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Comptroller hopeful Raj Goyle joins NYU faculty strike
Goyle questioned the university’s inability to pay its faculty well and contrasted it with the university president’s million-dollar pay package.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Tue, 24, Mar 2026
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Indian American attorney and entrepreneur Raj Goyle, a Democrat gunning for the New York state comptroller’s office, joined the picket line in support of the strike called by the non-tenure-track faculty at New York University.
Close to 1,000 faculty members from New York University walked off the job on March 23 after negotiations on raises and better job security with the university administration fell through.
The decision came after marathon bargaining between the stakeholders failed to materialize despite weekend efforts, with The City reporting a 36-hour negotiation ending without consensus.
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Goyle, who joined the strike amid ongoing campaign efforts, questioned the administration, “Why can’t school administrators just give their workers a fair contract?”
Highlighting his stance, he noted, “I joined the picket line with @CfuUaw and @UAWRegion9A to demand dignity for the NYU educators and faculty who inspire us every single day.”
Goyle, who has previously represented immigrants and defended those targeted by enforcement actions as an attorney, noted that the “university can absolutely honor their faculty with fair pay,” especially when it pays the university president over $1.2 million.
The university spokesperson and chief communications officer, Wiley Norvell, issued a statement condemning the strike. He said, “We respect our unionized contract faculty, but this strike is fundamentally unnecessary.”
He added, “We have a collective responsibility to our students, and the union owed it to them to pursue every option at the negotiating table before disrupting their education. They haven’t.”
Goyle previously served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011, where he was one of the youngest members elected.
Goyle is also a co-founder of Indian American Impact, an organization focused on increasing political representation within the community. He said the group was created to provide support he lacked when he first ran for office.
As the state’s chief financial officer, he hopes to focus on fixing what he calls New York’s broken financial system. He said his top priority would be investing state funds within New York rather than across the U.S. and overseas.
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