Queens County Boss Greg Meeks is convening a roundtable of power brokers this weekend to discuss the race for City Council speaker, sources familiar with the meeting confirmed to City & State.

County Democratic leaders and labor leaders are invited to attend. The meeting will serve as a level-setting moment for county machines and unions before the annual Somos conference on Wednesday, where many a speaker deal has been hashed out. It also comes ahead of Tuesday’s mayoral election, after which, a probable Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani may choose to get involved in the speaker race. Meeks has not endorsed Mamdani.

Meeks’ meeting also follows an initiative spearheaded by City Council Members Lincoln Restler and Althea Stevens to discuss the council’s next leader in forums that are for member

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