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  New York City Council
INCUMBENT
  PartyDemocratic
Name Democratic Party Control
Won11/07/2023
Votes45 (88.24%)
Margin39 (+76.47%)
Term01/01/2024 - 12/31/2025
Administration
  City Council Speaker  Adrienne E. Adams 5 +100.00%
  Majority Leader  Amanda Farías 3 +100.00%
  Minority Leader  Joseph Borelli 6 +100.00%
City Council
  New York City Council 01  Christopher Marte 2 +37.37%
  New York City Council 02  Carlina Rivera 3 +85.71%
  New York City Council 03  Erik D. Bottcher 2 +78.72%
  New York City Council 04  Keith Powers 4 +47.31%
  New York City Council 05  Julie Menin 2 +63.51%
  New York City Council 06  Gale A. Brewer 4 +64.01%
  New York City Council 07  Shaun Abreu 2 +94.71%
  New York City Council 08  Diana I. Ayala 3 +75.71%
  New York City Council 09  Yusef Salaam 1 +96.70%
  New York City Council 10  Carmen N. De La Rosa 5 +92.97%
  New York City Council 11  Eric Dinowitz 2 +69.40%
  New York City Council 12  Kevin Riley 2 +86.04%
  New York City Council 13  Kristy Marmorato 1 +3.63%
  New York City Council 14  Pierina Ana Sanchez 2 +77.25%
  New York City Council 15  Oswald Feliz 2 +67.29%
  New York City Council 16  Althea V. Stevens 2 +71.69%
  New York City Council 17  Rafael "Ralph" Salamanca, Jr. 4 +74.20%
  New York City Council 18  Amanda Farías 3 +76.48%
  New York City Council 19  Vickie Paladino 2 +20.22%
  New York City Council 20  Sandra Ung 2 +26.01%
  New York City Council 21  Francisco P. Moya 7 +94.04%
  New York City Council 22  Tiffany Cabán 2 +39.38%
  New York City Council 23  Linda Lee 2 +28.14%
  New York City Council 24  James F. Gennaro 3 +50.96%
  New York City Council 25  Shekar Krishnan 2 +43.65%
  New York City Council 26  Julie Won 2 +58.99%
  New York City Council 27  Nantasha Williams 2 +85.57%
  New York City Council 28  Adrienne E. Adams 5 +70.93%
  New York City Council 29  Lynn C. Schulman 2 +41.07%
  New York City Council 30  Robert F. Holden 3 +92.38%
  New York City Council 31  Selvena N. Brooks-Powers 2 +78.57%
  New York City Council 32  Joann Ariola 2 +90.30%
  New York City Council 33  Lincoln Restler 2 +74.93%
  New York City Council 34  Jennifer Gutiérrez 2 +89.95%
  New York City Council 35  Crystal Hudson 2 +94.73%
  New York City Council 36  Chi A. Ossé 2 +97.50%
  New York City Council 37  Sandy Nurse 2 +78.37%
  New York City Council 38  Alexa Avilés 2 +33.32%
  New York City Council 39  Shahana K. Hanif 2 +72.59%
  New York City Council 40  Rita C. Joseph 2 +93.38%
  New York City Council 41  Darlene Mealy 3 +95.07%
  New York City Council 42  Christopher Banks 1 +94.67%
  New York City Council 43  Susan Zhuang 1 +32.45%
  New York City Council 44  Kalman Yeger 3 +61.49%
  New York City Council 45  Farah N. Louis 3 +93.41%
  New York City Council 46  Mercedes Narcisse 2 +33.10%
  New York City Council 47  Justin L. Brannan 3 +16.54%
  New York City Council 48  Inna Vernikov 2 +42.22%
  New York City Council 49  Kamillah Hanks 2 +62.85%
  New York City Council 50  David M. Carr 2 +90.51%
  New York City Council 51  Joseph Borelli 6 +93.45%
Votes/Standings
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City Government DETAILS
Parents > United States > New York > New York City  
Websitehttp://www.nyccouncil.info/index.cfm
Established January 01, 1938
Disbanded Still Active
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Last ModifiedRP May 17, 2017 05:13pm
DescriptionELECTIONS
1938-1950: The council is elected by proportional representation. Candidates
ran borough-wide, and voters indicated their first, second, and third choices on
a ballot. There was to be one seat for every 75,000 votes cast in each borough,
the exception being Staten Island, which was guaranteed one council member.
Terms were two years except for the final four year term.

1950-1966: Council districts were created, and each corresponded to a state
senate district. In 1963, two at-large seats were created for each borough,
though voters could only chose one candidate. Terms were four years.

1966-1983: Council districts were redrawn to be independent of the state senate
districts. Terms were still 4 years; however, after the 1973 elections, redistricting
and lawsuits caused the remaining terms in this period to be one, three, and
five years each.

1983-1992: A court order vacated the at-large seats in June 1983, and voters
chose to abolish them later in that year. In 1990, the position of Speaker is created.

1992-Present: The council is expanded to 51 seats under the new city charter.

FILLING VACANCIES:
Originally, vacancies were filled in this manner: The party committee of the borough
that the departed council member was from recommended a replacement to a
council committee. After the committee approved this candidate, he or she was
then voted on by the entire council. If approved, the replacement would serve until
January 1st of the following year. The following November, the new council member
ran in a special election.

In 1989, the new Charter replaced the appointment of candidates to fill vacancies
with Non-Partisan special elections. The victor of this race would then run in
another election in the next November.

TERM LIMITS
Prior to 2002, the council had no term limits.

Originally, voters approved a referendum limiting members to two full terms. The
law would take effect at the end of 2001. However, the council has since passed
an amendment (overriding Mayor Bloomberg's veto) that allows members to serve
three terms if two of them will be two years long as a result of redistricting. The
status of council members with regard to term limits can be seen here: [Link]

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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Mar 22, 2011 07:00pm Editorial Miscreants abound on New York's City Council  Article nystate63 
Mar 14, 2007 12:00pm News N.Y.C. Council Takes Up Metal Bat Ban  Article Servo 
Jan 11, 2007 12:00pm News [NYC] Plan would ban pouring your own  Article Servo 

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