Letter: AG James’ campaign ad soundbite has already been used

By Larry Penner Posted on October 24, 2022

Letitia James has been named as the lead defendant in a First Amendment lawsuit that is seeking to reverse the state’s ban on free legal advice from non-lawyers for low-income people facing debt collection.

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To the Editor,

The late New York State Attorney General Louis Louis Lefkowitz was a main stream Republican. He served for 22 years from 1957-1979 earning the title “the people’s lawyer.” Today’s Attorney General Letitia James’ use of his title “the people’s lawyer” in her television campaign commercials represents consumer fraud. Ms. James, with only two years in office, has yet to build a record worthy of this title. Her accomplishments don’t come anywhere close to Lefkowitz. Co-opting this title just serves as a cheap re-election television ad soundbite.

Larry Penner