Hochul pushed LIRR strike to pick up votes on Long Island from GOP rival Blakeman: transit union chief

Source: New York Post

Gov.   Hochul pushed the Long Island Rail Road strike largely to throw shade on Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and pick up votes from the Republican gubernatorial front-runner on his home turf, the head of a top transit union told The Post. “I don’t think it’s any coincidence that she’s doing this right in his backyard,” said John Samuelsen, the International President of the Transport Workers Union.