Adrienne Adams, the lecturer of the municipal council in the running to become the first woman mayor of New York, received the support of three major unions on Wednesday, waving a democratic competition two months before the primary.
Labor approvals, which came alongside a separate approval from Letitia James, the State Prosecutor General, were not a signal that all the institutional support of New York will not fall first, the former governor Andrew M. Cuomo, and they could encourage others to reconsider his tire of inevitability.
Ms. James, who is largely popular among the Democrats in New York, appeared Wednesday with Ms. Adams during a campaign rally in Manhattan, with the leaders of the three unions: the District 37, the largest city union in the city; Local 100 unit, which represents the hotel workers; And local communications workers 1180, which represents social services workers.
Ms. James said Ms. Adams had experience and integrity to lead the city. She encouraged voters not to “look towards the past” or to candidates for the search for “political revenge or even redemption” – an indirect but clear reference to Mr. Cuomo.
“She has shown us what she can do as a speaker,” said the Attorney General about Ms. Adams. “She saved our libraries, saved our daycare centers, extended affordable accommodation.”
New York is the only big American city that has never elected a woman as mayor. Kathryn Garcia, the former sanitation commissioner, approached in 2021, losing against Eric Adams of around 7,200 votes in the Democratic primary.
