New York City's 48th City Council district

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New York City's 48th City Council district
New York City Council District 48 (2013).png
Government
 • Councilmember  Inna Vernikov (R—Sheepshead Bay)

Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total158,086
Demographics
 • White71%
 • Asian14%
 • Hispanic9%
 • Black4%
 • Other2%
Registration
 • Democratic45.1%
 • Republican24.0%
 • No party preference28.0%
Registered voters (2021) 102,320[2]

New York City's 48th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Republican Inna Vernikov since December 2021, succeeding 2 term Democrat Chaim Deutsch after pleading guilty to tax fraud.[3]

Geography[]

District 48 covers a series of neighborhoods – many of them with large Orthodox Jewish populations – in southern Brooklyn, including Brighton Beach, Homecrest, Manhattan Beach, parts of Midwood and Sheepshead Bay, and a small section of Coney Island.[4]

The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 13, 14, and 15, and with New York's 8th, 9th, and 11th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 17th, 19th, 22nd, and 23rd districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 41st, 42nd, 45th, 46th, and 48th 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 48 Democratic primary[7][8]
Party Candidate Maximum
round 		Maximum
votes 		Share in
maximum
round 		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Steven Saperstein 5 4,542 57.1%
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Democratic Mariya Markh 5 3,416 42.9%
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Democratic Amber Adler 4 2,004 23.2%
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Democratic Binyomin Bendet 3 1,589 17.6%
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Democratic Heshy Tischler 2 463 5.0%
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An interactive map of District 48
2021 New York City Council election, District 48 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Inna Vernikov 12,190
Conservative Inna Vernikov 773
Total Inna Vernikov 12,963 61.5
Democratic Steven Saperstein 8,038 38.1
Total votes 21,052 100
Republican gain from Democratic

2017[]

2017 New York City Council election, District 48[10][11]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chaim Deutsch (incumbent) 3,759 80.8
Democratic Marat Filler 870 18.7
Total votes 4,650 100
General election
Democratic Chaim Deutsch (incumbent) 10,461 61.5
Republican Steve Saperstein 5,519
Conservative Steve Saperstein 751
Reform Steve Saperstein 239
Total Steve Saperstein 6,509 38.3
Total votes 17,016 100
Democratic hold

2013[]

2013 New York City Council election, District 48[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chaim Deutsch 3,317 34.8
Democratic Ari Kagan 2,912 30.5
Democratic Theresa Scavo 1,735 18.2
Democratic Igor Oberman 1,338 14.0
Democratic Natraj Bhushan 240 2.5
Total votes 9,542 100
General election
Democratic Chaim Deutsch 10,169 49.6
Republican David Storobin 6,388
Conservative David Storobin 976
Independence David Storobin 294
Total David Storobin 7,608 37.1
Write-in Gregory Davidzon 1,424 6.9
Working Families Igor Oberman 913 4.5
ForwardBrooklyn Andrew Lotovsky 147 0.7
Total votes 20,508 100
Democratic hold

References[]

  1. ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "District 48". New York City Council. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 48th 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, 48th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "New York City Council Election Results". New York Times. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  10. ^ "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 48th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  11. ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 48th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  12. ^ "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 48th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  13. ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 48th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
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