NY Republican Running for AG Wants to Declare Antisemitism ‘State of Emergency’ in NYC
“Every Jewish New Yorker is feeling the rise of hate in our city and in our state”
Saritha Komatireddy is the Republican running for New York attorney general against incumbent Letitia James. Komatireddy is now promising that she will declare a state of emergency on antisemitism in New York City on day one, if elected.
This should go over well with the new mayor. Right?
The New York Post reports:
Tish James’ GOP AG rival Saritha Komatireddy vows to declare NYC antisemitism state of emergency ‘on day one’ if elected
Republican state attorney general candidate Saritha Komatireddy on Friday vowed to declare a state of emergency over soaring antisemitism, if elected — following the terrifying syringe stabbing of a young rabbi in the Diamond District this week.
Komatireddy — a former federal prosecutor running against Democratic incumbent Attorney General Letitia James — made the promise while speaking from the site of Wednesday’s attack, where a woman was filmed stalking 26-year-old Yousef Krish before apparently plunging a syringe into his back.
“When I am attorney general, I will declare a state of emergency on antisemitism on day one,” Komatireddy told reporters.
She noted that despite Jewish New Yorkers making up roughly 10-12% of the Big Appel’s population, they have faced more than 50% of all confirmed hate crimes this year, according to NYPD statistics released this month.
“Every Jewish New Yorker is feeling the rise of hate in our city and in our state,” Komatireddy said.
In what could be the most recent incident in the ongoing spate of anti-Jewish hate, Krish was walking along West 47th Street at around 6 p.m. during the evening bustle when a Russian-speaking woman began harassing him, according to police and law enforcement sources.
Video showed him trying to evade her and dodging into the street — but she followed and then jabbed him in the back with something sharp, the sources said. He was taken to a hospital in stable condition after the attack.
“I’m still shaken,” Krish, a Brooklyn resident, told Jewish digital platform Chabad.org. “I never imagined I’d be stabbed simply for being Jewish, right here in New York City.”
Rabbi Steven Burg approves of the idea.
For far too long, Jewish New Yorkers have watched antisemitism rise while city and state responses have fallen short. Saritha Komatireddy’s call to declare an antisemitism state of emergency brings a welcome sense of urgency to this crisis. Jewish New Yorkers deserve more than…
— Rabbi Steven Burg (@stevenburg) October 24, 2026
Komatireddy is an interesting candidate.
One of her ads about combating crime has gone viral on Twitter/X. Watch:
Just fight crime. pic.twitter.com/GpPzen11sH
— Saritha Komatireddy (@sarithaforny) October 8, 2026
Featured image via Twitter/X video.
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Antisemitism is legal. Crimes are not. The law is about crimes.
And crimes motivated by antisemitism are a major and growing crisis in NYC.
Being pushed in front of a subway seems like more of a problem.
That one example of a crime that is sometimes motivated by antisemitism.
But no so much if it’s a Jew being pushed, right hardin?
Being pushed in front of a subway train seems a little more serious than a problem.
For hardin an “antisemitic emergency” means there isn’t enough of it.
“I’m still shaken,” Krish, a Brooklyn resident, told Jewish digital platform Chabad.org. “I never imagined I’d be stabbed simply for being Jewish, right here in New York City.”
Whod’ja vote for, Krish? And before that?
I don’t know him, but my somewhat-informed guess is that there’s a good chance he’s not a US citizen, but that if he is one then he did not vote for Mamdani, and that in general he’s more likely to vote Republican than Democrat.
Get rid of the muslims and their money and watch this problem disappear. There will still be antisemitism. There always will be but it won’t be everywhere any violent as it is now.
How much could the number of antisemitic crimes be reduced by getting rids of the illegal aliens? I’ll vote for her because she’s not the execrable Trish but this sounds more like pandering than workable policy.
Fani Willis, who once prosecuted Trump for his election denial, just fell victim to voter fraud.
Her voter registration was switched to NYC, address to Trump Tower – and it worked!
If this isn’t a joke, could you provide a URL to inform us whether she or someone else did this, why, and how?
Fani Willis Is a Victim of Voter Fraud
Ah, I understand now. Fani tried to prosecute Trump for “election denial.” Someone registered her as a Republican in NY to prove to her how easy election fraud is under Democrat “easy access” rules.
Well, whoever they were, they were a hell of a lot more successful than Mark Kelly, who tried to prove how easy “assault weapons” could be acquired, had his purchase quashed three times, and never succeeded.,.
(His wife would never have let him keep it anyway.)
I don’t think it was switched. Someone just put in a fake registration in her name, with a residential address of Trump Tower, and a postal address in Georgia. The NYC board of elections noticed the problem and canceled the registration, and automatically sent her a notice that it had been canceled, which was the first she knew that it had ever existed.
I suspect if it hadn’t been for her famous name, nobody at the NYC BOE would have noticed anything out of the ordinary about the registration.
Indeed.
As a new registration, the first time someone tried to vote under it they would have had to show ID at the polling place. If they voted by mail they’d have to supply some sort of ID, I’m not sure what.
As a poll worker I know that if the polling book entry for a voter says “Check ID” we have to do that, but otherwise we’re not allowed to ask for anything beyond a signature, which we have to match to the one on file, but we have to be generous because people’s signatures do change over the years.
“Check ID” is only there if it’s a new registration who’s never voted before, and thus has never had to show ID before. But anyone who registered before about 20 years ago has never had to show ID.
I’ve only ever caught one person because his signature bore absolutely no resemblance to the one on file, even after giving him several tries. On being challenged he admitted that he was not the person in whose name he wanted to vote, and seemed surprised that he couldn’t do that. But I don’t think the reason I’ve only caught one person is because only one person tried it. I think it far more likely that everyone else who tried it succeeded, because signature matching is so lax as to be almost useless.
She’s a smart cookie, I’ve heard her debate
Being the. BEst choice won’t win you anything in America anymore however
To be honest, I don’t think this talking point (while indisputably true) is going to be enough to win the election in deep blue New York. There are not enough Jewish voters to swing the election even if all of them suddenly and miraculously voted Republican and the truth is that the best one could hope is that many stay home and don’t vote Democrat. Further despite the Jewish support for blacks for generations, that loyalty will not be rewarded and returned at the polls. I wish it were otherwise.
I admit I’d not heard of this lady before the debate with Big Tish. I watched some of it and quickly found out she was head and shoulders smarter than Tish. Low bar I know but she took Big Tish to the woodshed on multiple occasions. It was ugly and satisfying to watch.
This brings something to mind. In race after race whether Senate in ME, MI, NY, MN, CA or Gov in many of those states the Dems got crushed. I’ve yet to see on where the Dem came out on top.
By the way, did everyone forget that convicted felon with a warrant for her arrest that was living in Tish’s house in VA?
It would be fantastic if Komatireddy gets elected and Lestits’ parade comes to an end. But then it’s New York, don’t hold yer breath.
Would say we actually have as muzzlimm/red-green alliance emergency. Those elements need to be neutralized or deported. Else we are toast