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An interactive map of District 17 In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting in all local elections. Under the new system, voters have the option to rank up to five candidates for every local office.
With New York's original Chinatown making up a significant portion of its population, the district has a higher proportion of Asian Americans than any other district in Manhattan. When she was elected in 2009, Chin became the first Asian American woman to serve on the City Council, and remains one of only two Asian American members in the body.
2017 New York City Council election, District 48 [14] [15] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Chaim Deutsch (incumbent) 3,759 : 80.8 : Democratic: Marat Filler 870 18.7 Write-in: 21 0.5 Total votes 4,650 : 100 : General election Democratic: Chaim Deutsch (incumbent) 10,461 : 61.5 : Republican: Steve Saperstein: 5,519 ...
New York City's 44th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been vacant following then-incumbent councilman Kalman Yeger's election to the New York State Assembly, pending a special election in early 2025. Yeger was among the Council's most conservative members and has run for office on both Democratic ...
LaGuardia Airport is located within the district, as is the northern half of Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (including the park's famous Unisphere). The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 3, 4, and 7, and is contained entirely within New York's 14th congressional district.
It is contained entirely within New York's 13th congressional district, and also overlaps with the 30th and 31st districts of the New York State Senate and the 71st and 72nd districts of the New York State Assembly. [5] At over 80 percent Hispanic, the district has by far the highest Hispanic population of any City Council district in Manhattan.
Members Party Years served Electoral history District established January 1, 1983 Jerome X. O'Donovan (Dongan Hills) Democratic: January 1, 1983 – December 31, 1991 Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1985. Re-elected in 1989. Redistricted to the 49th district. Mary Pinkett (Crown Heights) Democratic: January 1, 1992 – December 31, 2001