2025 New York City Council election


The 2025 New York City Council elections were held on November 4, 2025, with primary elections occurring on June 24, 2025. Party nominees were chosen using ranked-choice voting.

Outgoing incumbents

Term-limited

Eight council members were prevented from seeking a third consecutive term due to term limits that were renewed by voters in a ballot referendum in 2010.

Democrats

Resigned before election

During the 2023–2025 council session, three incumbents resigned before the election.

Democrats

  • [New York City's New York City's 2nd City Council district|2nd City Council district|2nd]: Carlina Rivera was term-limited and resigned on August 20, 2025, to lead the New York State Association for Affordable Housing. Democrat Harvey Epstein was elected to succeed her in the regularly scheduled general election.
  • 44th: Kalman Yeger resigned on December 31, 2024, after being elected to the New York State Assembly in 2024. Democrat Simcha Felder won a special election to fill his unexpired term on April 29, 2025.

Republican

  • 51st: Joe Borelli resigned on January 31, 2025, to work in the private sector. Republican Frank Morano won a special election to fill his unexpired term on April 29, 2025.

Defeated in general election

One Republican incumbent was defeated in the general election.

Republican

Special elections

Two special elections were held during the 2025 election cycle; special elections to the council are officially non-partisan and use ranked-choice voting.

District 44 (special)

A special election to the 44th district was held on March 25 to fill the vacancy caused by Democrat Kalman Yeger's resignation to join the New York State Assembly.

Declared

Withdrawn

  • Moshe Friedman

District 51 (special)

A special election to the 51st district was held on April 29 to fill the vacancy caused by Republican Joe Borelli's resignation to join the private sector.

Declared

District 1

Democratic primary

Declared

Republican primary

Declared

  • Helen Qiu, pastor and nominee for this district in 2023

District 2

Democratic primary

Declared

Republican primary

Declared

  • Jason Murillo, radio show host & music producer

Events

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District 3

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Erik Bottcher, incumbent Councilmember
  • Jacqueline Lara, housing advocate

Independents

Declared

  • Dominick Romeo

District 4

Democratic primary

Declared

Withdrawn

District 5

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Julie Menin, incumbent Councilmember
  • Collin Thompson, educator

Republican primary

Declared

  • Alina Bonsell

District 6

Democratic primary

Declared

District 7

Democratic primary

Declared

Withdrawn

  • Gordon Springs

Republican primary

Declared

  • Manual Williams, businessman

District 8

Democratic primary

Declared

Withdrawn

  • Daniel Aulbach-Sidibe, learning specialist
  • Evette Zayas, founder of CakeBurgers

Declined

District 9

Democratic primary

Declared

District 10

Democratic primary

Declared

District 11

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Eric Dinowitz, incumbent Councilmember
  • Danielle Herbert-Guggenheim, teacher

District 12

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Andy King, former Councilmember and candidate for this district in 2023
  • Kevin Riley, incumbent Councilmember

District 13

Republican primary

Declared

Democratic primary

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

District 14

Democratic primary

Declared

District 15

Democratic primary

Declared

District 16

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Shakur Joseph, managing director
  • Althea Stevens, incumbent Councilmember

District 17

Democratic primary

Declared

Withdrawn

  • Jasmine Uribe, entrepreneur

District 18

Democratic primary

Declared

District 19

Republican primary

Declared

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Alexander Caruso, substitute teacher and political organizer
  • Benjamin Chou, firefighter

District 20

Democratic primary

Declared

Republican primary

Disqualified

District 21

Democratic primary

Declared

Disqualified

Republican primary

Declared

  • Giovanni Enrique Franco

District 22

Democratic primary

Declared

District 23

Democratic primary

Declared

Republican primary

Disqualified

  • Bernard Chow, landlord

District 24

Democratic primary

Declared

District 25

Democratic primary

Declared

Withdrawn

Republican primary

Declared

  • Ramses Frias, community activist

Disqualified

  • Shah Haque, nominee for this district in 2021

Withdrawn

  • Abubakar Ashiq, paralegal

District 26

Democratic primary

Declared

Republican primary

Declared

  • John Healy

District 27

Democratic primary

Declared

Disqualified

  • Vera Daniels, wellness coach

District 28

Democratic primary

Declared

District 29

Democratic primary

Declared

Republican primary

Declared

  • John Rinaldi, perennial candidate

Disqualified

  • Supreet McGrath, product manager

District 30

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Paul Pogozelski, businessman
  • Dermot Smyth, teachers' union strategist
  • Phil Wong, budget director for Councilmember Robert Holden

