New_York_City's_25th_City_Council_district
New York City's 25th City Council district
Place
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]
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] | |
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District 25 is based in the northwestern Queens neighborhoods of Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst, and 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]
2023 (redistricting)
Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to the New York City Charter, councilmembers elected during the 2021 and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections.[6]
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Shekar Krishnan | 3,409 | 61.8 | |
| Democratic | Ricardo Pacheco | 1,321 | 23.9 | |
| Democratic | Fatima Baryab | 755 | 13.7 | |
| Write-in | 31 | 0.6 | ||
| Total votes | 5,516 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Shekar Krishnan | 4,981 | ||
| Working Families | Shekar Krishnan | 906 | ||
| Total | Shekar Krishnan (incumbent) | 5,887 | 64.8 | |
| Republican | Zhile Cao | 1,829 | ||
| Medical Freedom | Zhile Cao | 95 | ||
| Total | Zhile Cao | 1,924 | 21.2 | |
| Diversity | Fatima Baryab | 1,037 | 11.4 | |
| Write-in | Ricardo Pacheco | 160 | 1.8 | |
| Write-in | 70 | 0.8 | ||
| Total votes | 9,078 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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.[9]
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| Write-in | 1 | 35 | 0.2% |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Write-in | 62 | 0.4 | ||
| Total votes | 15,485 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Daniel Dromm | 10,736 | ||
| Working Families | Daniel Dromm | 1,460 | ||
| Total | Daniel Dromm (incumbent) | 12,196 | 98.8 | |
| Write-in | 147 | 1.2 | ||
| Total votes | 12,343 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Daniel Dromm | 9,923 | ||
| Working Families | Daniel Dromm | 1,100 | ||
| Total | Daniel Dromm (incumbent) | 11,023 | 99.6 | |
| Write-in | 43 | 0.4 | ||
| Total votes | 11,066 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
- "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.
- Pazmino, Gloria (January 15, 2020). "Why the Census Means NYC Lawmakers Will Serve 2-Year Terms Instead of 4". www.ny1.com. New York 1. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- "2023 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- "General Election 2023 - Member of the City Council, 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- 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.