Attorney General: New York State

• ✓Supports keeping costs down for New Yorkers
• ✓Supports action against online platforms that raise costs on customers

“She is laser-focused on keeping costs down for New Yorkers, including from online platforms that would try to raise costs on their customers.”

What this means for youExpect continued consumer-protection cases against companies accused of unfair pricing. The Attorney General enforces these laws but doesn't set taxes or prices.

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• ✓Supports recovering money from companies that harmed New Yorkers' access to health care, such as opioid makers and nursing homes

“Letitia has secured billions of dollars from individuals and corporations who have taken advantage of New Yorkers and tried to deprive them of their health care access, including more than $3 billion from opioid manufacturers and distributors for their roles in the deadly opioid epidemic and more than $70 million in settlements from neglectful nursing homes.”

What this means for youExpect more lawsuits and settlements against health care companies and providers accused of wrongdoing. Settlement money is often directed to programs such as opioid treatment.

• ✓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.

• ✓Supports fair wages and access to good-paying jobs
• ✓Supports protecting the rights of union workers

“Letitia is fighting for New Yorkers to have fair wages and access to good-paying jobs, while protecting the men and women of organized labor.”

What this means for youExpect continued wage-theft and labor-law cases against employers. The Attorney General enforces wage laws but doesn't set the minimum wage.

• ✕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 legal action to protect immigrants against federal immigration enforcement she calls illegal

“Letitia has led the fight to protect immigrants in New York and across the country against the Trump administration’s chaotic and illegal immigration activities.”

What this means for youThe state would likely keep suing the federal government over immigration enforcement actions. Outcomes would depend on the courts.

• ✓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 action against gun violence, illegal firearms and ghost guns

“Letitia is working tirelessly to protect New Yorkers from gun violence, illegal firearms and ghost guns.”

What this means for youExpect continued enforcement and lawsuits targeting illegal gun sales and untraceable ghost guns. Day-to-day policing stays with local police and district attorneys.

• ✓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.