Things are grim, so here I talk about a solution that’s actually working, and also try to bring some attention to the New York State comptroller’s race. Panel-by-panel refs are
And the references:
Page 1, panel 1: A decent description of the exchange between ICE agents and Renee Good is here: https://www.wired.com/story/the-campaign-to-destroy-renee-good/
Page 1, panel 2: The data are from https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires-buying-elections-theyve-come-to-collect/.
Page 1, panel 3 and page 2, panel 1: https://pcfb.ny.gov/candidate-committee-services; https://pcfb.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2026/01/pcfb-handbook-revised-2025-final_5.pdf
Page 2, panel 2: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/new-york-states-public-campaign-financing-program-empowers-constituent
Page 2, panel 3: Crazy money: more than $40 million according to this: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/mamdani-cuomo-nyc-mayor-bid-billionaire-spending.html. Toady: In the sense of “lickspittle”: For instance, see here: “Meanwhile, his administration created liability protections for hospitals and nursing homes that would become a corporate immunity model for Mitch McConnell at the federal level. Those protections were drafted by a hospital lobbying group that had donated over a million dollars to the New York State Democratic Committee which was funding Cuomo’s 2018 reelection campaign.” https://rebeccatraister.substack.com/p/this-fucking-guy. In the sense of being a toad: just look at the guy. 8 to 1: https://www.nyccfb.info/program/how-it-works
Page 3, panel 1: The more money would be for training, as if that would help; see, e.g., here: https://therealnews.com/renee-good-killing-dems-ice-reforms
Page 3, panel 3: https://pcfb.ny.gov/program-overview
Page 3, panel 4: https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani—governor-hochul-to-launch-free-child-care-for-tw; includes the phrase “The Governor is committing to fully fund the first two years of the city’s implementation.”
Page 5 panel 1: https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-faces-rare-primary-challengers/
Page 5 panel 3: Source: https://www.osc.ny.gov/about/about-comptrollers-office
Page 6 panel 1: $280 billion: Drew Warshaw. An Analysis of the Investment Performance of the New York State & Local Retirement System’s Common Retirement Fund from 2007-2025 Versus an Alternative Approach, and the Resulting Impact on New York Property Taxes & State Income Taxes. p16 (p17 of pdf). Third largest fund manager: https://bsky.app/profile/drewforny.bsky.social/post/3maltazqrz22a
Page 6 panel 2: Drew Warshaw. Ibid., p4
Page 6, panel 4: Warshaw, ibid. p18.
Page 7, panel 1: Warshaw, ibid, p3
Page 7, panel 2: $59.1 billion: Warshaw, ibid. p29. New York State population: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NY/PST045224
Page 7 panel 3: Unopposed: https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2025/09/drew-warshaw-wants-cut-out-wall-street-middlemen-managing-state-pensions/408294/
Page 7 last panel: DiNapoli has $1.4 million in his war chest as of late January, https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/us-news/long-shot-comptroller-candidate-puzzlingly-blames-letitia-james-for-late-campaign-filings/; and Republicans are filling it, https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/02/dinapoli-fundraise-republicans-day-dem-convention/411179/
Page 8 panel 1: The 39% underperformance over DiNapoli’s tenure comes down to an average difference of 1.14% a year (which may not be exact but it’s not too high). Getting 1.14% more on $280 billion would be more than $3 billion extra, or around $61 million per week. That could pay for the entire program so far rather quickly (I’m not sure exactly how quickly, because I don’t know how much the entire program has cost so far, but weeks seems reasonable—I doubt the whole program has cost $300 million yet).
Page 8 panel 2: See https://www.vote.nyc/elections for the election day.
Page 8 panel 3: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A560 (point being, the bill hasn’t passed).
Page 8 panel 5: https://news.ballotpedia.org/2025/10/03/california-voters-will-decide-on-a-proposition-to-allow-public-financing-of-campaigns-in-nov-2026/
Page 9 panel 2 (the table): Source: https://www.ademfornewyork.com/#vision; https://rajgoyle.com/our-vision/; https://www.drewwarshaw.com/ideas. Goyle divest from ICE: https://bsky.app/profile/rgoyle.bsky.social/post/3mbx7alfxoc2c
Page 9 panel 3: Bunkeddeko: : https://www.ademfornewyork.com/#vision; Goyle utility: https://rajgoyle.com/our-vision/Warshaw: https://www.drewwarshaw.com/ideas
Page 10 panels 2 and 3 (the QR code): https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-forced-wear-qr-code-11411925.
