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New York City's 12th City Council District
New York City's 12th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Kevin Riley (politician), Kevin Riley since a 2020 special election to replace disgraced fellow Democrat Andy King (American politician), Andy King. Geography District 12 covers the farthest northeastern neighborhoods of the Bronx, including all of Williamsbridge, Bronx, Williamsbridge, Baychester, Bronx, Baychester, Co-op City, Bronx, Co-op City, and Eastchester, Bronx, Eastchester as well as part of Wakefield, Bronx, Wakefield. The district overlaps with Bronx Community boards of New York City, Community Boards Bronx Community Board 10, 10, Bronx Community Board 11, 11, and Bronx Community Board 12, 12, and is contained almost entirely within New York's 16th congressional district, with a small extension into the New York's 14th congressional district, 14th district. It also overlaps with the New York's 34th State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Council District 12 (2013)
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Bronx Community Board 10
Bronx Community Board 10 is a local government unit of the New York City borough of the Bronx, encompassing the neighborhoods of City Island, Co-op City, Pelham Bay, Throggs Neck and Westchester Square. It is delimited by the Hutchinson River and Pelham Bay Park to the east, New England Thruway, Hutchinson River Parkway, and Westchester Creek to the west, the Bronx/Westchester County Line to the north and the East River to the south. Community board staff and membership The current chairperson of the Bronx Community Board 10 is Joseph Russo. Its District Manager is Matthew Cruz. Cruz is the 4th District Manager in the Board's history and the first of Latino descent. The City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, '' ex officio'' board members.New York City Charter § 2800(a) The council members and their council districts are: * 12th NYC Council District - Kevin Riley (politician) * 13th NYC Council District - Marjorie Velazquez * 18th NYC Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 New York City Council Election
Elections for members of the New York City Council were held on November 7, 2017. Primary elections were held on September 12 for all 51 districts of the city council. Incumbents not seeking re-election Term-limited incumbents # Rosie Méndez (D), District 2 #Daniel Garodnick (D), District 4 #Melissa Mark-Viverito (D), District 8 #James Vacca (D), District 13 # Annabel Palma (D), District 18 #Darlene Mealy (D), District 41 #Vincent J. Gentile (D), District 43 Retiring incumbents #Julissa Ferreras (D), District 21 #David G. Greenfield (D), District 44 Results Manhattan District 1 ;Democratic primary ;General election District 2 Incumbent Democrat Rosie Mendez was term-limited and could not run for a third term. ;Democratic primary ;General election District 3 Incumbent Democrat Corey Johnson was unopposed in the Democratic primary. ;General election District 4 Incumbent Democrat Daniel Garodnick was term-limited and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instant-runoff Voting
Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a type of Ranked voting, ranked preferential Electoral system, voting method. It uses a Majority rule, majority voting rule in single-winner elections where there are more than two candidates. It is commonly referred to as ranked-choice voting (RCV) Ranked-choice voting in the United States, in the United States (although there are other forms of ranked voting), preferential voting in Australia, where it has seen the widest adoption; in the United Kingdom, it is generally called alternative vote (AV), whereas in some other countries it is referred to as the single transferable vote, which usually means only its multi-winner variant. All these names are often used inconsistently. Voters in IRV elections rank the candidates in order of preference. Ballots are initially counted for each voter's top choice. If a candidate has Majority, more than half of the first-choice votes, that candidate wins. If not, then the candidate with the fewest votes is elim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 New York City Council Election
The 2023 New York City Council elections were held on November 7, 2023, with primaries having occurred on June 27, 2023. 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. Party nominees were chosen using ranked-choice voting. Two incumbents lost re-election; Democrat Marjorie Velazquez lost to Republican Kristy Marmorato, while Republican Ari Kagan, who was elected as a Democrat in 2021 but switched parties in 2022, lost to a fellow incumbent, Democrat Justin Brannan. Brannan and Kagan had been placed in the same district, creating a new district with no incumbent which was won by Democrat Susan Zhuang. All other incumbents were re-elected except for two: Democrat Kristin Richardson Jordan, who retired and was succeeded by fellow Democrat Yusef Salaam, and Democrat Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 New York City Council Election
The 2021 New York City Council election were held on November 2, 2021. The primary elections were held on June 22, 2021. There were several special elections for seats vacated in 2020 and early 2021; these special elections were the first to use ranked-choice voting in city council elections after it was approved by a ballot question in 2019. Due to redistricting after the 2020 Census, candidates also ran for two-year terms instead of four-year terms for the first time, stemming from the New York City Charter overhaul in 1989. Four-year terms will resume in the 2025 election after another two-year election in 2023. Incumbents not seeking re-election Term-limited incumbents 28 council members (26 Democrats and 2 Republicans) are prevented from seeking a third (fourth for pre-2010 council members) consecutive term due to term limits that were renewed by voters in a ballot referendum in 2010. Retiring incumbents Incumbents defeated in primary Resigned before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Charter
