The following is a list of borough presidents of the five boroughs of New York City.
Before 1874, when it annexed part of the Bronx, New York City was the same as the present Borough of Manhattan. For New York's mayors before 1898, see List of mayors of New York City.
No. | Image | Borough President | Term | Party | Election | |
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1 | ![]() | Augustus W. Peters (1844–1898) [1] | January 1, 1898 – December 29, 1898 (died in office) [2] | Democratic | 1897 | |
Vacant | December 29, 1898 – January 5, 1899 | |||||
2 | ![]() | James J. Coogan (1846–1915) [3] | January 5, 1899 – January 1, 1902 (did not run) | Democratic | App. | |
3 | ![]() | Jacob A. Cantor (1854–1921) [4] [5] | January 1, 1902 – January 1, 1904 (did not run) | Fusion/Republican | 1901 | |
4 | ![]() | John F. Ahearn (1853–1920) [6] [7] [8] | January 1, 1904 – December 29, 1909 (removed) [a] | Democratic | 1903 | |
1905 | ||||||
5 | John Cloughen (1849–1911) Interim [13] [14] [15] | December 29, 1909 – January 1, 1910 (successor took office) | Democratic | App. | ||
6 | ![]() | George McAneny (1869–1953) [16] | January 1, 1910 – January 1, 1914 (did not run) [17] [18] | Fusion/Democratic | 1909 | |
7 | ![]() | Marcus M. Marks (1858–1934) [17] [18] | January 1, 1914 – January 1, 1918 (did not run) | Republican | 1913 | |
8 | Frank L. Dowling (c.1865–1919) [19] | January 1, 1918 – September 27, 1919 (died in office) [20] | Democratic | 1917 | ||
– | Michael F. Loughman (1866–1937) Acting [21] | September 27, 1919 – October 16, 1919 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
9 | Edward F. Boyle (c.1876–1943) Interim [22] | October 16, 1919 – November 17, 1919 (resigned) [b] | Democratic | App. | ||
– | Michael F. Loughman (1866–1937) Acting [24] | November 17, 1919 – January 1, 1920 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
10 | Henry H. Curran (1877–1966) [25] [26] | January 1, 1920 – January 1, 1922 (successor took office) | Republican | 1919 special | ||
11 | ![]() | Julius Miller (1880–1955) [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] | January 1, 1922 – January 1, 1931 (resigned) [c] | Democratic | 1921 | |
1925 | ||||||
1929 | ||||||
Vacant | January 1, 1931 – January 16, 1931 | |||||
12 | ![]() | Samuel Levy (1876–1953) [34] [35] | January 16, 1931 – January 1, 1938 (did not run) [36] | Democratic | App. | |
1933 | ||||||
13 | ![]() | Stanley M. Isaacs (1882–1962) [37] [38] | January 1, 1938 – January 1, 1942 (lost nomination) [39] | Republican | 1937 | |
14 | ![]() | Edgar J. Nathan (1891–1965) [40] [41] [42] | January 1, 1942 – January 1, 1946 (lost election) [43] | Republican | 1941 | |
15 | Hugo Rogers (1899–1974) [43] [44] | January 1, 1946 – January 1, 1950 (did not run) [45] | Democratic | 1945 | ||
16 | ![]() | Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1910–1991) [46] | January 1, 1950 – January 1, 1954 (did not run) [d] | Democratic | 1949 | |
17 | ![]() | Hulan Jack (1906–1986) [47] [48] | January 1, 1954 – January 13, 1960 (suspended himself) [e] | Democratic | 1953 | |
1957 | ||||||
– | Louis A. Cioffi (TBA–TBA) Acting [49] [50] | January 13, 1960 – March 15, 1960 (predecessor resumed office) | Democratic | – | ||
(17) | ![]() | Hulan Jack (1906–1986) [50] | March 15, 1960 [f] – April 22, 1960 (suspended himself and removed) [g] | Democratic | – | |
– | Louis A. Cioffi (TBA–TBA) Acting [51] | April 22, 1960 – January 31, 1961 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
18 | Edward Richard Dudley (1911–2005) [53] [54] | January 31, 1961 – January 4, 1965 (resigned) [h] | Democratic | App. | ||
1961 | ||||||
– | Earl Louis Brown (1903–1980) Acting | January 4, 1965 – February 24, 1965 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
