NYC Mayor's Race: Cuomo re-endorsed by Teamsters Joint Council 16 that backed him in primary

Mayoral hopeful and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was re-endorsed Wednesday by the Teamsters Joint Council 16 — one of the few formal nods of support his independent campaign has picked up during the general election.

The labor group — representing 120,000 downstate workers in both the private and public sectors — stands out among the city’s most powerful unions in remaining behind Cuomo after he lost the Democratic primary to Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani by nearly 13% points. In the city, the Teamsters represent delivery truck drivers, sanitation workers, film and TV crew members, and laborers in other industries.

The union’s largest local, Teamsters Local 237, had previously announced that it would continue endorsing Cuomo in the general election.

Thomas Gesualdi, the president of Teamsters Joint Council 16, said the group is sticking with Cuomo because “he built jobs, he built industries, and he built opportunity” for working New Yorkers during his decade as governor.




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