New York City's 39th City Council district

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New York City's 39th City Council district
New York City Council District 39 (2013).png
Government
 • Councilmember  Shahana Hanif (D—Kensington)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total154,341
Demographics
 • White66%
 • Hispanic14%
 • Asian13%
 • Black4%
 • Other3%
Registration
 • Democratic73.6%
 • Republican6.8%
 • No party preference16.8%
Registered voters (2021) 127,905[2]

New York City's 39th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Shahana Hanif, who took office in 2022.[3] Among the seat's prior occupants are former Mayor Bill de Blasio and current Comptroller Brad Lander.

Geography[]

District 39 is based in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope, also stretching west and south to cover Gowanus, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, and parts of Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, and Kensington.[4] Most of Prospect Park proper is also located within the district.

The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 2, 6, 7, 8, and 12, and with New York's 7th, 9th, and 10th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 17th, 20th, 21st, 25th, and 26th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 42nd, 44th, 48th, 51st, and 52nd 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 39 Democratic primary[7]
Party Candidate Maximum
round 		Maximum
votes 		Share in
maximum
round 		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Shahana Hanif 6 15,980 57.0%
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Democratic Brandon West 6 12,058 43.0%
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Democratic Justin Krebs 5 8,913 27.6%
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Democratic Doug Schneider 4 5,854 17.1%
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Democratic Briget Rein 3 2,634 7.4%
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Democratic Jessica Simmons 3 1,634 4.6%
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Democratic Mamnun Haq 2 1,460 4.1%
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An interactive map of District 39
2021 New York City Council election, District 39 general election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shahana Hanif 25,306 74.2
Working Families Shahana Hanif 5,090 14.9
Total Shahana Hanif 30,396 89.1
Conservative Brett Wynkoop 2,657 7.8
Libertarian Matthew Morgan 939 2.8
Total votes 34,126 100
Democratic hold

2017[]

2017 New York City Council election, District 39[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brad Lander (incumbent) 31,555 98.5
Total votes 32,040 100
Democratic hold

2013[]

2013 New York City Council election, District 39[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brad Lander (incumbent) 27,995 91.7
Conservative James Murray 2,469 8.1
Total votes 30,522 100
Democratic hold

References[]

  1. ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "District 39 - Shahana Hanif". New York City Council. Retrieved JJanuary 3, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  6. ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 39th 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, 39th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 39th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  10. ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 39th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
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