Black Democrats are among the most dependable voting blocs in city elections, but with more than one non-white candidate in the race for mayor, Black support appears split. On Sunday, a lesser-known candidate got a big endorsement from a key African-American official while a more familiar contender was backed by several groups representing Black first responders.

“I am so proud to stand with the change-maker for New York City, the innovator, the one that knows how to reduce inequality,” Rep. Gregory Meeks said Sunday at Queens Borough Hall. “And that man is right behind me. He is Ray McGuire!”

Meeks provides a much-needed boost to Ray McGuire, the former Wall Street executive stuck in single-digit support.

But the nod was also another sign that Black voters aren’t coalescing behind any one candidate.

On Sunday, as Meeks, State Senator Leroy Comrie and others praised McGuire in Queens, the Grand Council of Guardians joined other Black and Latino first-responder groups in endorsing Eric Adams in Brooklyn.

“As they adorn the uniforms, they had the skin tone and pigmentation of those who were victimized, demonized and ostracized from these professions," Adams said in accepting their nods in Crown Heights.

Adams, a former cop and currently the Brooklyn borough president as well as the mayoral race’s fundraising leader, says what defines his coalition isn’t skin color.

He led his supporters in a call-and-response that listed his labor endorsements. 

“I said it, I’m a blue-collar candidate. 32BJ, what color collar?"

"Blue!"

"DC37, what color collar?"

"Blue!"

"HTC, what color collar?" 

"Blue!"

"PEF, what color collar?" 

"Blue!"

"Vulcan Society, what color collar?" 

"Blue!”

Adams is campaigning on having been there for the city when it was struggling in the past while saying his rivals were not.

He saves his sharpest barbs for frontrunner Andrew Yang.

Yang spent Sunday packing supplies to be shipped to St. Vincent and the Grenadines following a devastating volcanic eruption, and accepting the endorsement of the city’s Asian-American Democratic Club.

He cited broad support while declining to criticize Adams in response.

“When I walk around the streets of New York, we get an enthusiastic reaction from New Yorkers of every background, every race, every demographic, every age.”

McGuire similarly touted a diverse backing, projecting confidence.

“How do I feel about Black voter support? I want you to take a panoramic view,” he said, smiling.

The other two non-white major candidates in the race are Maya Wiley and Dianne Morales.

Wiley participated in a Brooklyn church service Sunday while Morales hosted the first of a series of block parties, also in Brooklyn.