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The U.S. state of New York contains 26 congressional districts. Each district elects one member of the United States House of Representatives to represent it. [1]The state was redistricted in 2022, following the 2020 U.S. census.
It contains the neighborhoods of Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens, and portions of Ridgewood, Long Island City and Maspeth. The district overlaps (partially) with New York's 6th and 7th congressional districts, the 12th, 18th and 59th districts of the New York State Senate, and the 26th, 30th and 34th districts of the New York City Council.
Most of Flushing Meadows–Corona Park is within this district. The district overlaps (partially) with New York's 3rd, 5th, 6th and 14th congressional districts, the 11th, 14th and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and the 19th, 20th, 21st, 24th and 29th districts of the New York City Council.
Maps from 1873 show portions of Queens Village (then called Inglewood and Queens) in the town of Hempstead, [10] but 1891 maps show it entirely in the town of Jamaica. [ 13 ] After the Borough of Queens became incorporated as part of the City of Greater New York in 1898, and the new county of Nassau was created in 1899, the border between the ...
2016 New York State Assembly election, District 33 [11] [12] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Clyde Vanel: 1,822 : 32.3 : Democratic: Nantasha Williams: 1,590 28.2 Democratic: Bryan Block 1,402 24.9 Democratic: Roy Paul 599 10.6 Democratic: Sabine French 204 3.6 Write-in: 22 0.4 Total votes 5,639 : 100.0 : General election ...
2022 New York State Assembly election, District 24 [6] [7] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: David Weprin (incumbent) 3,558 : 65.8 : Democratic: Albert Baldeo 939 17.4 Democratic: Mizanur Choudhury 896 16.5 Write-in: 18 0.3 Total votes 5,411 : 100.0 : General election Democratic: David Weprin (incumbent) 15,897 : 98.7 : Write ...
New York's 5th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives, represented by Democrat Gregory Meeks. The district is located in Queens . A plurality of the district's population is African-American , and a majority of the district's population is non-white.
Whether a municipality is defined as a borough, city, town, or village is determined not by population or land area, but rather on the form of government selected by the residents and approved by the New York State Legislature. [2] [3] [4] Each type of local government is granted specific home rule powers by the New York State Constitution. [5]