Bronx Community Board 12 is a local government unit of the New York City borough of the Bronx,encompassing the neighborhoods of Edenwald,Wakefield,Williamsbridge,Woodlawn Heights,Fish Bay,Eastchester,Olinville and Baychester.
Bronx Community Board 11 (CB11) is a small unit of the City of New York (NYC),whose district encompasses the neighborhoods of Allerton,Indian Village,Morris Park,Pelham Gardens,Pelham Parkway (neighborhood),Van Nest and other areas in the borough of the Bronx. Coterminous with the 49th NYPD Precinct,its district is delimited by Bronx Park East and the Bronx River Parkway to the west,Adee Avenue,Boston Road and East Gun Hill Road to the north,the Hutchinson River Parkway to the east,and East Tremont Avenue to the south.
Jeffrey Dinowitz is an American politician who represents District 81 in the New York State Assembly,which comprises Kingsbridge,Marble Hill,Norwood,Riverdale,Van Cortlandt Village,Wakefield,and Woodlawn Heights. Dinowitz has served in the New York State Assembly since 1994.
Michael Benedetto is a Member of the New York State Assembly representing the 82nd Assembly District,which covers the Co-op City,Throggs Neck,Westchester Square,City Island,Country Club,and Pelham Bay sections of the East Bronx. After a 35-year teaching career at the elementary and secondary school level,he was first elected to the State Assembly in 2004. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Community boards of the Bronx are the 12 New York City community boards in the borough of the Bronx,which are the appointed advisory groups of the community districts that advise on land use and zoning,participate in the city budget process,and address service delivery in their district.
Vanessa L. Gibson is an American politician who has served as the Borough President of The Bronx since 2022. She served as a member of the New York City Council,representing the 16th district from 2014 to 2021. A Democrat,she was elected Bronx Borough President in November 2021 to a four-year term beginning January 2022,running on a platform focused on recovery from COVID-19 impact,food insecurity and housing instability. She is the first female and first African American Bronx Borough President.
Andrew Cohen is a Justice of the Bronx branch of the New York Supreme Court. He is a Democrat. He was previously the councilmember for the 11th district of the New York City Council,resigning in 2020,with Eric Dinowitz winning the special election to succeed him. The district includes Bedford Park,Kingsbridge,Norwood,Riverdale,Van Cortlandt Village,Wakefield,and Woodlawn Heights in The Bronx.
Rafael "Ralph" Salamanca Jr. is the councilmember for the 17th district of the New York City Council. He is a Democrat. The district includes portions of Concourse Village,East Tremont,Hunts Point,Longwood,Melrose,Morrisania,Port Morris,and West Farms in The Bronx.
Carmen De La Rosa is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat,De La Rosa has represented District 10 on the New York City Council since January 2022. She previously represented the 72nd District in the New York State Assembly from 2017 to 2021.
The 2019 New York City Public Advocate special election was held on February 26,2019,to fill part of the unexpired term of Letitia James's vacated seat as New York City Public Advocate. It was triggered on January 1,2019,when James resigned to take office as Attorney General of New York.
The 2021 New York City mayoral election was held on November 2,2021. Incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election.
The 2021 New York City Council elections were held on November 2,2021. The primary elections were held on June 22,2021. There were several special elections for seats vacated in 2020 and early 2021;these special elections were the first to use ranked-choice voting in city council elections after it was approved by a ballot question in 2019 and the second to use ranked-choice voting since New York City repealed PR-STV in 1945. Due to redistricting after the 2020 Census,candidates also ran for two-year terms instead of four-year terms for the first time,stemming from the New York City Charter overhaul in 1989. Four-year terms will resume in the 2025 election after another two-year election in 2023.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani is a Ugandan-born American democratic socialist politician. He is the representative for the 36th district of the New York State Assembly,in Queens. Mamdani was elected after defeating incumbent Democrat Aravella Simotas in the 2020 primary. Mamdani is a declared candidate for the November 2025 New York City mayoral election.
Oswald Feliz is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the New York City Council from the 15th district. He assumed office on April 15,2021.
New York City's 11th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Eric Dinowitz since a 2021 special election to succeed fellow Democrat Andrew Cohen.
Amanda C. Farías is an American politician from New York City. She is the Democratic City Council Member for the 18th district of the New York City Council,which covers Soundview,Parkchester,and Castle Hill in the Bronx. She was appointed by Speaker Adrienne Adams to be Majority Leader of the New York City Council on January 3,2024. She is Chair of the Committee on Economic Development,and sit as a member on the following committees transportation,finance,sanitation,consumer and worker protection,cultural and intergoup relations,and Co-Chair of the Women’s Caucus,and a member of the Black,Latino and Asian Caucus and Progressive Caucus. In 2024,she became the first Latina to hold the position of majority leader in the city council.
Pierina Ana Sanchez is an American politician from the Bronx,New York City. Since 2022,Sanchez has represented the 14th district on the New York City Council,encompassing Kingsbridge,Fordham,University Heights,and Tremont. A Democrat,Sanchez formerly served in the mayoral office of Bill de Blasio as a policy advisor.
Althea V. Stevens is an American politician who has represented the 16th district on the New York City Council since 2022. Her district encompasses the South Bronx communities of Morrisania,Concourse,Highbridge,and Morris Heights.
The 2023 New York City Council elections were held on November 7,2023,with primaries having occurred on June 27,2023. 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. Party nominees were chosen using ranked-choice voting.
The 2025 New York City Council elections will be held on November 4,2025,with primary elections occurring on June 24,2025. Party nominees will be chosen using ranked-choice voting.
