2025 New York City borough president elections

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2025 New York City borough president elections
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  2021 November 4, 20252029 
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before41

The 2025 New York City borough president elections will be held on November 4, 2025. All five incumbent borough presidents are eligible to run for reelection.

Contents

Manhattan

2025 Manhattan Borough President election
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Nominee Brad Hoylman-Sigal Seson Adams
Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Borough President

Mark Levine
Democratic



Incumbent Democrat Mark Levine is eligible to run for re-election to a second term but has instead chosen to run for Comptroller.

Democratic primary

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Brad Hoylman-Sigal
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Keith Powers
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Calvin Sun
Local officials

Results

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2025 Manhattan Borough President Democratic primary results [37]
PartyCandidateMaximum
round
Maximum
votes
Share in
maximum
round
Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Brad Hoylman-Sigal 3140,27954.7%
Democratic Keith Powers 3115,94445.3%
Democratic Calvin Sun 234,25612.6%
Write-in 11,6910.6%

Republican primary

Nominee

Brooklyn

2025 Brooklyn Borough President election
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Nominee Antonio Reynoso Janine Acquafredda
Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Borough President

Antonio Reynoso
Democratic



Incumbent Democrat Antonio Reynoso is running for re-election to a second term in office. [39]

Democratic primary

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Results

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Democratic primary results [54]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Antonio Reynoso (incumbent) 257,684 77.1
Democratic Khari Edwards75,02122.4
Write-in 1,6050.5
Total votes334,310 100.0

Republican primary

Declared

  • Janine Acquafredda, real estate broker

Independents

Filed paperwork

Queens

2025 Queens Borough President election
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Nominee Donovan Richards Henry Ikezi
Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Borough President

Donovan Richards
Democratic



Incumbent Democrat Donovan Richards is eligible to run for re-election to a second full term in office.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Henry Ikezi, real estate agent [56] [57]

Libertarian

Declared

  • Erwin Roque, real estate flipper [58]

The Bronx

2025 Bronx Borough President election
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Nominee Vanessa Gibson Grace Marrero
Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Borough President

Vanessa Gibson
Democratic



Incumbent Democrat Vanessa Gibson is running for re-election to a second full term in office.

Democratic primary

Declared

Endorsements

Vanessa Gibson
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Rafael Salamanca
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations

Results

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Democratic primary results [67]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vanessa Gibson (incumbent) 71,713 68.3
Democratic Rafael Salamanca 32,70031.2
Write-in 5080.5
Total votes104,921 100

Republican primary

Nominee

Staten Island

2025 Staten Island Borough President election
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Nominee Vito Fossella Michael Colombo
Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Borough President

Vito Fossella
Republican



Incumbent Republican Vito Fossella is eligible to run for re-election to a second term in office.

Republican primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Michael Colombo, insurance advocate [68]

Official campaign websites

Manhattan

Brooklyn

Queens

The Bronx

Staten Island

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