Yesterday I stood at the site of the Central Park attack and called for a reckoning. A woman was approached by a man with a knife, dragged into a wooded area, and sexually assaulted. Violence against women has surged under Letitia James. Domestic violence is up. Strangulation incidents are up. Orders of protection are up. Rape is up. Across the state, I’ve had women tell me they don’t feel safe walking to school, walking to the bus station, walking around at night. I’ve talked to a grandmother in Buffalo whose granddaughter was threatened at gunpoint during a carjacking. I’ve talked to college girls in Binghamton who described severely mentally ill and drug-addicted individuals trying to attack them at the bus station. I’ve talked to homeless women in Syracuse who worry about being sexually assaulted at homeless shelters. I’ve talked to aunties in Queens who tell me that they are being targeted for chain-snatchings and their homes are being targeted for burglaries because of the jewelry inside. Women have pulled me aside at events upstate to tell me about domestic violence situations they could not escape because our broken bail laws result in attackers being released and going back home the same day. Where is our attorney general? When confronted on these issues, she has no answers. Letitia James has failed the women of New York. It’s time for a change at AG.