New York City's 20th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the

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. It has been represented by Democrat

Sandra Ung Sandra Ung (, born September 13, 1974) is a Cambodian-born American attorney and politician from New York City. She is a member of the New York City Council for the 20th district, which is based in Flushing, Queens. Early life and education Un ...

since 2022. She succeeded

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-turned-

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Peter Koo Peter Ah-Ming Koo (born September 5, 1952) is a Chinese American politician who represented the 20th district of the New York City Council from 2010 to 2021. He is a Democrat. The district includes portions of Bayside, College Point, Flushin ...

, who was term-limited in

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Geography

District 20 is based in the

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neighborhood of

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, covering its downtown areas as well as its Murray Hill and Queensboro Hill subsections.

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is located within the district. The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 7 and 11, and is contained entirely within

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. It also overlaps with the 11th and

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districts of the

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, and with the 25th, 26th, and 40th districts of the

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. With its population base in Flushing, which has a large number of Korean and Chinese American residents, the 20th district is the most Asian district in the City Council and the only district with an Asian majority. Former 20th district councilmember

John Liu John Chun Yah Liu (born January 8, 1967) is an American politician in New York City. A member of the Democratic Party, he is a member of the New York State Senate for the 11th district in northeast Queens. He previously served as the 43rd New Y ...

was the first Asian American elected to the City Council. Until 2021, Liu's successor,

, was one of only two Asian Americans in the body (alongside former Manhattan councilmember

Margaret Chin Margaret S. Chin (born May 26, 1953) is a Hong Kong American politician who served as a council member for the 1st district of the New York City Council. A Democrat, she and Queens Council member Peter Koo comprised the Asian American delegati ...

). This number has increased to five.

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

References

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