Deputy Communications Director and Chief NUMTOT @GovKathyHochul. Ex @MTA, @GovNedLamont, too many campaigns. Stand clear of the closing doors!
Brooklyn, NY
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Sean Butler retweeted
Kathy Hochul is the first governor from upstate NY in about a century. She might also be New York City's biggest transit supporter in decades.
nytimes.com/2026/10/28/nyreg…
Sean Butler retweeted
Hard to believe how much has changed in a decade.
When I was covering transit then, @MTA was mired in a maintenance spiral, cost overruns, and aging infrastructure. Expansion seemed like a luxury.
Now it has the most ambitious capital program in a generation, with a system improving each day.
Kathy Hochul is the first governor from upstate NY in about a century. She might also be New York City's biggest transit supporter in decades.
nytimes.com/2026/10/28/nyreg…
Sean Butler retweeted
Governor @KathyHochul has been a stalwart supporter of the MTA, backing essential investments in NYC transit. That's a major reason we’re so excited to support her re-election.
Learn more about why we're backing the governor for a second term at NY26.org.
Kathy Hochul is the first governor from upstate NY in about a century. She might also be New York City's biggest transit supporter in decades.
nytimes.com/2026/10/28/nyreg…
Sean Butler retweeted
The opposite of Cuomo and de Blasio, who battled mightily for years over matters important, trivial and even farcically silly. (Remember the Harlem deer?)
You’ve been working with Mayor Mamdani for about a year now. Tell me how you found him. Is he more pragmatic than you thought, or is he fairly ideological?
I’d say very pragmatic when it comes to getting things done. He understands the relationship with the governor is important. His supporters probably aren’t thrilled when they see us standing together, too, right? That’s fine.
Because they view you as too moderate. Do you ever joke about that with them, by the way? Like, sort of the odd couple, like, your young supporters see me as –
I could bring him the grandma vote, yeah. No, we both know what we have to do to develop a relationship, but it’s not that hard.
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Sean Butler retweeted
Love seeing kids get into the Halloween spirit.
His Spineless Congressman costume was great too.
Sean Butler retweeted
.@NYCMayor & @GovKathyHochul took the “G” train to Nassau Avenue - Mamdani returning the favor to Hochul, after she campaigned for him back to back weekends last year.
North Brooklyn is a hotspot of Mamdani voters per figures from last year’s mayoral.
Sean Butler retweeted
Traffic's down, wheels up!
Construction on the Van Wyck Expressway is officially complete.
Another major transportation win for New Yorkers.
🚗 Major milestone on the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens, NY!
The new HOV lane is OPEN to vehicles with 2+ occupants! Today, NYS announced the completion of major work on the $1.4 billion project that helps reduce congestion and improve airport access.
🔗bit.ly/47D1M2l
Sean Butler retweeted
One of the best ways to understand someone is by exploring their relationship to place.
A genuinely excellent profile of Kathy Hochul:
NEW: @GovKathyHochul's vision for New York has been largely shaped by her upbringing in a failing western New York town and her family’s ascent from a trailer park to affluence.
Learn more about The Courtneys of Hamburg, NY:
Sean Butler retweeted
Well well
Ken "Griffin’s company Citadel Enterprise America will serve as the anchor tenant, occupying 1.05 million square feet" newyorkyimby.com/2026/10/350…
Sean Butler retweeted
NEW: @GovKathyHochul's vision for New York has been largely shaped by her upbringing in a failing western New York town and her family’s ascent from a trailer park to affluence.
Learn more about The Courtneys of Hamburg, NY:
Sean Butler retweeted
under Hochul, New York is undergoing the most ambitious transit expansion in half a century: IBX, SAS phase 2, and now the 125th st subway
very excited to vote for her!
Sean Butler retweeted
Thank you @GovKathyHochul!
This proposed crosstown subway expansion across 125th Street will be transformative for Harlem, connecting riders to 7 subway lines, the express bus to LGA, and Metro-North.
Sean Butler retweeted
Excited yet?
Governor Hochul provided $50 million to fund the early stages of this work — and secured historic changes to state law to allow it to move forward faster.
That’s real leadership for uptown.
The MTA is proposing a new 125 Street Subway, which would extend west from the future 125 St/Lexington Av Q station. The project would connect existing subway lines—including the Second Avenue Subway—and bus routes along the corridor.
Learn more about this project at a public scoping meeting; we're hosting two virtual sessions on October 22, and one in-person session on October 27. Register for a session and get all the details: mta.info/project/125-street-…
ALT Map of proposed 125 Street Subway. The map includes streets, landmarks, and color-coded subway lines.
Sean Butler retweeted
🕳️ Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that the state had filled in 1 million potholes, transforming the annoying craters into “not-holes” ahead of winter.
Hochul was in Hempstead on Long Island last weekend to fill in the 1 millionth hole near the Meadowbrook Parkway.
“Potholes can’t run and they can’t hide, and we are finding them and putting them out of everyone’s misery,” the governor said in a statement.
Of the 1 million potholes filled outside of New York City in recent months, there were 156,000 on Long Island and another 150,000 in the Hudson Valley. About 694,000 more were filled in upstate.
Outside of New York City, motorists are urged to call 1-800-POTHOLE (1-800-768-4653) to report potholes on any State-owned highway, including the Thruway. In New York City, motorists can report potholes by dialing 311.
📸 Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul
Sean Butler retweeted
1 million h**** f*****
When I became Governor, I declared war on potholes across New York.
This year, we kicked that fight into high gear. Today, I joined the @NYSDOT team on Long Island to fill our ONE MILLIONTH POTHOLE of 2026!
We’re turning potholes into notholes, one road at a time.
Sean Butler retweeted
When I became Governor, I declared war on potholes across New York.
This year, we kicked that fight into high gear. Today, I joined the @NYSDOT team on Long Island to fill our ONE MILLIONTH POTHOLE of 2026!
We’re turning potholes into notholes, one road at a time.
