New York City's 8th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the

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. It has been represented by

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since 2018, succeeding fellow Democrat and former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

Geography

District 8 covers several majority-Hispanic neighborhoods in northern

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and the

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, including

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, most of

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, and parts of Highbridge,

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, and Longwood.

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are also a part of the district. The district overlaps with Manhattan Community Board 11 and Bronx Community Boards 1, 2, and 4, and with New York's

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, and 15th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the

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, 30th, and 32nd districts of the

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, and with the 68th, 77th, 84th, and 85th districts of the

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. The district is one of three in the City Council to span two different boroughs, the others being the 34th district in

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and

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and the 50th district in

and

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. Although the 8th district's population is split evenly across Manhattan and the Bronx, its five most recent councilmembers have all hailed from Manhattan.

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.

2017

2013

References

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