New York City's 16th City Council District
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New York City's 16th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the
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. It is currently represented by
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Althea Stevens, who took office in 2022.


Geography

District 16 covers a series of neighborhoods in the
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, including parts of
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,
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, Highbridge, Morris Heights, and Tremont.
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is located within the district. The district overlaps with Bronx
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3, 4, and 5, and is contained almost entirely within
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, with a small extension into the 13th district. It also overlaps with the 29th, 32nd, and 33rd districts of the
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, and with the 77th, 79th, 84th, and 86th districts of the
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.


Recent election results


2025


2023 (redistricting)

Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to the
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, councilmembers elected during the
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and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections.


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. Results below are unofficial, and absentee ballots currently remain uncounted.


2017


2013


References

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