New York City’s teachers’ union, the United Federation of Teachers, passed a resolution on Wednesday urging the New York City Council to elect a woman as the next speaker.
Over 85% of the union’s 2,000 person delegate assembly voted to pass the resolution, according to UFT President Michael Mulgrew, to make it clear that they would prefer a woman take on the role of speaker next year when the majority of the City Council’s 51 members will be women.
“They think it says a lot about the city if we don’t,” Mulgrew told amNewYork Metro.
Members of the New York City Council decided who will become speaker but the choice can be influenced by outsiders including labor unions. The UFT’s resolution comes less than a month before New York City residents head to the polls again this year to cast their ballots for a slew of City Council seats as well as mayor, comptroller, and public advocate — and weeks before the city and state politicos and lobbyists will fly to San Juan, Puerto Rico to attend the annual SOMOS conference, where behind-the-scenes dealing takes place.
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