In an upset,Ampry-Samuel was defeated for re-election in 2021 by Darlene Mealy,the former Council member whom Ampry-Samuel had succeeded four years earlier.[1]
Ampry-Samuel first ran for the City Council in 2005,but lost to Darlene Mealy in the Democratic primary.[4]
Prior to public office,Ampry-Samuel worked as a Child Protective Specialist with the NYC Administration for Children Services.[5]
From 2012 to 2014,during a stint at the US Embassy in Ghana,she worked as a communication and outreach specialist for the United States Agency for International Development and subsequently on a human rights portfolio in the Embassy’s Political Office. She also served[when?] as Chief of Staff for State Assemblywoman Latrice Walker.[6][7]
New York City Council
Three-term Councilwoman Darlene Mealy was term-limited in 2017 and unable to seek another term. Ampry-Samuel was one of nine Democrats who vied to replace her,and she won the Democratic primary with just over 31% of the vote.[8] She would go on to win the general election in the overwhelmingly Democratic district with over 95% of the vote.[9]
Ampry-Samuel was sworn into office on January 1,2018.
√Darlene Mealy 46.77% William Boyland,Jr. 18.85% Danny King 9.06% Royston Antoine 5.98% Stanley Kinard 5.11% David R. Miller 3.50% Alicka Ampry-Samuel 3.23%
√Alicka Ampry-Samuel 31.23% Henry L. Butler 22.04% Cory Provost 11.20% Moreen A. King 8.51% Deidre Olivera 8.11% Royston Antoine 5.72% Victor A. Jordan 5.28% David R. Miller 4.86% Leopold Cox 2.89%
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