New York City's 37th City Council district

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New York City's 37th City Council district
New York City Council District 37 (2013).png
Government
 • Councilmember  Sandy Nurse (D—Cypress Hills)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total158,438
Demographics
 • Hispanic56%
 • Black30%
 • Asian6%
 • White4%
 • Other4%
Registration
 • Democratic75.0%
 • Republican4.7%
 • No party preference17.7%
Registered voters (2021) 96,282[2]

New York City's 37th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Sandy Nurse, who took office in 2022.[3]

Geography[]

District 37 covers a series of majority-Hispanic neighborhoods along Brooklyn's northern border, including a large swath of Bushwick as well as Ocean Hill, Cypress Hills, City Line, and small parts of East New York and Brownsville.[4]

The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 4, 5, and 16, and with New York's 7th and 8th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 18th, 19th, and 25th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 53rd, 54th, 55th, and 60th 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]

2021 New York City Council election, District 37 Democratic primary[7]
Party Candidate Maximum
round 		Maximum
votes 		Share in
maximum
round 		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Sandy Nurse 3 5,600 53.2%
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Democratic Darma Diaz (incumbent) 3 2,698 25.6%
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Democratic Misba Abdin 3 1,154 11.0%
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Democratic Heriberto Mateo 3 1,071 10.2%
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Democratic Rick Echevarria 2 558 5.1%
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Democratic Chris Durosinmi 2 340 3.1%
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An interactive map of District 37
2021 New York City Council election, District 37 general election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sandy Nurse 8,884 86.4
Republican Franklin Gonzalez 1,369 13.3
Total votes 10,273 100
Democratic hold

2020 special[]

In January 2020, Councilman Rafael Espinal resigned in order to take a job with the Freelancers Union, leaving his seat vacant. An April special election was called, but due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was moved to align with the concurrent 2020 elections. While the election initially appeared to be a competitive contest between Darma Diaz, Sandy Nurse, and several other candidates, a complex series of judicial rulings and political maneuvers meant that all candidates but Diaz were removed from the ballot, and Diaz won both the primary and general elections uncontested.[9]

2020 New York City Council special election, District 37[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darma Diaz 37,228 99.4
Total votes 37,469 100
Democratic hold

2017[]

2017 New York City Council election, District 37[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rafael Espinal (incumbent) 10,369 89.8
Green Persephone Sarah Jane Smith 1,152 10.0
Total votes 11,541 100
Democratic hold

2013[]

2013 New York City Council election, District 37[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rafael Espinal 3,538 45.9
Democratic Kimberly Council 2,459 31.9
Democratic Heriberto Mateo 927 12.0
Democratic Helal Sheikh 792 10.3
Total votes 7,716 100
General election
Democratic Rafael Espinal 9,058 86.0
Working Families Kimberly Council 1,235 11.7
Conservative Michael Freeman-Saulsberre 230 2.2
Total votes 10,527 100
Democratic hold

References[]

  1. ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "District 37 - Sandy Nurse". New York City Council. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  5. ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  6. ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  8. ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  9. ^ Samar Khurshid (December 28, 2020). "Newly-Seated Brooklyn City Council Member Quickly Faces Tough 2021 Primary". Gotham Gazette. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  10. ^ "General Election 2020 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  11. ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  12. ^ "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  13. ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
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