19 | ![]() | Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005) [57] [58] | February 24, 1965 – September 8, 1966 (resigned) [i] | Democratic | App. | |
1965 | ||||||
– | Leonard N. Cohen (TBA–TBA) Acting [60] | September 8, 1966 – September 13, 1966 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
20 | ![]() | Percy Sutton (1920–2009) [61] [62] [63] [64] | September 13, 1966 – January 1, 1978 (did not run) [j] | Democratic | App. | |
1966 special | ||||||
1969 | ||||||
1973 | ||||||
21 | ![]() | Andrew Stein (born 1945) [65] [66] [67] | January 1, 1978 – January 1, 1986 (did not run) [k] | Democratic | 1977 | |
1981 | ||||||
22 | ![]() | David Dinkins (1927–2020) [68] | January 1, 1986 – January 1, 1990 (did not run) [l] | Democratic | 1985 | |
23 | ![]() | Ruth Messinger (born 1940) [70] [71] | January 1, 1990 – January 1, 1998 (did not run) [m] | Democratic | 1989 | |
1993 | ||||||
24 | ![]() | C. Virginia Fields (born 1945) [72] [73] | January 1, 1998 – January 1, 2006 (did not run) [n] | Democratic | 1997 | |
2001 | ||||||
25 | ![]() | Scott Stringer (born 1960) [74] [75] | January 1, 2006 – January 1, 2014 (did not run) [o] | Democratic | 2005 | |
2009 | ||||||
26 | ![]() | Gale Brewer (born 1951) [76] [77] | January 1, 2014 – January 1, 2022 (term-limited) [78] | Democratic | 2013 | |
2017 | ||||||
27 | ![]() | Mark Levine (born 1969) [79] | January 1, 2022 – present [p] | Democratic | 2021 |
No. | Image | Borough President | Term | Party | Election | |
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1 | ![]() | Louis F. Haffen (1854–1935) [1] [4] [6] [7] | January 1, 1898 – August 29, 1909 (removed) [a] | Democratic | 1897 | |
1901 | ||||||
1903 | ||||||
1905 | ||||||
2 | John F. Murray (1862–1928) Interim [81] [16] | August 29, 1909 – January 1, 1910 (successor took office) | Democratic | App. | ||
3 | ![]() | Cyrus C. Miller (1866–1956) [16] | January 1, 1910 – January 1, 1914 (did not run) [82] | Democratic | 1909 | |
4 | ![]() | Douglas Mathewson (1870–1948) [17] [83] | January 1, 1914 – January 1, 1918 (did not run) [b] | Fusion/Republican | 1913 | |
5 | ![]() | Henry Bruckner (1871–1942) [19] [85] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] | January 1, 1918 – January 1, 1934 (did not run) [86] | Democratic | 1917 | |
1921 | ||||||
1925 | ||||||
1929 | ||||||
6 | ![]() | James J. Lyons (1890–1966) [35] [87] [37] [40] [43] [44] [46] [47] [48] | January 1, 1934 – January 2, 1962 (did not run) [88] | Democratic | 1933 | |
1937 | ||||||
1941 | ||||||
1945 | ||||||
1949 | ||||||
1953 | ||||||
1957 | ||||||
7 | ![]() | Joseph F. Periconi (1910–1994) [54] [89] | January 2, 1962 – December 28, 1965 (lost election) [90] | Republican/Liberal/Brotherhood | 1961 | |
8 | | Herman Badillo (1929–2014) [90] [91] | December 28, 1965 – January 1, 1970 (did not run) [c] | Democratic | 1965 | |
9 | ![]() | Robert Abrams (born 1938) [63] [93] [64] [65] [66] | January 1, 1970 – January 1, 1979 (resigned) [d] | Democratic | 1969 | |
1973 | ||||||
1977 | ||||||
Vacant | January 1, 1979 – January 5, 1979 | |||||
10 | Stanley Simon (1930–2023) [95] [67] [68] | January 5, 1979 – March 11, 1987 (resigned) [e] | Democratic | App. | ||
1981 | ||||||
1985 | ||||||
– | Cecil P. Joseph (TBA–TBA) Acting [97] | March 11, 1987 – April 15, 1987 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
11 | ![]() | Fernando Ferrer (born 1950) [98] [99] [70] [71] [72] | April 15, 1987 – January 1, 2002 (term-limited) [73] | Democratic | App. | |
1989 | ||||||
1993 | ||||||
1997 | ||||||
12 | ![]() | Adolfo Carrión Jr. (born 1961) [73] [74] | January 1, 2002 – February 19, 2009 (resigned) [f] | Democratic | 2001 | |
2005 | ||||||
– | Earl D. Brown (TBA–TBA) Acting [101] | February 19, 2009 – May 21, 2009 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
13 | ![]() | Rubén Díaz Jr. (born 1973) [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] | May 21, 2009 – January 1, 2022 (term-limited) [107] | Democratic | 2009 special | |
