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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.
District 47 covers two areas in southern Brooklyn, linked by a handful of city blocks. The district covers Bay Ridge, Coney Island, Sea Gate and Gravesend, with portions of Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, and Dyker Heights. Most of Coney Island's attractions, such as the Wonder Wheel, the New York Aquarium, and the Riegelmann Boardwalk, are located ...
Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to the New York City Charter, councilmembers elected during the 2021 and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections. [8] Primarily due to redistricting, Justin Brannan chose to run in the altered District 47.
Geography. District 19 covers neighborhoods along the shoreline of far eastern Queens, including Auburndale, College Point, Whitestone, Bay Terrace, Beechhurst, and parts of Flushing, Bayside, and Douglaston–Little Neck. [4] The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 7 and 11, and with New York's 3rd, 6th, and 14th congressional ...
Geography. District 45 is based in East Flatbush and Flatlands in Brooklyn, also covering parts of Flatbush, Midwood, Marine Park, and Kensington. [4] The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 12, 14, 15, 17, and 18, and with New York's 8th and 9th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 17th, 19th, 21st, and 22nd ...
D – Borough Park. New York City's 44th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Kalman Yeger since 2018, succeeding fellow Democrat David Greenfield. [3] Though Yeger caucuses with Democrats on the Council, he is among the Council's most conservative members and has run for ...
David Carr. R – Grasmere. New York City's 50th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Republican David Carr since the end of 2021. [3] Carr was the chief of staff to former Councilman Steven Matteo. Matteo was term-limited in 2021 and ran unsuccessfully for Staten Island Borough ...
New York City's 40th City Council district. Rita Joseph. D – Flatbush. New York City's 40th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Rita Joseph since 2022. She succeeded term-limited Mathieu Eugene, who unsuccessfully ran for Brooklyn Borough President in 2021.