UnverifiedJohn Samuelsen, TWU International President · Jul 3, 2026
“Governor Hochul has vetoed union-priority bills 70% of the time.”
Our Verdict — Why
Asserted in a June 30, 2026 letter urging the AFL-CIO not to endorse Hochul; Samuelsen published no list of which bills count as "union-priority," so the 70% figure cannot be checked against a defined set. For context, Hochul's overall 2025 record was 713 bills signed vs. 140 vetoed (~16%); the union-priority subset remains undefined by the claimant.
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