Endorsements in the 2025 New York City comptroller race

In an election where there is not much daylight policy-wise between the two leading candidates, the race to be New York City’s next comptroller has become one focused on coalition building. Though Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine has a much deeper war chest than City Council Finance Chair Justin Brannan – approximately $1.3 million more in the bank as of the last filing deadline in mid-March – the race has remained something of a toss-up. That’s in large part due to somewhat unusual splits in the endorsements Levine and Brannan have received. 

There are four candidates who made the primary ballot, including civil servant Ismael Malave and state Sen. Kevin Parker. Because Brannan and Levine are widely seen as the only competitive candidates in the race, we’re only tracking their endorsements. The endorsements that appear on this tracker are ones City & State was able to confirm, either with the individuals or groups directly, based on news reports or endorsers’ personal social media accounts. 

This post was last updated May 6. 

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine

Elected officials: Reps. Adriano Espaillat, Dan Goldman, Jerry Nadler and Ritchie Torres, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, New York City Council Members Shaun Abreu, Erik Bottcher, Carmen De La Rosa, Eric Dinowitz, Oswald Feliz, Rita Joseph, Shekar Krishnan, Linda Lee, Keith Powers, Julie Won and Susan Zhuang, state Sens. Kristen Gonzalez and Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Assembly Members George Alvarez, Manny De Los Santos, Michael Benedetto, Sam Berger, Alex Bores, Ed Braunstein, William Colton, Vivian Cook, Brian Cunningham, Maritza Davila,Erik Dilan, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Harvey Epstein, Alicia Hyndman, Micah Lasher, Grace Lee, Stacey Pheffer Amato, Karines Reyes, Linda Rosenthal, Nily Rozic, Rebecca Seawright, Tony Simone, Yudelka Tapia, Al Taylor, David Weprin and Clyde Vanel

Labor: Building and Construction Trades Council, CWA District 1, Local 802 American Federation of Musicians, District Council 9 Painters and Allied Trades, Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union, Sheet Metal Workers Local 28, Teamsters 817, UA Plumbers Local 1, Unite Here Local 100, Uniformed Fire Officers Association, 1199SEIU, LIUNA, Subway-Surface Supervisors Association, Civil Service Employees Association

Organizations: Abundance New York, Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club, Broadway Democrats, Douglass King Regular Democratic Club, El Nuevo Caribe Democratic Club, Eleanor Roosevelt Independent Democrats, Four Freedoms Democratic Club, Grand Street Democrats, Great Alliance Democratic Club, Guy R. Brewer United Democratic Club, Hell’s Kitchen Democrats, Lexington Democratic Club, Martin Luther King, Jr. Democratic Club, Northern Bronx Democratic Club, Progressive Association For Political Action, Saul Weprin Democratic Club, Three Parks Independent Democrats, United Democratic Organization, Vanguard Independent Democratic Association, Village Independent Democrats, West Side Democrats, Stonewall Democrats, Independent Neighborhood Dems (after Brannan, who they rank No.1) 

New York City Council Member Justin Brannan

Elected officials: Rep. Nydia Velázquez, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, state Sens. Andrew Gounardes, Leroy Comrie, Robert Jackson, Gustavo Rivera, Julia Salazar, Jabari Brisport and James Sanders Jr., Assembly Members Jo Anne Simon, Robert Carroll, Claire Valdez, Khaleel Anderson, Phara Souffrant Forrest and Emily Gallagher, New York City Council Members Amanda Farías, Selvena Brooks-Powers, Lincoln Restler, Alexa Avilés, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Althea Stevens, Sandy Nurse, Kamillah Hanks, Tiffany Cabán, Kevin Riley and Nantasha Williams

Labor: 32BJ SEIU, Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, Teamsters Local 831, Transport Workers Union, Uniformed Firefighters Association, Maritime Engineers Beneficial Association, Teamsters Local 804, PSC CUNY, New York State Nurses Association, Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, Alliance of South Asian American Labor

Organizations: New York Working Families Party, The Unity Democratic Club, Independent Neighborhood Dems (rank No.1), Downtown Independent Dems, Citizen Action of New York, Chelsea Reform Democratic Club, Churches United for Fair Housing Action, Bay Ridge Democrats, Central Brooklyn Independent Dems, Three Bridges Democratic Club, New Kings Democrats, New York Communities for Change, The Village Reform Democratic Club, Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn, New York Progressive Action Network, Muslim Democratic Club of New York

Others: Manhattan Democratic Party Chair Keith Wright, and former Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou