The Working Families Party on Tuesday endorsed Brooklyn Councilman Justin Brannan in the race for city comptroller, its first citywide endorsement for the election cycle.

When asked why he is running for the position in an interview with NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Tuesday, Brannan pointed to his experience as the chair of the City Council’s Committee on Finance.

“No one knows the city budget better than I do,” he said.

“For the past three years, we fought like hell against some of the mayor’s crazy budget cuts against CUNY, cuts to libraries and parks and early childhood education. We’ve won a lot of those fights, and I’m a fighter, right?” he added. “And I think this moment calls for someone who’s going to speak truth to power, who can really harness the energy of the working class.”

He added that some New Yorkers say they are feeling “disillusioned, shut out and neglected.”

“Look, I think over the next four years, especially with Donald Trump doing everything he can to exact revenge on our city, the way that we’re going to take care of each other, the way that we can protect the city, build a firewall around the city is by how we spend our money,” he said.

Brannan, who is term limited in the Council this year, has represented neighborhoods in southwest Brooklyn since 2017.

The Brooklyn councilman is facing off in the Democratic city comptroller primary against Mark Levine, who is currently the Manhattan borough president.

The city comptroller position is currently held by Brad Lander, who is running in the Democratic mayoral primary.

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