Gentile backs Mark-Viverito for council speaker
The man who will soon become the City Council’s most senior member is backing a liberal councilwoman from East Harlem to become the next council speaker.
Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst) announced on Thursday that he is supporting Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-East Harlem) in her quest to take the council’s top job.
“Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito has been a colleague of mine in the trenches for many years and I am confident she will lead our body in a more democratic, transparent, and inclusive direction,” Gentile said.