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A Republican running for attorney general of New York vowed to end businesses locking up merchandise by getting tough on ruthless thieves, as she called out woke rivals for advocating for legalized shoplifting.
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she → run → shoplifting
Saritha Komatireddy, 41, addressed the annoying inconvenience New Yorkers face when they have to call over an employee at businesses such as CVS and Walgreens to unlock a plexiglass case just to buy a product.
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they → address → product
The security practice is a common sight in shops throughout the Big Apple after thieves realized they could loot stores without consequence due to the city's soft-on-crime laws, said Komatireddy.
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Komatireddy → realize → laws
The Republican is hoping to upset incumbent Letitia James, a Democrat, in the November 3 election.
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Republican → hop → election
She called out Democratic Socialist Emily Gallagher, who suggested shoplifters should be left in peace to steal items like toothpaste and soap.
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shoplifters → call → toothpaste
Komatireddy, a former federal prosecutor, cited a clip of Gallagher preaching to a crowd that 'no one should be arrested - much less jailed' for stealing toothpaste and saying in a speech that such thefts were just 'crimes of poverty.'
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thefts → cite → poverty
The former prosecutor pushed back on the socialist claim that thieves are stealing out of necessity, arguing that organized gangs are actually stealing to make a profit.
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gangs → push → profit
'Organized crews enter stores, clear products from the shelves and hand them off to middlemen known as fences,' said Komatireddy in a promotional campaign video.
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Komatireddy → enter → video
Saritha Komatireddy, 41, who is running for attorney general of New York, vowed to end businesses locking up merchandise by getting tough on ruthless thieves
Komatireddy, 41, called out Democratic Socialist Emily Gallagher (Pictured with NYC Mayor Zorhan Mamdani), who suggested shoplifters should be left in peace to steal items like toothpaste and soap
Gallagher said thieves have a 'biological need' for items like toothpaste, after drugstores plagued by rampant shoplifting began locking such products in plastic cases
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drugstores → run → cases
Those products are then sold on the street or online.
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products → sell → street
The attorney general hopeful claimed that law enforcement officials have found criminals from as far as Detroit coming to the city to loot store shelves before heading home.
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criminals → claim → shelves
'New York isn't failing to stop crime.
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York → fail → crime
We're attracting it,' said Komatireddy.
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Komatireddy → attract → it
She added that retail theft is not harmless and is enabled by a system that refuses to treat it as a crime.
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that → add → crime
The sentiment directly challenges Gallagher's soft-on-crime proposals.
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sentiment → challenge → proposals
Gallagher represents NYC's District 50.
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Gallagher → represent → District
The socialist, who represents the wealthy Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Greenpoint, also suggested her fellow progressives 'hold the line' on criminal justice reform policies that have passed.
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that → represent → policies
She claimed the laws were being 'threatened by right-wing media looking to fearmonger.'
Retail theft in the Big Apple has fallen 12.8 percent so far this year compared with the same period in 2025, according to NYPD CompStat.
Komatireddy rejected the socialist claim that thieves are stealing out of necessity, arguing that organized gangs are actually stealing to make a profit
Gallagher suggested that 'no one should be arrested - much less jailed' for stealing toothpaste and saying in a speech that such thefts were just 'crimes of poverty'
The Republican is hoping to upset incumbent Letitia James, a Democrat, in the November 3 election
Komatireddy is the Harvard-educated daughter of Indian immigrants who pursued law after the 9/11 attacks.
As an attorney, she prosecuted leaders in Al Qaeda, ISIS and Mexican drug cartels.
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She also served as chief of staff at the Drug Enforcement Administration and is now a partner at Holtzman Vogel, a law firm, and teaches at Columbia Law School.
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She → serve → School
A live prediction tracker by City & State shows James with an overwhelming 91 percent support among voters, compared with just nine percent for Komatireddy.
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tracker → show → Komatireddy
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