| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2026 Contact: Team Saritha Email: Press@ |
| NEW YORK, NY – New Yorkers can expect higher electric bills thanks to “progressive” New York State Attorney General Letitia James, New York State attorney general candidate Saritha Komatireddy pointed out. Ms. Komatireddy, a former award-winning federal prosecutor and chief of staff to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), made her charge following a federal appeals court ruling upholding New York’s All-Electric Buildings Act — the gas-hookup ban that Attorney General Letitia James spent more than two years defending in court. The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the mandate is not preempted by federal law, clearing the way for a statute that bans new gas hookups in buildings under seven stories, then extends to virtually all new construction in New York after January 1, 2029. “It’s official: Letitia James just made your electric bill go up and affordable housing harder to build across the state,” Ms. Komatireddy said. “For more than two years, Ms. James used the full weight of the attorney general’s office not to prosecute crime and fraud, but to raise electric costs for the families and small builders of upstate New York. Ms. James went to court — again and again — to defend a mandate that forces higher cooling and heating bills on families who can least afford them. When I am attorney general, I will spend my time protecting New Yorkers from crime, fraud, and the growing homelessness crisis — not raising their cost of living.” |
| To learn more about Saritha Komatireddy’s campaign for New York Attorney General, visit SarithaForNewYork.com. |