New York Attorney General Letitia James loves to portray herself as an untiring champion of justice, fearlessly holding the powerful accountable.<\/p>\n
Except the news keeps bringing up work she somehow never bothers to do, whether it\u2019s pursuing Medicaid fraud, tracking down tax cheats or helping fight street crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Federal agents on Tuesday raided<\/a> at least two Brooklyn adult day-care facilities as part of a huge investigation of more than 100 sites suspected of Medicaid fraud involving everything from money laundering to kickbacks.<\/p>\n Medicaid fraudsters steal billions \u2014 quite possibly tens of billions \u2014 in this state, while James has perhaps the worst record<\/a> of any state AG in probing such crimes.<\/p>\n Or consider convicted Wall Street con man Daniel Gordon<\/a>, who owes the state a staggering $59 million in unpaid taxes and penalties, yet is living it up out in California; James\u2019 office has done virtually nothing to pursue him. <\/p>\n Yes, she formally needs state tax authorities to request her assistance, but that shouldn\u2019t take more than a simple phone call; instead, she twiddles her thumbs.<\/p>\n Tish James doesn\u2019t really want <\/a>to fight crime, as challenger Saritha Komatireddy keeps proving<\/a>. <\/p>\n Also on Tuesday, the GOP candidate rallied<\/a> with the families of six serious crime victims, regular New Yorkers furious at how James consistently fails to confront the public-safety crisis head-on.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Indeed, she\u2019s spent most of her career protecting criminals; even as AG, she prefers to investigate cops. <\/p>\n Oh, and burn state resources on high-profile, novel legal warfare against Donald Trump and his businesses \u2014 to the point that a whistleblower in her office says it\u2019s been practically all she cared about<\/a>.<\/p>\n Forget the partisan point-scoring:\u00a0New Yorkers deserve an attorney general who puts the public interest first \u2014 fighting fraud, tracking down tax fugitives and above all helping secure our streets. <\/p>\n