New York City's 25th City Council district

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New York City's 25th City Council district
New York City Council District 25 (2013).png
Government
 • Council Member  Shekar Krishnan (D—Jackson Heights)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total161,419
Demographics
 • Hispanic36%
 • White28%
 • Asian27%
 • Black6%
 • Other3%
Registration
 • Democratic63.1%
 • Republican9.2%
 • No party preference25.1%
Registered voters (2021) 85,768[2]

New York City's 25th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Shekar Krishnan.[3] It was represented by Democrat Daniel Dromm since 2010; Dromm is term-limited in 2021.


NYC District 25 Council Member Shekar Krishnan

Before his election to City Council, Shekar Krishnan was a long-time community activist in Jackson Heights/Elmhurst and civil rights lawyer fighting housing discrimination and neighborhood displacement.

Shekar co-founded Communities Resist, a legal services organization highly acclaimed citywide for its community-rooted, intersectional approach to housing and racial justice in North Brooklyn and Queens. He represented tenants and neighborhood coalitions in fair housing litigation and anti-displacement advocacy in some of the most gentrified neighborhoods in NYC. Shekar began his legal career with the landmark Broadway Triangle fair housing struggle against the City of New York, a successful case challenging a rezoning under the Fair Housing Act. He also co-founded Friends of Diversity Plaza. Located on the border of Elmhurst and Jackson Heights, Diversity Plaza has become a national symbol of how public space can bring people together.

Shekar is the son of immigrants from South India who made enormous sacrifices and worked tirelessly to build a life for their family in this country. He is also a father of two small children, who can often be seen biking or scooting up and down the open 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights, and husband to Zoe, an immigration public defender and reproductive justice advocate.

Geography[]

District 25 is based in the northwestern Queens neighborhoods of Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst.[4]

The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 3 and 4, and with New York's 6th and 14th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 12th, 13th, and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 30th, 34th, 35th, 36th, and 39th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

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]

The 25th district hosted one of only three 2021 races in which the eventual winner did not receive the highest number of first-choice votes (the other two being the 9th and 50th districts).

2021 New York City Council election, District 25 Democratic primary[7]
Party Candidate Maximum
round 		Maximum
votes 		Share in
maximum
round 		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Shekar Krishnan 7 6,352 53.4%
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Democratic Yi Andy Chen 7 5,549 46.6%
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Democratic Carolyn Tran 6 3,045 23.6%
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Democratic Alfonso Quiroz 5 1,986 14.5%
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Democratic Fatima Baryab 4 1,687 11.8%
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Democratic Lili Melo 3 1,041 7.1%
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Democratic Manuel Perez 2 513 3.4%
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Democratic William Salgado 2 282 1.9%
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An interactive map of District 25
2021 New York City Council election, District 25 general election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shekar Krishnan 9,466 61.1
Republican Shah Shahidul Haque 2,987 19.3
Diversity Fatima Baryab 2,555 16.5
Libertarian Suraj Jaswal 415 2.7
Total votes 15,485 100

2017[]

2017 New York City Council election, District 25[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Dromm (incumbent) 12,196 98.8
Total votes 12,343 100
Democratic hold

2013[]

2013 New York City Council election, District 25[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Dromm (incumbent) 11,023 99.6
Total votes 11,066 100
Democratic hold

References[]

  1. ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  3. ^ "District 25 - Daniel Dromm". New York City Council. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 25th 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, 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  9. ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  10. ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
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