Melissa Mark-Viverito Is Elected Speaker of New York City Council
Melissa Mark-Viverito, a fiery liberal who helped form the Council’s progressive caucus, was elected speaker of the City Council on Wednesday, giving Mayor Bill de Blasio a partner at the controls of the legislative branch who shares his ideology and much of his agenda.
Ms. Mark-Viverito, 44, a Puerto Rican-born lawmaker from East Harlem, becomes the first Hispanic to hold what is the city’s second-most-powerful office.
After a bitter fight, in which Mr. de Blasio played an outsized role, Ms. Mark-Viverito’s lone challenger, Daniel Garodnick of Manhattan, formally conceded on the floor of the Council chamber shortly after 1 p.m, acknowledging the tense battle but saying, “I will do my part to resolve any rifts this process may have caused among us.”
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