out fraud in Medicaid and other non-profit-fueled social services.“We have to make sure...