New York City's 4th City Council district
New York City's 4th City Council district | |
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.svg) Boundaries following the 2020 census | |
| Government | |
| • Councilmember | Keith Powers (D—Stuyvesant Town) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 177,118 |
| Demographics | |
| • White | 78% |
| • Asian | 11% |
| • Hispanic | 7% |
| • Black | 3% |
| • Other | 2% |
| Registration | |
| • Democratic | 59.6% |
| • Republican | 13.6% |
| • No party preference | 24.5% |
| Registered voters (2025) 113,632[2] | |
New York City's 4th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Keith Powers since 2018, succeeding term-limited fellow Democrat Daniel Garodnick.[3]
Geography
[edit]District 4 covers a large swath of Manhattan's Upper East Side, also stretching south to include some or all of Midtown, Times Square, Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, and Koreatown.[4] The UN Headquarters, Rockefeller Center, and many other central Manhattan landmarks are located in the district.
The district overlaps with Manhattan Community Boards 5, 6, and 8, and is contained entirely within New York's 12th congressional district. It also overlaps with the 28th and 59th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 73rd, 74th, and 75th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]
Recent election results
[edit]2025
[edit]The 2025 New York City Council elections will be held on November 4, 2025, with primary elections occurring on June 24, 2025.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round |
Maximum votes |
Share in maximum round |
Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Virginia Maloney | 5 | 13,053 | 53.1% |
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| Democratic | Vanessa Aronson | 5 | 11,517 | 46.9% |
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| Democratic | Rachel Storch | 4 | 8,258 | 30.1% |
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| Democratic | Benjamin Wetzler | 3 | 4,399 | 16.5% |
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| Democratic | Faith Bondy | 2 | 2,325 | 7.9% |
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| Democratic | Lukas Florczak | 2 | 505 | 1.7% |
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| Write-in | 1 | 170 | 0.6% |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Virginia Maloney | |||
| Working Families | Vanessa Aronson | |||
| Republican | Debra Schwartzben | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
2023 (redistricting)
[edit]Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to the New York City Charter, councilmembers elected during the 2021 and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Keith Powers (incumbent) | 13,159 | 73.4 | |
| Republican | Brian Robinson | 4,534 | ||
| Parent Party | Brian Robinson | 149 | ||
| Total | Brian Robinson | 4,683 | 26.1 | |
| Write-in | 74 | 0.5 | ||
| Total votes | 17,916 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2021
[edit]
In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting 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.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Keith Powers (incumbent) | 23,153 | 75.0 | |
| Republican | David Casavis | 7,174 | ||
| Libertarian | David Casavis [13] | 495 | ||
| Total | David Casavis | 7,669 | 24.8 | |
| Write-in | 47 | 0.2 | ||
| Total votes | 30,869 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2017
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Keith Powers | 4,456 | 40.8 | |
| Democratic | Marti Speranza | 2,493 | 22.8 | |
| Democratic | Rachel Honig | 948 | 8.7 | |
| Democratic | Bessie Schachter | 918 | 8.4 | |
| Democratic | Vanessa Aronson | 746 | 6.8 | |
| Democratic | Maria Castro | 503 | 4.6 | |
| Democratic | Jeffrey Mailman | 482 | 4.4 | |
| Democratic | Barry Shapiro | 232 | 2.1 | |
| Democratic | Alec Hartman | 109 | 1.0 | |
| Write-in | 25 | 0.2 | ||
| Total votes | 10,912 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Keith Powers | 16,496 | 57.2 | |
| Republican | Rebecca Harary | 8,119 | ||
| Stop De Blasio | Rebecca Harary | 451 | ||
| Women's Equality | Rebecca Harary | 239 | ||
| Reform | Rebecca Harary | 82 | ||
| Total | Rebecca Harary | 8,891 | 30.8 | |
| Liberal | Rachel Honig | 3,422 | 11.9 | |
| Write-in | 28 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 28,837 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2013
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Daniel Garodnick | 20,401 | ||
| Working Families | Daniel Garodnick | 965 | ||
| Total | Daniel Garodnick (incumbent) | 21,366 | 70.5 | |
| Republican | Helene Jnane | 8,620 | ||
| Libertarian | Helene Jnane | 291 | ||
| Total | Helene Jnane | 8,911 | 29.4 | |
| Write-in | 27 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 30,304 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Previous councilmembers
[edit]- Murray W. Stand (1920s–1930s)
- Aloysius Maickel (1949–1953)
- Robert Barnes (1953–1965)
- Robert Low (1965–1969)
- Carter Burden (1969 – 1974)
- Theodore S. Weiss (1974–1976)
- Henry T. Berger (1977–1978)
- Ruth Messinger (1978–1989)
- Ronnie Eldridge (1989–1991)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (1992)
- Andrew Sidamon–Eristoff (1993–1999)
- Eva Moskowitz (1999–2005)
- Daniel Garodnick (2005–2017)
- Keith Powers (2018–present)
References
[edit]- ^ "NYC Population FactFinder". NYC Department of City Planning. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
- ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 20, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
- ^ "District 4 - Keith Powers". New York City Council. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
- ^ "Disclosure Deadlines – 2025 Citywide Elections". New York City Campaign Finance Board. July 15, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ "2025 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 4th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 22, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
- ^ Pazmino, Gloria (January 15, 2020). "Why the Census Means NYC Lawmakers Will Serve 2-Year Terms Instead of 4". www.ny1.com. New York 1. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "General Election 2023 - Member of the City Council, 4th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
- ^ "Primary Contest List" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 4th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Marked as 'Independent/Libertarian'.
- ^ "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 4th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 4th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 4th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
