We’re continuing to speak with candidates in this year’s competitive race for state comptroller. Raj Goyle is one of three Democrats challenging incumbent state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli for their party’s nomination in that race. He wants to use the power of the comptroller’s office to fight the federal government’s deportation efforts by changing how the state’s public pension fund is invested. He also wants to leverage the office to address the state’s energy affordability crisis.
Goyle spoke with us about that, his background and politics in New York.
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Dan Clark (social links)
Raj Goyle
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5 Feb 2026
Gov. Kathy Hochul on her future in politics, energy bills and immigration policy
Gov. Kathy Hochul released her executive budget proposal and outlined her agenda for the year last month. But she’s also up for reelection this year, raising the stakes for what she’s able to accomplish between now and November.
We sat down with Hochul at the Hearst Media Center to talk about her future in politics, high energy bills, immigration policy and more in a wide-ranging conversation.
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Dan Clark (social links)
Gov. Kathy Hochul
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22 Jan 2026
State comptroller’s race: Drew Warshaw
Voters will decide this year if incumbent state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli serves another term or hands off his job to someone else.
He’s facing his first serious primary challenge since he first became comptroller in 2007 from two Democrats. One of them is Drew Warshaw, who most recently helped lead a national housing nonprofit.Warshaw wants to use the state’s pension fund for public workers for new priorities and change how the money that goes into it is invested. He sat down with us to chat about his campaign.
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Dan Clark (social links)
Drew Warshaw
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State comptroller’s race: Raj Goyle
Published 19 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So even Tom doesn't invest in gun manufacturing because he knows that that offends our values as New Yorkers. And of course, if Texas wants to do that and these deep red states, if they want to invest in different kind of companies, that's their right. but we should stand up for New York values. So that's why I was the first in this race to clearly on week one and to never hesitate to call for divestment from fossil fuels. Tom DiNapoli said he would do it, said he would conduct a review, promised he would, and has reneged on that. Again, asleep at the switch, a yesterday mindset. And so the principle is, even if you take Palantir, Dan, There are many companies that can give us a great return on that investment and shore up the fund and grow the fund without investing in something that is antithetical to the very essence of New York. […]
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