Raj Goyle
About
Based in Lower Manhattan · Age 50
Attorney, legal-tech entrepreneur (Bodhala co-founder), and former Kansas state legislator who founded Phone Free New York. Running as a progressive to wield the comptroller's pension and audit powers against utilities and Wall Street.
Attorney (Duke; Harvard Law); former ACLU lawyer
Kansas House of Representatives, 2007–2011
Co-founder, legal-tech company Bodhala (sold 2021)
Founder, Phone Free New York (2025 school phone ban)
Where they stand
Pension fund strategy & Wall Street fees
Says the office has 'underperformed the market... wasting billions on excessive Wall Street fees' and would bring private-sector investment tools to improve returns.
Fossil-fuel divestment
Backs full fossil-fuel divestment and redirecting capital to clean energy; says DiNapoli 'reneged on his promise to divest from fossil fuels.'
Israel bonds & divestment
Would divest ~$350M in Israel bonds: 'we have an obligation to not fund human rights violations.'
Support
Money
$1.2M
raised
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