Manhattan Councilwoman Julie Menin claimed victory Wednesday in the City Council speaker’s race after saying she’s secured commitments of support from a super majority of her colleagues, putting an early end to the contest and teeing up potential tensions with incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Menin’s grip on the powerful post wouldn’t be formalized until early January, when the Council’s 51 members will vote to elect the body’s new speaker.

But Menin , an Upper East Side Democrat who has positioned herself as the moderate candidate in the speaker’s race, rolled out a press release Wednesday declaring she has locked in support from 35 of her fellow Council members, putting her above the 26-vote threshold required for victory.

Among the members backing Menin were all of the Council’s fi

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