NEW YORK — Eric Adams is on track to have another major labor union in his corner.

The Democratic mayoral candidate earned a nod Wednesday from DC37’s executives, who will recommend to rank-and-file members that Adams be endorsed.

DC37 is the city’s largest municipal workers union, boasting 200,000 members.

“I am truly honored by and appreciate the DC37 Executive Board’s vote of confidence because they represent the people who make this city work,” Adams said in a statement. “And because I am the son of a DC37 member who worked hard every day to provide for her children.”

Adams’ mother was a food services worker. At a January mayoral forum that DC37 hosted, he opened his remarks by talking about the character of his mother, who worked long hours for little pay.

DC37 leaders’ support for Adams, currently the Brooklyn borough president, comes a week after the Hotel Trades Council endorsed him.

He wasn’t shy Wednesday about reaching out to a third influential union that hasn’t yet endorsed in the Democratic primary for mayor.

“@32BJSEIU members have served our City on the frontlines since the pandemic began, and after months of calling for our essential building service workers to be made eligible for the vaccine, this is terrific news,” Adams tweeted.

Labor support has been split among the mayoral contenders.

Maya Wiley, the former MSNBC legal analyst, has the backing of SEIU 1199.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer is endorsed by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and the NYC Building and Construction Trades Council.

Former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia had early support from sanitation workers’ unions.

In addition to 32BJ, the other labor group that has yet to endorse this cycle is the United Federation of Teachers (UFT).

Also Wednesday, former Veterans Affairs Commissioner Loree Sutton suspended her bid for mayor.

The centrist suggested this post-election idea to her former rivals in a video about the end of her candidacy: “Let’s band together and form the Recovery Coalition to save our city. We’re a diverse and unique group of citizens. We can volunteer and assist the next mayor in setting the essential conditions for our city’s recovery.”

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