WATCH: Christine Quinn officially announces she's running for NYC mayor

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn officially entered the race this morning to become New York City's first female and openly gay mayor.

Quinn announced her candidacy in an emotional 5-minute video focusing on her middle-class, Long Island roots, her mother's death from breast cancer when Quinn was 16 and her 7-year career as Council speaker.

She emphasized the importance of her father's role in his union, a clear attempt to woo the city's powerful labor entities whose endorsements are critical in the race.

She also talked about her middle-class roots as she tries to remind New Yorkers she is different from billionaire Mayor Bloomberg with whom she has closely aligned herself over their terms in office.

"My mother's life and death left me with the belief that our obligation is to use every moment we have on this earth to make it a better place, to make other peoples' lives better," she says in the video.

Quinn goes on to tout her accomplishments as speaker, including passing several pro-immigrant bills protecting low-level criminals from deportation and a contentious living-wage bill that she ultimately weakened to appease the city's business community.

She has a wide lead in the polls over her rivals Bill de Blasio, John Liu and Bill Thompson and has raised the most money.

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