New York City's 25th City Council district
New York City's 25th City Council district | |
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Government | |
• Council Member | Shekar Krishnan (D—Jackson Heights) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 161,419 |
Demographics | |
• Hispanic | 36% |
• White | 28% |
• Asian | 27% |
• Black | 6% |
• Other | 3% |
Registration | |
• Democratic | 63.1% |
• Republican | 9.2% |
• No party preference | 25.1% |
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).
Party | Candidate | Maximum round |
Maximum votes |
Share in maximum round |
Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes | |
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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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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Daniel Dromm (incumbent) | 12,196 | 98.8 | |
Total votes | 12,343 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2013[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Daniel Dromm (incumbent) | 11,023 | 99.6 | |
Total votes | 11,066 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
References[]
- ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- ^ "District 25 - Daniel Dromm". New York City Council. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "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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