The most left-leaning member of the City Council — East Harlem's Melissa Mark-Viverito — is on the verge of becoming the Council's next speaker after a stunning deal between Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio and Brooklyn Democratic leader Frank Seddio, The Post has learned.
Sources said Seddio decided to break with his fellow county leaders to back Mark-Viverito, a longtime ally of the mayor-elect, after speaking with de Blasio. De Blasio began actively lobbying on her behalf last weekend.
"If Brooklyn goes with her, she'll have the necessary votes," said one source.
The speaker is one of the most powerful figures in the government, second only to the mayor.
The race will be decided next month in a vote of the 51 Council members.
Until today, it appeared the race was between Mark-Viverito and Dan Garodnick, a Manhattan moderate.
Before striking the deal with de Blasio, Seddio had been part of an alliance with his counterparts in Queens and the Bronx in supporting Garodnick.
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