While the majority of the New York City Council is caught up in the speaker’s race, as is everyone else in New York politics, the chamber’s five-member incoming Minority Caucus is preparing for a likely leadership change of its own.

With Bronx City Council Member Kristy Marmorato’s loss and GOP nominee Alicia Vaichunas coming up surprisingly short in her bid to flip Council District 30 in Queens, Republican Council Member Joann Ariola may not have the votes to retain her post as minority leader come January.

Ariola emerged victorious in the race to lead the caucus after her predecessor, former Council Member Joe Borelli, left the council in January. It was a messy process. Days before Borelli resigned, a vote of the then-six-member caucus was called, which Ariola, Marmorato and Counc

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