2009 | ||||||
2013 | ||||||
2017 | ||||||
14 | ![]() | Vanessa Gibson (born 1979) [79] | January 1, 2022 – present [g] | Democratic | 2021 |
No. | Image | Borough President | Term | Party | Election | |
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1 | ![]() | Edward M. Grout (1861–1931) [1] [108] | January 1, 1898 – January 1, 1902 (did not run) [109] | Democratic | 1897 | |
2 | ![]() | J. Edward Swanstrom (1853–1911) [4] [110] | January 1, 1902 – January 1, 1904 (lost election) [111] | Fusion/Republican | 1901 | |
3 | ![]() | Martin W. Littleton (1872–1934) [111] [112] | January 1, 1904 – January 1, 1906 (did not run) | Democratic-Independent | 1903 | |
4 | ![]() | Bird Sim Coler (1867–1941) [7] [113] [114] | January 1, 1906 – January 1, 1910 (did not run) [115] | Municipal Ownership League | 1905 | |
5 | Alfred E. Steers (1860–1948) [16] [116] | January 1, 1910 – January 1, 1914 (did not run) | Democratic-Independent | 1909 | ||
6 | ![]() | Lewis H. Pounds (1860–1947) [17] [18] [117] | January 1, 1914 – January 1, 1918 (lost election) [19] | Fusion/Republican | 1913 | |
7 | Edward J. Riegelmann (1869–1941) [19] [118] [27] [28] | January 1, 1918 – January 1, 1925 (resigned) [a] | Democratic | 1917 | ||
1921 | ||||||
8 | Joseph A. Guider (1870–1926) [119] [29] [30] | January 1, 1925 – September 22, 1926 (died in office) [120] | Democratic | App. | ||
1925 | ||||||
– | James J. Byrne (1863–1930) [121] [122] [123] [31] | September 22, 1926 – September 30, 1926 | Democratic | – | ||
9 | September 30, 1926 – March 14, 1930 (died in office) [124] | App. | ||||
1926 special | ||||||
1929 | ||||||
– | Henry Hesterberg (1881–1950) Interim [125] [126] [127] [128] | March 14, 1930 – April 2, 1930 | Democratic | – | ||
10 | April 2, 1930 – December 11, 1933 (lost election then resigned) [b] | App. | ||||
1930 special | ||||||
11 | Peter A. Carey (c.1873–1940) Interim [130] [131] | December 13, 1933 – January 1, 1934 (successor took office) | Democratic | App. | ||
12 | ![]() | Raymond Ingersoll (1875–1940) [35] [132] [37] | January 1, 1934 – February 24, 1940 (died in office) [133] | Fusion/Democratic | 1933 | |
1937 | ||||||
– | Arthur R. Ebel (TBA–TBA) Acting [134] [135] | February 24, 1940 – March 4, 1940 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
13 | ![]() | John Cashmore (1895–1961) [136] [137] [40] [43] [44] [46] [47] [48] | March 4, 1940 – May 7, 1961 (died in office) [138] | Democratic | App. | |
1940 special | ||||||
1941 | ||||||
1945 | ||||||
1949 | ||||||
1953 | ||||||
1957 | ||||||
– | John F. Hayes (1915–2001) Interim [138] [139] | May 7, 1961 – July 6, 1961 | Democratic | – | ||
14 | July 6, 1961 – January 1, 1962 (successor took office) | App. | ||||
15 | ![]() | Abe Stark (1894–1972) [54] [58] [63] [140] | January 1, 1962 – September 8, 1970 (resigned) [c] | Democratic | 1961 | |
1965 | ||||||
1969 | ||||||
16 | Sebastian Leone (1924–2016) [142] [143] [64] | September 9, 1970 – January 1, 1977 (resigned) [d] | Democratic | App. | ||
1973 | ||||||
17 | ![]() | Howard Golden (1925–2024) [145] [65] [66] [67] [68] [70] [72] | January 3, 1977 – January 1, 2002 (term-limited) [73] | Democratic | App. | |
1977 | ||||||
1981 | ||||||
1985 | ||||||
1989 | ||||||
1993 | ||||||
1997 | ||||||
18 | ![]() | Marty Markowitz (born 1945) [73] [74] [146] | January 1, 2002 – January 1, 2014 (term-limited) [147] | Democratic | 2001 | |
2005 | ||||||
2009 | ||||||
19 | ![]() | Eric Adams (born 1960) [147] [148] [149] | January 1, 2014 – January 1, 2022 (term-limited) [e] | Democratic | 2013 | |
2017 | ||||||
20 | ![]() | Antonio Reynoso (born 1983) [79] | January 1, 2022 – present [f] | Democratic | 2021 |
No. | Image | Borough President | Term | Party | Election | |
