New York’s largest health care union, 1199SEIU , is throwing its weight behind Brooklyn Councilwoman Crystal Hudson’s bid to become the City Council’s next speaker, becoming the first major organized labor group to get officially involved in the race, which hit a fever pitch overnight Tuesday.

The union, which represents some 200,000 health care workers in the city, said in an exclusive statement to the Daily News on Wednesday that it is endorsing Hudson’s campaign for speaker because she “always puts the needs of hardworking New Yorkers at the forefront of her advocacy.”

“Our union strongly values the fight for racial justice and health equity that Crystal has centered since her first campaign for office,” Yvonne Armstrong, 1199SEIU’s east coast president, said in the statement, ref

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