New York City's 41st City Council district

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New York City's 41st City Council district
New York City Council District 41 (2013).png
Government
 • Councilmember  Darlene Mealy (D—Bedford-Stuyvesant)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total153,328
Demographics
 • Black81%
 • Hispanic14%
 • White2%
 • Asian1%
 • Other2%
Registration
 • Democratic80.7%
 • Republican3.1%
 • No party preference13.8%
Registered voters (2021) 107,686[2]

New York City's 41st City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Darlene Mealy since 2022,[3] succeeding fellow Democrat Alicka Ampry-Samuel; Mealy defeated Ampry-Samuel in the 2021 Democratic primary.[4]

Geography[]

District 41 covers a series of predominantly Black neighborhoods in central and eastern Brooklyn, including parts of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East Flatbush, Crown Heights, and Ocean Hill.[5]

The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 3, 8, 9, 16, and 17, and with New York's 8th and 9th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 25th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 43rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, and 58th districts of the New York State Assembly.[6]

As of the 2010 Census, the district was over 80 percent Black, making it the district with the largest Black population in the city. Correspondingly, every councilmember to represent the district since its creation has been Black.

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.[7]

An interactive map of District 41
2021 New York City Council election, District 41[8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darlene Mealy 8,849 57.3
Democratic Alicka Ampry-Samuel (incumbent) 6,507 42.1
Total votes 15,447 100
General election
Democratic Darlene Mealy 15,694 94.2
Green Scott Hutchins 694 4.2
Total votes 16,656 100
Democratic hold

2017[]

2017 New York City Council election, District 41[10][11]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alicka Ampry-Samuel 3,385 31.2
Democratic Henry Butler 2,389 22.0
Democratic Cory Provost 1,214 11.2
Democratic Moreen King 922 8.5
Democratic Deidre Olivera 879 8.1
Democratic Royston Antoine 620 5.7
Democratic Victor Jordan 572 5.3
Democratic David Miller 527 4.9
Democratic Leopold Cox 313 2.9
Total votes 10,838 100
General election
Democratic Alicka Ampry-Samuel 18,203 95.5
Republican Berneda Jackson 607 3.2
Solutions Christopher Carew 227 1.2
Total votes 19,062 100
Democratic hold

2013[]

2013 New York City Council election, District 41[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darlene Mealy (incumbent) 7,607 66.3
Democratic Kathleen Daniel 2,284 19.9
Democratic Stanley Kinard 1,575 13.7
Total votes 11,469 100
General election
Democratic Darlene Mealy (incumbent) 17,578 97.3
Independence Bilal Malik 474 2.6
Total votes 18,064 100
Democratic hold

References[]

  1. ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "District 41 - Alicka Ampry-Samuel". New York City Council. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  4. ^ https://eastnewyork.com/major-upset-in-nyc-council-race-in-brownsville-as-darlene-mealy-is-the-projected-winner-over-alicka-ampry-samuel/
  5. ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  7. ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  9. ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  10. ^ "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  12. ^ "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  13. ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
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