Teamsters' umbrella org endorses Mark Levine (D) for comptroller, but some of its locals back Justin Brannan (D)

An umbrella group representing New York Teamsters unions is endorsing Mark Levine for city comptroller, but some of the organization’s individual locals have split away from the pack to instead back Justin Brannan for the fiscal watchdog post.

The Teamsters Joint Council 16 is comprised of 24 local unions representing more than 120,000 New York City workers across a variety of sectors.

Thomas Gesualdi, boss of the Teamsters Local 282 construction union who also serves as the joint council’s president, said his umbrella organization opted to back Levine in next month’s Democratic comptroller primary because he has “shown that he understands the importance of unions and the dignity of work.”

“We need a comptroller who sees us, who values our labor, and who will fight to make sure public dollars support working families,” Gesualdi told the Daily News in a statement.



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