The New York City Charter is the municipal charter of New York City. As of January 2018, it includes a non-numbered introductory chapter, plus chapters identified by a number (1 through 75) or a number plus a letter suffix.New York City Charter from American Legal Publishing Corporation As part of the 1898 consolidation of New York City, the enacted a charter for the consolidated city (Laws of 1897, chapter 378, effective January 1, 1898). The Charter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits. The Assembly convenes at the State Capitol in Albany. Leadership of the Assembly The Speaker of the Assembly presides over the Assembly. The Speaker is elected by the Majority Conference followed by confirmation of the full Assembly through the passage of an Assembly Resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker also has the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The minority leader is elected by party caucus. The majority leader of the Assembly is selected by, and serves, the Speaker. Democrat Carl Heastie of the 83rd Assembly District has served as Speaker of the Assembly since February 2015. Crystal Peoples-Stokes of the 141st Assembly District has served as Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature; the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Its members are elected to two-year terms; there are no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate. Partisan composition The New York State Senate was dominated by the Republican Party for much of the 20th century. Between World War II and the turn of the 21st century, the Democratic Party only controlled the upper house for one year. The Democrats took control of the Senate following the 1964 elections; however, the Republicans quickly regained a Senate majority in special elections later that year. By 2018, the State Senate was the last Republican-controlled body in New York government. In the 2018 elections, Democrats gained eight Senate seats, taking control of the chamber from the Republicans. In the 2020 elections, Democrats won a total of 43 seats, while Republicans won 20; the election results gave Senate Democrats a veto-proof two-thirds s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York's 36th State Senate District
New York's 36th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Jamaal Bailey since 2017; Bailey succeeded fellow Democrat Ruth Hassell-Thompson after she took a position in the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Geography District 36 covers several neighborhoods in the north Bronx, including Norwood, Bedford Park, Williamsbridge, Co-op City, Wakefield, and Baychester, as well as the southern Westchester County city of Mount Vernon. The district overlaps New York's 13th, 14th, and 16th congressional districts, and with the 78th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, and 89th districts of the New York State Assembly The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits. The Ass .... Recent election results 2020 2018 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York's 34th State Senate District
New York (state), New York's 34th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Alessandra Biaggi since 2019. Biaggi ran in 2018 for the Democratic nomination for New York State Senate in District 34. While only 32 years old, she ran against powerful longtime incumbent Jeffrey D. Klein, the number 2 Democrat in the NY Senate and the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference, who had held the seat for 14 years. Klein outspent Biaggi by a rate of 9-to-1, spending $2 million to her $200,000. Biaggi said: "The more people told me I couldn’t win, the more obsessed I became." In a major upset, Biaggi defeated Klein in the primary, 54%-46%. She remarked: "It was a tough fight. And, I should also say, we should thank [Senator Klein] for his service. But his time is up.” Subsequently, on November 6, 2018, she 2018_New_York_State_Senate_election#District_34, defeated Republican Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York's 14th Congressional District
New York's 14th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City, represented by Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The district includes the eastern part of The Bronx and part of north-central Queens. The Queens portion includes the neighborhoods of College Point, Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and Woodside. The Bronx portion of the district includes the neighborhoods of City Island, Country Club, Van Nest, Morris Park, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, Schuylerville, and Throggs Neck. Roughly half of the population of the district is of Hispanic or Latino heritage, making it one of the more Latino districts in New York. Before redistricting for the 2012 election, much of the area was in New York's 7th congressional district. Voting History * 1803–1813: * 1813–1823: Montgomery County * 1823–1913: * 1913–1945: Parts of Manhattan * 1945–1983: Parts of Brooklyn * 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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