NY-COMP: Comptroller Tom DiNapoli 'not daunted' by primary challengers
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has been a fixture in state government ever since he was appointed to fill the role in 2011. It can be hard to imagine someone else in the office, but challengers have already emerged to primary the Long Island Democrat next year. Drew Warshaw and Raj Goyle are early contenders for the position, and there are rumors that the list of candidates could continue to grow.
DiNapoli plans on continuing his work and reckons that the voters don’t mind him sticking around either. We’ll have a verdict on that next spring, but DiNapoli believes that the best sales pitch he can make is to continue to do the work he is now, namely, a regular blitz of audits on reports on state agencies and government functions. Getting the general populace to hear about it is its own challenge, according to him. But now that he has few people coming for his job, public awareness might rise, even if he said he’d rather focus on his own record than his opponents. DiNapoli recently sat down with City & State to discuss his campaign, time in office and the issues the state faces. This interview was edited for length and clarity.
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