New York City's 12th City Council district

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New York City's 12th City Council district
New York City Council District 12 (2013).png
Government
 • Councilmember  Kevin Riley (D—Eastchester)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total171,182
Demographics
 • Black67%
 • Hispanic25%
 • White4%
 • Asian2%
 • Other3%
Registration
 • Democratic79.9%
 • Republican3.4%
 • No party preference14.0%
Registered voters (2021) 112,477[2]

New York City's 12th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Kevin Riley since a 2020 special election to replace disgraced fellow Democrat Andy King.[3]

Geography[]

District 12 covers the farthest northeastern neighborhoods of the Bronx, including all of Williamsbridge, Baychester, Co-op City, and Eastchester as well as part of Wakefield.[4]

The district overlaps with Bronx Community Boards 10, 11, and 12, and is contained almost entirely within New York's 16th congressional district, with a small extension into the 14th district. It also overlaps with the 34th and 36th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 80th, 81st, 82nd, and 83rd districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

With its population base in heavily-Black neighborhoods like Williamsbridge and Baychester, District 12 is the only majority-Black City Council district in the Bronx.

Recent election results[]

2021[]

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.[6]

2021 New York City Council election, District 12 Democratic primary[7]
Party Candidate Maximum
round 		Maximum
votes 		Share in
maximum
round 		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Kevin Riley (incumbent) 3 9,595 59.1%
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Democratic Pamela Hamilton-Johnson 3 6,643 40.9%
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Democratic Shanequa Moore 2 3,660 21.1%
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An interactive map of District 12
2021 New York City Council election, District 12 general election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kevin Riley (incumbent) 17,959 99.5
Total votes 18,039 100
Democratic hold

2020 special[]

In October 2020, Andy King was expelled from the City Council for harassment, discrimination, and conflict of interest, triggering a special election for his seat. Like all municipal special elections in New York City, the race was officially nonpartisan, with all candidates running on ballot lines of their own creation.

2020 New York City Council special election, District 12[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Justice & Unity Kevin Riley 2,894 71.4
Social Change Pamela Hamilton-Johnson 939 23.2
Bronx 12 Matters Neville Mitchell 146 3.6
Total votes 4,052 100

2017[]

2017 New York City Council election, District 12[10][11]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andy King (incumbent) 7,936 68.2
Democratic Pamela Hamilton-Johnson 3,167 27.2
Democratic Karree-Lyn Gordon 513 4.4
Total votes 11,639 100
General election
Democratic Andy King (incumbent) 22,022 94.0
Conservative Adrienne Erwin 1,384 5.9
Total votes 23,437 100
Democratic hold

2013[]

2013 New York City Council election, District 12[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andy King (incumbent) 8,638 57.4
Democratic Pamela Johnson[14] 4,907 32.6
Democratic Lenford Edie 757 5.0
Democratic Adeyemi LaCrown Toba 757 5.0
Total votes 15,061 100
General election
Democratic Andy King (incumbent) 21,590 95.6
Republican Robert Diamond 704 3.1
Green Trevor Archer 274 1.2
Total votes 22,585 100
Democratic hold

References[]

  1. ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "District 12 - Kevin Riley". New York City Council. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 12th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 12th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "Special Election 2020 - Member of the City Council, 12th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  10. ^ "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 12th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  11. ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 12th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  12. ^ "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 12th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  13. ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 12th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  14. ^ Johnson would later run for the district several more times under the name Pamela Hamilton-Johnson.
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