New York City's 3rd City Council district is one of 51 districts in the
New York City Council
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The council serves as a check against the Mayor of New York City, mayor in a may ...
. It is currently represented by
Democrat
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Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
Erik Bottcher
Erik Bottcher (born May 9, 1979) is an American politician from New York City. He is a Democratic member of the 3rd district of the New York City Council, which includes the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen.
Earl ...
, who took office in 2022. Notable former representatives include Council Speakers
Corey Johnson and
Christine Quinn
Christine Callaghan Quinn (born July 25, 1966) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she formerly served as the Speaker of the New York City Council. The third person to hold this office, she was the first female and firs ...
.
Geography
District 3 covers the
Lower Manhattan
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neighborhoods of
Chelsea
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* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
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* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
, the
West Village
The West Village is a neighborhood in the western section of the larger Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City.
The traditional boundaries of the West Village are the Hudson River to the west, 14th Street (Manhattan ...
,
Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton, is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is considered to be bordered by 34th Street (or 41st Street) to the south, 59th Street to the north, Eighth Avenue to the eas ...
,
Hudson Square
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, the
Garment District,
Flatiron
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*Clothes iron
*Hair iron
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*Flatiron Building, New York City, at the intersection of 5th & Broadway
**Flatiron District, New York City, named after ...
, and parts of
Greenwich Village
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,
Times Square
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, and the
Upper West Side
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.
The district overlaps with Manhattan
Community Boards 2,
4,
5, and
7, and with New York's
10th
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and
12th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the
26th,
27th,
28th and
31st districts of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
, and with the
66th, 67th, and 75th districts of the
New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
.
Chelsea and West Village, two of the district's main population centers, are both known as preeminent hubs for
gay culture
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. Accordingly, the district has been represented by four consecutive gay councilmembers since 1992. The
Stonewall Inn
The Stonewall Inn, often shortened to Stonewall, is a gay bar and recreational tavern in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City, and the site of the Stonewall riots of 1969, which is widely considered to be the s ...
, considered to be the
birthplace of gay rights in the United States, is located within the district.
Recent election results
2021
In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented
ranked-choice voting Ranked-choice voting may be used as a synonym for:
* Ranked voting, a term used for any voting system in which voters are asked to rank candidates in order of preference
* Instant-runoff voting (IRV), a specific ranked voting system with single-w ...
in all local elections. Under the new system, voters have the option to rank up to five candidates for every local office. Voters whose first-choice candidates fare poorly will have their votes redistributed to other candidates in their ranking until one candidate surpasses the 50 percent threshold. If one candidate surpasses 50 percent in first-choice votes, then ranked-choice tabulations will not occur.
2017
2013
Previous councilmembers
*
Theodore S. Weiss
Theodore S. Weiss (September 17, 1927 – September 14, 1992) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for New York (state), New York from 1977 until hi ...
(1966-1973)
*
Miriam Friedlander (1974-1991)
*
Carol Greitzer
Carol Greitzer (born January 3, 1925) is an American politician who served in the New York City Council from 1969 to 1991 and was the first president of NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Personal life and education
Carol Greitzer was born on January 3, ...
(1991)
*
Thomas Duane
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* Thomas the Ap ...
(1992-1998)
*
Christine Quinn
Christine Callaghan Quinn (born July 25, 1966) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she formerly served as the Speaker of the New York City Council. The third person to hold this office, she was the first female and firs ...
(1999-2013)
*
Corey Johnson (2014–2021)
References
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New York City Council districts