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Transit and nursing unions balk at backing Hochul

But governor has overwhelming labor support

BY HARPER FREEMAN
Posted 10/30/26

It was a Monday afternoon when hundreds of Transport Workers Union Local 100 members piled into the union's headquarters to announce and celebrate the union's endorsement of Governor Kathy Hochul. The daughter of a union steelworker had taken over for the scandal-scarred Andrew Cuomo less than a year prior and at that point, in April 2022, was running for her first full term in office.  

"Governor Hochul inherited a mess and she has met every challenge and has done an incredible job," then-Local 100 president Tony Utano said in announcing the endorsement beside Hochul.

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