Health care workers union endorses Adams for borough president
State Sen. Eric Adams’s road to Borough Hall appears to be gaining momentum. In the latest boost to his campaign for borough for borough president, Adams has earned the endorsement of 1199 SEIU Healthcare Workers East, the largest healthcare union in New York.
The endorsement was announced on April 2. The union has more than 350,000 members, including nurses and caregivers.
“Eric Adams is the right leader at the right time for Brooklyn’s working families,” said 1199SEIU President George Gresham. “His record of standing up and fighting for workers’ rights, quality healthcare and a higher standard of living for Brooklynites is unmatched and Brooklyn will need his vision to succeed in the years ahead. We give Sen. Adams our full support to be Brooklyn’s next Borough President,” he said.