As unions lined up to support Zohran Mamdani after he won the Democratic nomination in June, the construction trades held back.
Within days of Andrew Cuomo losing the primary, unions that previously endorsed the former governor pivoted and publicly backed the democratic socialist. At a joint press conference a week after the primary, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, 32BJ SEIU and the New York State Nurses Association described why they had switched their allegiances.
“He has made crystal clear that whenever there is a struggle, whenever there is a dispute between labor and management, he will be on our side,” HTC President Rich Maroko said at the time…