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1 | Frederick Bowley (1851–1916) [1] | January 1, 1898 – January 1, 1902 (did not run) | Democratic | 1897 | ||
2 | ![]() | Joseph Cassidy (c.1866–1920) [4] [6] | January 1, 1902 – January 1, 1906 (lost election) [7] [150] | Democratic | 1901 | |
1903 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | Joseph Bermel (1860–1921) [7] [150] | January 1, 1906 – April 29, 1908 (resigned) [a] | Democratic | 1905 | |
4 | ![]() | Lawrence Gresser (1851–1935) [152] [16] | April 30, 1908 – September 27, 1911 (removed) [b] | Democratic | App. | |
1909 | ||||||
– | Walter H. Bunn (1839–1918) Acting [154] [155] | September 27, 1911 – October 4, 1911 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
5 | Maurice E. Connolly (1880–1935) [156] [17] [19] [27] [28] [29] [30] [18] | October 4, 1911 – April 2, 1928 (resigned) [c] | Democratic | App. | ||
1913 | ||||||
1917 | ||||||
1921 | ||||||
1925 | ||||||
– | Michael J. Shugrue (TBA–TBA) Acting [157] | April 2, 1928 – April 18, 1928 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
6 | Bernard M. Patten (TBA–TBA) Interim [158] | April 18, 1928 – January 1, 1929 (lost election) [159] | Democratic | App. | ||
7 | George U. Harvey (1881–1946) [159] [160] [31] [35] [37] | January 1, 1929 – January 1, 1942 (lost election) [40] | Republican | 1928 special | ||
1929 | ||||||
1933 | ||||||
1937 | ||||||
8 | James A. Burke (1890–1965) [40] [161] [162] [43] [44] | January 1, 1942 – January 1, 1950 (did not run) [163] | Democratic | 1941 | ||
1945 | ||||||
9 | Maurice A. FitzGerald (1897–1951) [46] | January 1, 1950 – August 25, 1951 (died in office) [164] | Democratic | 1949 | ||
– | Joseph F. Mafera (1895–1967) Interim [165] [166] | August 25, 1951 – September 5, 1951 | Democratic | – | ||
10 | September 5, 1951 – January 1, 1952 (did not run) [d] | App. | ||||
11 | James A. Lundy (c.1906–1973) [169] [170] [171] [47] | January 1, 1952 – January 1, 1958 (lost election) [48] | Republican | 1951 special | ||
1953 | ||||||
12 | James J. Crisona (1907–2003) [48] [172] | January 1, 1958 – January 1, 1959 (resigned) [e] | Democratic | 1957 | ||
Vacant | January 1, 1959 – January 5, 1959 | |||||
13 | John T. Clancy (1903–1985) [174] [176] | January 5, 1959 – January 1, 1963 (resigned) [f] | Democratic | App. | ||
1959 special | ||||||
1961 | ||||||
14 | Mario J. Cariello (1907–1985) [178] [58] | January 2, 1963 – January 1, 1969 (resigned) [g] | Democratic | App. | ||
1965 | ||||||
– | Sidney Leviss (1917–2007) [180] [63] | January 1, 1969 – January 3, 1969 | Democratic | – | ||
15 | January 3, 1969 – September 18, 1971 (resigned) [h] | App. | ||||
1969 | ||||||
16 | Donald Manes (1934–1986) [183] [184] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] | September 22, 1971 – February 11, 1986 (resigned) [i] | Democratic | App. | ||
1971 special | ||||||
1973 | ||||||
1977 | ||||||
1981 | ||||||
1985 | ||||||
– | ![]() | Claire Shulman (1926–2020) [185] [187] [188] [189] [70] [72] | February 11, 1986 – March 12, 1986 | Democratic | – | |
17 | March 12, 1986 – January 1, 2002 (term-limited) [73] | App. | ||||
1986 special | ||||||
1989 | ||||||
1993 | ||||||
1997 | ||||||
18 | ![]() | Helen M. Marshall (1929–2017) [73] [74] [190] | January 1, 2002 – January 1, 2014 (term-limited) | Democratic | 2001 | |
2005 | ||||||
2009 | ||||||
19 | ![]() | Melinda Katz (born 1965) [191] [192] | January 1, 2014 – January 1, 2020 (resigned) [j] | Democratic | 2013 | |
2017 | ||||||
– | Sharon Lee (born TBA) Acting [193] [194] [195] | January 1, 2020 – December 2, 2020 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
20 | ![]() | Donovan Richards (born 1983) [196] [79] [197] | December 2, 2020 – present [k] | Democratic | 2020 special | |
2021 |
The Borough of Richmond was renamed the Borough of Staten Island in 1975. The county is still named Richmond County.
