Adams gets backing of hotel union

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams received a key mayoral endorsement from the powerful hotel workers union Tuesday — the second big stamp of approval from a labor union in the race so far.

The Hotel Trades Council of New York, which represents more than 31,000 members who live in the city, announced it would be backing Adams (photo) Tuesday in a statement from Rich Maroko, its president.

“Eric has been crystal clear about his support for protecting workers and for preserving and promoting good hospitality jobs during the pandemic recovery and beyond,” Maroko said in a written statement. “Our union and its members are eager, trained and ready to spend the next 16 weeks conducting extensive voter outreach to elect Eric Adams.”

The endorsement, which was first reported by Politico, represents a major coup for Adams, who’s considered one of three top-tier candidates and rates second only to Andrew Yang in the most recent poll.

Adams will now be able to leverage the more than $8 million of cash on hand he has with the get-out-the-vote political might the hotel workers union will undoubtedly bring to his campaign.

“I was raised by a working mom in a blue-collar household — so I am deeply honored by the support of a union like HTC,” Adams said. “As mayor, I will fight every day for everyday New Yorkers who need more help than ever right now.”

The Hotel Trades Council’s members have suffered greatly since most of them were left indefinitely unemployed during the early days of the pandemic. According to the union, 22,566 of them are registered to vote in the city and many will be primed to help get out the vote after receiving training through HTC’s political mobilization program.

It is one of five big labor unions whose endorsements are traditionally coveted by candidates running for mayor. Of the other unions — the United Federation of Teachers, 32BJ SEIU, DC 37 and 1199 SEIU, only 1199 has so far made an endorsement.

That union announced two weeks ago that it would back Maya Wiley, Mayor de Blasio’s former legal counsel who is now tied for fourth in the race.