Republican primary

Declared

  • Alicia Vaichunas, deputy chief of staff for Councilmember Robert Holden

District 31

Democratic primary

Declared

District 32

Republican primary

Potential

District 33

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Sabrina Gates, activist and candidate for this district in 2021
  • Lincoln Restler, incumbent Councilmember

District 34

Democratic primary

Declared

Republican primary

Disqualified

  • Andrew Okuneff, landlord

District 35

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Dion Ashman, businessman and DJ
  • Crystal Hudson, incumbent Councilmember
  • Kenny Lever
  • Hector Robertson, housing advocate and candidate for this district in 2021

Withdrawn

District 36

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Chi Ossé, incumbent Councilmember
  • Reginald Swiney, activist and candidate for this district in 2021

District 37

Democratic primary

Declared

District 38

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Alexa Avilés, incumbent Councilmember
  • Ling Ye, senior casework manager & field representative for congressman Dan Goldman

Republican primary

Declared

  • Luis Quero, banking program manager

District 39

Democratic primary

Declared

District 40

Democratic primary

Declared

District 41

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Dante Arnwine, District Manager of Brooklyn Community Board 9
  • Eli Brown
  • Bianca Cunningham, campaigns director for Action Center on Race and the Economy
  • Jamell Henderson, former chairman of Brooklyn Neighborhood Advisory Board 8
  • Clifton Hinton
  • Lawman Lynch, businessman
  • Darlene Mealy, incumbent Councilmember
  • Jammel Thompson, founder of Rich & Royal Clothing

District 42

Democratic primary

Declared

District 43

Democratic primary

Declared

District 44

Democratic primary

Declared

Withdrawn

  • Zahava Durchin

Republican primary

Declared

  • Heshy Tischler, activist and perennial candidate

District 45

Democratic primary

Declared

Republican primary

Declared

  • Elijah Diaz, businessman

Independents

Declared

  • Hatem El-Gamasy, former bodega owner and foreign policy analyst

District 46

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Mercedes Narcisse, incumbent Councilmember
  • Dimple Willabus, businesswoman and candidate for this district in 2021

Withdrawn

  • Kenny Altidor, artist

Republican primary

Declared

  • Athena Clarke, former teacher, worker's advocate, and medical freedom activist

District 47

Democratic primary

Declared

Withdrawn

  • Anthony Batista, Vice-Chair of Brooklyn Neighborhood Advisory Board 15
  • Linda Harrison, 2nd Vice Chair of the Brooklyn Community Board 13

Republican primary

Declared

Results

There were reports of potential electoral fraud in the Republican primary, which involved absentee ballots being cast on behalf of dead people and nonvoters. The New York City Board of Elections certified the election while excluding 22 "potentially fraudulent" ballots. A lawyer assisting Barsamian stated an elections official told him that most or all of these 22 votes were for Barsamian. Sarantopoulos ultimately won by 16 votes.

District 48

Republican primary

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

Democratic primary

Withdrawn

  • Anzhela Pinkhasov, founder of consulting group APOC, NY

District 49

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Sarah Blas, activist
  • Telee Brown, member of the Mariner's Harbor/Port Richmond Area Committee of Staten Island Community Board 1
  • Abou Sy Diakhate, District Leader AD-61, Court Analyst, Community Advocate and Organizer
  • Kamillah Hanks, incumbent Councilmember

Disqualified

  • Jozette Carter-Williams, banker ''''

Withdrawn

Republican primary

Declared

  • John Shea, retired police officer

District 50

Republican primary

Declared

Democratic primary

Declared

District 51

Republican primary

Declared

Withdrawn

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Clifford Hagen, special education teacher and environmentalist

2026 Speaker election

Incumbent Speaker Adrienne Adams is term limited and can not run for re-election, paving the way for an open speakership election in 2026. Reported potential candidates for the position, which requires at least 26 votes to win, include:
Carmen De La Rosa withdrew from the race. On November 26, 2025, Menin announced she had the support of 36 councilmembers, constituting a supermajority.