NYC Mayor: Speaker Adrienne Adams Backed By AG Tish James, DC37

"Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker vying to become the first female mayor of New York City, received the backing of three major unions on Wednesday, shaking up a Democratic contest two months before the primary," reported The New York Times.

"The labor endorsements, which came alongside a separate endorsement from Letitia James, the state attorney general, were a signal that not all of New York’s institutional support will fall to the front-runner, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, and they could prompt others to reconsider his air of inevitability."

"Ms. James, who is broadly popular among Democrats in New York, appeared with Ms. Adams at a campaign rally in Manhattan on Wednesday, along with leaders of the three unions: District Council 37, the city’s largest municipal union; Unite Here Local 100, which represents hospitality workers; and Communications Workers of America Local 1180, which represents social service workers."

So far, REBNY has donated to two candidates in the June 24 Democratic primary contest for mayor of New York City: former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D). RPAC of New York has not yet made such a move.