Overview
- Justice Democrats announced its endorsement of Valdez on Wednesday, adding to her support from the United Auto Workers and its president, Shawn Fain.
- Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso won backing Tuesday from Make the Road Action and New York Communities for Change.
- The competing endorsements illustrate divergent power centers on the left in a deep-blue, Latino-leaning district covering parts of northern Brooklyn and western Queens.
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has not endorsed, leaving a key progressive voice uncommitted as the field organizes.
- Velázquez’s retirement after more than three decades leaves a rare open seat likely to be decided in the Democratic primary.