Campaign Insiders: A Q&A with NYS Comptroller Candidate Raj Goyle

"I am focused on tackling rising utility costs, transparency, and protecting our most vulnerable neighbors. I will use the $300 billion pension fund to tackle the utility affordability crisis by investing in renewable energy sources here in New York. Second, I will modernize the Comptroller's office to root out junk fees, medical debt, and corporate waste. Finally, I will divest our state funds from companies like Palantir that enable ICE to harm the immigrant communities."

"Current leadership has treated this office as a passive position while working-class New Yorkers struggle. I am the son of immigrant doctors who served a community that didn't always welcome them. My mother, a U.S. citizen for 45 years, recently asked me if she could be denaturalized and deported. This is why I am running: to serve as a protector for our families against federal overreach and corporate greed."

"Rising utility costs are plaguing New Yorkers and adding to the already existential cost-of-living crisis. I will protect New Yorkers by fighting to hold utility providers across the state accountable, using the full power of the Comptroller's office to audit each utility provider's rate hike request and the Public Service Commission (PSC). This will force providers to lower energy costs and ensure a swift, just transition to a 100% renewable energy future."

The campaign centers on rising utility costs, transparency, and protecting vulnerable neighbors. The plan uses the $300 billion state pension fund to invest in renewable energy in New York to address utility affordability. The Comptroller’s office would be modernized to root out junk fees, medical debt, and corporate waste. State funds would be divested from companies like Palantir that enable ICE to harm immigrant communities. The decision to run is tied to perceived passivity in current leadership and personal experience with fears of denaturalization and deportation. The top voter concern is utility costs, and the approach is to hold utility providers accountable by auditing rate hike requests and working with the Public Service Commission to lower energy costs and support a transition to 100% renewable energy.

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