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This category includes current and former members of the New York City Council and its preceding legislative bodies, like the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Assistant Aldermen, since 1665. For a list of only the current members, see Membership of the New York City Council .
The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs.. The council serves as a check against the mayor in a mayor-council government model, the performance of city agencies' land use decisions, and legislating on a variety of other issues.
In 2012, Councilman James Sanders Jr. was elected to the 10th district of the New York State Senate, triggering a February 2013 special election for his seat. Like most municipal special elections in New York City, the race was officially nonpartisan, with all candidates running on ballot lines of their own creation.
New York City Council Member, 12th district [8] 2020 Non-partisan special election √ Kevin Riley (Justice & Unity) 4,879 votes Pamela A. Hamilton-Johnson (Social Change) 1,747 votes Neville Mitchell (Bronx 12 Matters) 236 votes
The district holds a number of distinctions. It is by far the most Republican-leaning Council district in the city; it is the only Council district to have more registered Republicans than Democrats; and, at 84% white, it is the city's whitest and most politically conservative Council district.
Its border with Nassau County is the easternmost point in New York City. Cunningham Park and most of Alley Pond Park are located within the district. The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 8, 11, 12, and 13 and with New York's 3rd, 5th, and 6th congressional districts.
Susan Zhuang (Chinese: 莊文怡; pinyin: Zhuāng Wényí) is an American politician who is a member of the New York City Council for the 43rd district, which covers Sunset Park, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Borough Park, and other neighborhoods in southern Brooklyn.
The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 5, 6, and 9, and with New York's 5th and 6th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 10th , 14th , 15th , and 16th districts of the New York State Senate , and with the 24th, 27th, 28th, 30th, and 35th districts of the New York State Assembly .