Nearly all of the city’s most powerful unions have now consolidated behind Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani as he vies to topple Mayor Eric Adams in the November general election, with the latest nod of support coming from the United Federation of Teachers on Tuesday night.
Mamdani celebrated the UFT’s endorsement, following a Tuesday night vote in his favor, by the union’s governing body, alongside its president — Michael Mulgrew — and rank-and-file members at its Manhattan headquarters on July 9. The powerful union, which represents 200,000 members including public school teachers and other education professionals, backed Mamdani after declining to endorse a candidate in the crowded Democratic primary that also included former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
