Saritha Komatireddy

• ✓Supports using the Attorney General's office to prosecute Medicaid fraud

“The attorney general has the power to prosecute fraud and help people in need. She's not using those powers,”

What this means for youExpect more criminal cases and recovery efforts from the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Money recovered goes back to the Medicaid program, which pays for health care for low-income New Yorkers.

• ✕Opposes a tax increase on homeowners

“We don’t need a tax hike.”

What this means for youShe would publicly oppose new taxes on homeowners. The Attorney General doesn't set taxes, so this is an advocacy position rather than something the office decides.

• ✓Supports defending New York's laws in court, including its ban on local agreements with ICE

“I'm going to follow the Constitution and the laws of the United States and the Constitution and the laws of New York. Period.”

What this means for youThe Attorney General defends state laws when they are challenged in court, including the new ban on 287(g) agreements between local police and ICE. She says she would defend that law, even though some Republicans oppose it.

• ✓Supports safe buffer zones around every Jewish school and synagogue
• ✓Supports enforcing existing buffer zone laws

“I would establish safe buffer zones around every Jewish school and synagogue now.”

What this means for youProtests near Jewish schools and synagogues could face stricter distance limits, enforced by the Attorney General's office. She cites a buffer zone law already on New York's books.