New York City's 1st City Council district

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New York City's 1st City Council district
New York City Council District 1 (2013).png
Government
 • Councilmember  Christopher Marte (D—Lower East Side)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total168,966
Demographics
 • White45%
 • Asian36%
 • Hispanic12%
 • Black4%
 • Other3%
Registration
 • Democratic63.2%
 • Republican9.9%
 • No party preference23.8%
Registered voters (2021) 125,594[2]

New York City's 1st City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Christopher Marte, who took office in 2022.[3]

Geography[]

District 1 is based in the farthest southern neighborhoods of Manhattan, covering the Financial District, Chinatown, Tribeca, SoHo, Battery Park City, Civic Center, Little Italy, NoHo, and part of the Lower East Side.[4] Also in the district are Governors Island, Ellis Island, Liberty Island, Washington Square Park, City Hall, and the World Trade Center.

The district overlaps with Manhattan Community Boards 1, 2, and 3, and with New York's 7th, 10th, and 12th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 26th and 27th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 65th and 66th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

With New York's original Chinatown making up a significant portion of its population, the district has a higher proportion of Asian Americans than any other district in Manhattan. When she was elected in 2009, Chin became the first Asian American woman to serve on the City Council, and remains one of only two Asian American members in the body.

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 1 Democratic primary[7][8]
Party Candidate Maximum
round 		Maximum
votes 		Share in
maximum
round 		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Christopher Marte 6 9,801 50.2%
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Democratic Jenny Low 6 5,056 25.9%
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Democratic Gigi Li 6 4,662 23.9%
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Democratic Maud Maron 5 2,495 12.1%
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Democratic Susan Lee 4 2,020 9.6%
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Democratic Sean Hayes 3 928 4.3%
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Democratic Tiffany Johnson-Winbush 3 809 3.7%
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Democratic Susan Damplo 2 344 1.6%
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Democratic Denny Salas 2 292 1.3%
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An interactive map of District 1
2021 New York City Council election, District 1 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Christopher Marte 16,733 72.1
Independent NY Maud Maron 3,265 14.0
Republican Jacqueline Toboroff 3,166 13.6
Total votes 23,212 100
Democratic hold

2017[]

2017 New York City Council election, District 1[10][11]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Margaret Chin (incumbent) 5,363 45.8
Democratic Christopher Marte 5,141 43.9
Democratic Aaron Foldenauer 734 6.3
Democratic Dashia Imperiale 459 3.9
Total votes 11,719 100
General election
Democratic Margaret Chin 10,963 45.9
Working Families Margaret Chin 942 4.0
Total Margaret Chin (incumbent) 11,905 49.9
Independence Christopher Marte 8,753 36.7
Republican Bryan Jung 2,111 8.8
Liberal Aaron Foldenauer 1,059 4.4
Total votes 23,861 100
Democratic hold

2013[]

2013 New York City Council election, District 1[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Margaret Chin (incumbent) 8,846 58.9
Democratic Jenifer Rajkumar 6,171 41.1
Total votes 15,024 100
General election
Democratic Margaret Chin 15,773 91.6
Working Families Margaret Chin 1,203 7.0
Total Margaret Chin (incumbent) 16,976 98.6
Total votes 17,223 100
Democratic hold

History[]

Main article: Wards of New York City § Manhattan and the Bronx
Map of the wards of New York City that were established in 1683. Five of the six wards were located in what is now the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, while the Out Ward covered the rest of Manhattan. The pink line is the modern shoreline.
The wards established in 1683. The Out Ward covered the rest of Manhattan. The pink line is the modern shoreline.

New York City was divided into wards in 1683; all of the wards were located in what is now the 1st district, and each ward except for the "Out" Ward had the entirety of its territory in the modern-day 1st district. Wards were given numbers in 1791, and the previous "South" Ward was given the 1st ward number. By 1808 the 1st ward had expanded to encompass all of Manhattan south of Maiden Lane.

By the middle of the 19th century wards no longer elected aldermen or other municipal representatives, who were elected instead by Assembly district. Upon consolidation in 1898, a bicameral Municipal Assembly was installed wherein the upper Council elected members from specialized districts and the lower Board of Aldermen continued to elect its membership from State Assembly districts. This arrangement proved to be short-lived, however, as a unicameral Board of Aldermen was established in its place in 1902. This Board had districts that usually but not always corresponded to Assembly districts; throughout this time the 1st aldermanic district was coterminous with New York County's 1st Assembly district. These districts were abolished in 1938 in favor of borough-wide proportional representation, but were restored in 1947 to prevent Communist council members from being elected.

Previous councilmembers[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "District 1 - Christopher Marte". New York City Council. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  4. ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  6. ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 1st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 1st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  9. ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 1st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  10. ^ "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 1st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  11. ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 1st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  12. ^ "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 1st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  13. ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 1st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
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