No. | Image | Borough President | Term | Party | Election | |
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1 | ![]() | George Cromwell (1860–1934) [4] [7] [16] [6] | May 24, 1898 [a] – January 1, 1914 (did not run) | Republican | 1897 | |
1901 | ||||||
1903 | ||||||
1905 | ||||||
1909 | ||||||
2 | Charles J. McCormack (1865–1915) [17] | January 1, 1914 – July 11, 1915 (died in office) [200] | Democratic | 1913 | ||
– | Spire Pitou Jr. (1874–1946) Acting [201] | July 11, 1915 – July 29, 1915 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
3 | Calvin D. Van Name (1857–1924) [202] [19] | July 29, 1915 – January 1, 1922 (did not run) [203] | Democratic | App. | ||
1917 | ||||||
4 | Matthew J. Cahill (1869–1922) [27] [28] | January 1, 1922 – July 14, 1922 (died in office) [204] | Democratic | 1921 | ||
Vacant | July 14, 1922 – July 18, 1922 | |||||
5 | John A. Lynch (1882–1954) [205] [206] [29] [30] [31] | July 18, 1922 – January 1, 1934 (lost nomination) [207] [208] [209] [35] | Democratic | App. | ||
1922 special | ||||||
1925 | ||||||
1929 | ||||||
6 | Joseph A. Palma (1889–1969) [35] [210] [37] [40] | January 1, 1934 – January 1, 1946 (did not run) [211] | Republican | 1933 | ||
1937 | ||||||
1941 | ||||||
7 | Cornelius A. Hall (1889–1953) [43] [44] [46] | January 1, 1946 – February 12, 1953 (retired) [b] | Democratic | 1945 | ||
1949 | ||||||
– | Thomas F. Reilly (1895–1969) Acting [212] | February 12, 1953 – February 20, 1953 (successor took office) | Democratic | – | ||
8 | Edward G. Baker (1906–1971) [214] [47] | February 20, 1953 – January 1, 1955 (resigned) [c] | Democratic | App. | ||
1953 | ||||||
9 | Albert V. Maniscalco (1908–1998) [216] [217] [48] [54] | January 1, 1955 – January 1, 1966 (lost election) [58] | Democratic | App. | ||
1955 special | ||||||
1957 | ||||||
1961 | ||||||
10 | Robert T. Connor (1919–2009) [58] [63] [64] | January 1, 1966 – June 10, 1977 (resigned) [d] | Republican | 1965 | ||
1969 | ||||||
1973 | ||||||
11 | Anthony Gaeta (1927–1988) [218] [65] [66] [67] | June 10, 1977 – November 10, 1984 (retired) [219] | Democratic | App. | ||
1977 | ||||||
1981 | ||||||
12 | Ralph J. Lamberti (1934–2025) [220] [68] | November 10, 1984 – January 1, 1990 (lost election) [70] | Democratic | App. | ||
1985 | ||||||
13 | ![]() | Guy Molinari (1928–2018) [70] [72] | January 1, 1990 – January 1, 2002 (term-limited) [73] | Republican | 1989 | |
1993 | ||||||
1997 | ||||||
14 | ![]() | James Molinaro (born 1931) [74] [221] | January 1, 2002 – January 1, 2014 (term-limited) [73] | Conservative | 2001 | |
2005 | ||||||
2009 | ||||||
15 | ![]() | James Oddo (born 1966) [222] [223] | January 1, 2014 – January 1, 2022 (term-limited) [224] [73] | Republican | 2013 | |
2017 | ||||||
16 | ![]() | Vito Fossella (born 1965) [79] | January 1, 2022 – present [e] | Republican | 2021 |