{"id":1664,"date":"2025-10-14T14:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/1664\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:43:09","slug":"nyc-gop-chairs-back-michael-henry-to-challenge-tish-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/1664\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC GOP chairs back Michael Henry to challenge Tish James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALBANY \u2014 The five GOP bosses representing New York City are getting behind a candidate to take on indicted state Attorney General Letitia James next year, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Henry, who is challenging James again after an unsuccessful bid to unseat her in 2022, is now able to tout the backing of the five Republican committee chairs representing the five boroughs.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37377633\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2021-garden-city-ny-michael-15333124.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Henry speaking at a podium with flags behind him.\" class=\"wp-image-37377633\"  \/>GOP attorney general candidate Michael Henry has the backing of the GOP committee chairs representing the five boroughs. Dennis A. Clark<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe understands what New Yorkers are facing and will not bow to political pressure or partisan witch hunts,\u201d Brooklyn GOP Chair Liam McCabe said.<\/p>\n<p>Henry, a commercial litigator, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/29\/us-news\/gops-michael-henry-eyes-rematch-with-ny-ag-letitia-james\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">received 45% of the vote<\/a> when he ran against James in 2022 \u2014 \u201cthe best showing for a Republican in decades,\u201d McCabe said, adding that Henry \u201chas traveled to all 62 counties meeting voters face to face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Henry had around $275,000 in the bank as of the end of June. He plans to take advantage of the statewide campaign finance matching system that matches small dollar donations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an attorney and as a leader, he represents the kind of common-sense, law-and-order approach this city and state need. Letitia James has failed New Yorkers. Michael Henry will not,\u201d Staten Island Republican Chair Michael Tannousis said.<\/p>\n<p>Henry seized on James\u2019 bombshell fraud indictment, saying he wouldn\u2019t \u201cweaponize\u201d the law for political advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Yorkers deserve an Attorney General who will enforce the law fairly, not weaponize it for politics. Together, we are going to restore justice, integrity, and accountability to the state of New York,\u201d Henry wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37377636\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/new-york-attorney-general-letitia-113431026.jpg\" alt=\"New York Attorney General Letitia James speaking at a campaign rally.\" class=\"wp-image-37377636\"  \/>Attorney General Letitia James beat Henry in 2022. AP<\/p>\n<p>Henry has also already received the backing of North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/17\/us-news\/stefanik-to-declare-for-governor-after-november-elections-gop-chair\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says she will be running against Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a> at the top-of-the-ticket race for governor next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLetitia James has turned the Attorney General\u2019s Office into a political weapon instead of a force for justice,\u201d said Bronx GOP Chair Mike Rendino.<\/p>\n<p>Queens GOP Chair Tony Nunziato and Manhattan GOP Chair Andrea Catsimatidis also signed onto the endorsement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBANY \u2014 The five GOP bosses representing New York City are getting behind a candidate to take on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[393,416,68,398,57,9,56,63,65,64,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-1664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-attorney-general","9":"tag-elections","10":"tag-exclusive","11":"tag-letitia-james","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-nyc-headlines","17":"tag-nyc-news","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}