Attorney General — New York
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What this office is
The Attorney General of New York is the state’s lawyer. One office. The whole state. The term is four years. The next regular election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Confirm the clock, and the Attorney General of record, on official New York sites. This office has no term limit — that is a clock fact, not a crown.
This is not the Governor. The Governor file lives at Governor of New York. This is not a United States Attorney. This is not a district attorney. This office is the lawyer for New York.
Albany is the capital. New York City is not the capital. Manhattan is not the state. Sixty-two counties hire the same Attorney General — the North Country, Long Island, the Hudson, Buffalo, Rochester, and the Southern Tier included.
This page is Side One. For this cycle, use the election twin.
Confirm the Attorney General of record on ag.ny.gov.
How the job fits this community
The inbox is a state inbox: a capital file from Albany that is not a Manhattan skyline, a North Country consumer file that never makes a national broadcast, a Long Island working-water file, an upstate plant-year file, and a public-integrity file that is not a five-borough DA’s docket.
Staff who only know New York City, or only know Albany as the whole state, are not doing the job. New Jersey is a different state. Pennsylvania is a different state. Connecticut is a different state. Vermont is a different state. Canada is not this map. The North Country remains New York.
What the job entails
- Represent the state. Not a legislator. Not the Governor.
- Opinions where New York law actually gives them.
- Civil and criminal matters the constitution and statutes actually assign — not every county DA’s case.
- Consumer and public-integrity files that are state files.
- Two homes. Albany for the job. The rest of the state for the people who hired the office.
Place snapshot (verify official sources)
- State: New York · Office: Attorney General
- Next regular election: 3 November 2026
- Always verify on ag.ny.gov
What this is not
- Not the Governor. Not a U.S. Attorney. Not a district attorney.
- Not a United States Senator. New York has no 2026 Senate race (Class I next 2030, Class III next 2028).
- Not the Mayor of New York City. Not the Mayor of Albany.
- Not a campaign flyer.
Official doors
- Office of the Attorney General
- New York State Board of Elections
- Office of the Attorney General of New York
The arena: 2026 election — Attorney General of New York