NYS Comptroller candidate Raj Goyle wants to take utility hikes out of hands of bureaucrats: ‘Getting squeezed’

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A candidate running to become the state’s financial watchdog wants to take New York’s ever-increasing gas and electric bills out of the hands of industry-affiliated bureaucrats. Democrat Raj Goyle — who’s looking to primary incumbent Comptroller Tom DiNapoli — wants to audit the utility companies perpetually asking for the OK to charge customers more because ratepayers need a “cop on the beat.” Goyle blasted DiNapoli for not doing enough to scrutinize the state Public Service Commission, which