City Council race heats up with hunt for moderates to counter Zohran Mamdani if he becomes NYC mayor

Fuente: New York Post

New York’s mayoral election isn’t the only heated race in the city. Sides are already being drawn over who the next City Council speaker will be — as outside interests push candidates they think will best stand up to Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani. Julie Menin, who reps the Upper East Side, and Crystal Hudson, who reps swaths of Fort Greene, have emerged as the current leading contenders to take over for Council Speaker Adrienne Adams come January, The Post has learned.