In the background of a deafening mayoral election, the quieter power struggle to become the next speaker of the New York City Council is well underway, with a hardening field of candidates, tentative coalitions and the leading candidate for mayor facing questions about who (if anyone) he’ll support.

Candidates who have been actively campaigning include Manhattan Council Member Julie Menin, who previously led two city agencies and the city’s 2020 Census outreach efforts, Brooklyn Council Member Crystal Hudson, a former council staffer who is among the more prolific of the council’s first-term members, and Bronx Council Member Amanda Farías, another former council staffer who is now majority leader.

But the field is certainly not fixed. Council Member Carmen De La Rosa told City & State sh

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