NY-07: 1199 backs Reynoso (D), three others running against DSA

Powerful health care workers union 1199SEIU is endorsing Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso in the congressional race to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez.

That’s a blow to his leading opponent, Assembly Member Claire Valdez, who launched her campaign with a plan of uniting labor and the left. But despite the unwavering support of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Valdez has yet to earn a significant labor endorsement other than from her own former union, UAW Region 9A.

Meanwhile Reynoso has been endorsed by the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, 32BJ SEIU, District Council 37, RWDSU and CWA District 1, among others.

“For over a decade, Antonio has taken on the toughest fights in New York in the name of supporting working people. Whether we needed him on the picket line or at the negotiating table, he always showed up,” said Dell Smitherman, 1199’s New York political and campaigns director. “We look forward to sending him to Washington where he will fight to abolish ICE, tax the rich, and stand up to Donald Trump and his billionaire friends.”



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