New York City's 6th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the

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. It is currently represented by

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Gale Brewer Gale Arnot Brewer (born September 6, 1951) is an American Democratic politician from the state of New York who has represented the 6th New York City Council District since January 2022, a position she previously held from 2002 to 2013. From Janu ...

, who took office in 2022. Brewer previously represented the district from 2002-2013, and served as Borough President of Manhattan in between her two Council stints.

Geography

District 6 is nearly coterminous with

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, also covering a small section of

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, Manhattan's largest park and the most visited urban park in the country, is located in the district, as is the lower half of Riverside Park. The district overlaps with Manhattan Community Boards 4 and 7, and is contained entirely within

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. It also overlaps with the 27th, 29th, 30th, and 31st districts of the

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, and with the 67th, 69th, and 75th districts of the

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Recent election results

2021

In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented

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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

* Hugh Quinn (1949–1957) * James Dulligan (1957) * Eric J. Treulich (1957–1964) *

John J. Santucci John Joseph Santucci (April 2, 1931 – June 26, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician. Life The son of Italian immigrant parents, Santucci was born on April 2, 1931, in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City.David B. Friedland (1965–1976) * Arlene Stringer (1976–1977) * Stanley Michels (1977–1991) *

Ronnie Eldridge Ronnie Eldridge ('' née'' Myers) is an American activist, businesswoman, politician, and television host. She is the current host of ''Eldridge & Co.'', a weekly television talk show on CUNY TV, the television station of the City University of ...

(1991–2001) *

(2002–2013) *

Helen Rosenthal Helen K. Rosenthal (born October 24, 1960) was formerly an American politician who served as a member of the New York City Council for the 6th district. The district includes the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Early life and education Rosenthal ...

(2014–2021)

References

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