New York City's 4th City Council district

New York City's 4th City Council district
Boundaries following the 2020 census
Government
• Councilmember	Keith Powers (D—Stuyvesant Town)
Population  (2010) [1]
• Total	155,199
Demographics
•  White	78%
•  Asian	11%
•  Hispanic	7%
•  Black	3%
• Other	2%
Registration
•  Democratic	56.4%
•  Republican	16.4%
• No party preference	23.4%
Registered voters (2021) 135,086 [2]

New York City's 4th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Keith Powers since 2018, succeeding term-limited fellow Democrat Daniel Garodnick. ^[3]

Geography

District 4 covers a large swath of Manhattan's Upper East Side, also stretching south to include some or all of Midtown, Times Square, Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, and Koreatown. ^[4] The UN Headquarters, Rockefeller Center, and many other central Manhattan landmarks are located in the district.

The district overlaps with Manhattan Community Boards 5, 6, 8, and 11, and is contained entirely within New York's 12th congressional district. It also overlaps with the 27th, 28th, and 29th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 67th, 68th, 73rd, 74th, 75th, and 76th districts of the New York State Assembly. ^[5]

Recent election results

2023 (redistricting)

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. ^[6]

2023 New York City Council election, District 4 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Keith Powers (incumbent)	13,159	73.4
	Republican	Brian Robinson	4,534
	Parent Party	Brian Robinson	149
	Total	Brian Robinson	4,683	26.1
	Write-in		74	0.5
Total votes			17,916	100.0
	Democratic hold

2021

An interactive map of District 4

In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting in all local elections. Under the new system, voters have the option to rank up to five candidates for every local office. Voters whose first-choice candidates fare poorly will have their votes redistributed to other candidates in their ranking until one candidate surpasses the 50 percent threshold. If one candidate surpasses 50 percent in first-choice votes, then ranked-choice tabulations will not occur. ^[8]

2021 New York City Council election, District 4 ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Keith Powers (incumbent)	23,153	75.0
	Republican	David Casavis	7,174
	Libertarian	David Casavis [11]	495
	Total	David Casavis	7,669	24.8
	Write-in		47	0.2
Total votes			30,869	100
	Democratic hold

2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 4 ^{[12] [13]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Keith Powers	4,456	40.8
	Democratic	Marti Speranza	2,493	22.8
	Democratic	Rachel Honig	948	8.7
	Democratic	Bessie Schachter	918	8.4
	Democratic	Vanessa Aronson	746	6.8
	Democratic	Maria Castro	503	4.6
	Democratic	Jeffrey Mailman	482	4.4
	Democratic	Barry Shapiro	232	2.1
	Democratic	Alec Hartman	109	1.0
	Write-in		25	0.2
Total votes			10,912	100
General election
	Democratic	Keith Powers	16,496	57.2
	Republican	Rebecca Harary	8,119
	Stop De Blasio	Rebecca Harary	451
	Women's Equality	Rebecca Harary	239
	Reform	Rebecca Harary	82
	Total	Rebecca Harary	8,891	30.8
	Liberal	Rachel Honig	3,422	11.9
	Write-in		28	0.1
Total votes			28,837	100
	Democratic hold

2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 4 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Garodnick	20,401
	Working Families	Daniel Garodnick	965
	Total	Daniel Garodnick (incumbent)	21,366	70.5
	Republican	Helene Jnane	8,620
	Libertarian	Helene Jnane	291
	Total	Helene Jnane	8,911	29.4
	Write-in		27	0.1
Total votes			30,304	100
	Democratic hold

Previous councilmembers

• Murray W. Stand (1920s–1930s)
• Aloysius Maickel (1949–1953)
• Robert Barnes (1953–1965)
• Robert Low (1965–1969)
• Carter Burden (1969 – 1974)
• Theodore S. Weiss (1974–1976)
• Henry T. Berger (1977–1978)
• Ruth Messinger (1978–1989)
• Ronnie Eldridge (1989–1991)
• Carolyn B. Maloney (1992)
• Andrew Sidamon–Eristoff (1993–1999)
• Eva Moskowitz (1999–2005)
• Daniel Garodnick (2005–2017)
• Keith Powers (2018–present)

References

1. "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
2. "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
3. "District 4 - Keith Powers". New York City Council. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
4. "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
5. "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
6. Pazmino, Gloria (January 15, 2020). "Why the Census Means NYC Lawmakers Will Serve 2-Year Terms Instead of 4". www.ny1.com. New York 1. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
7. "General Election 2023 - Member of the City Council, 4th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
8. Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
9. "Primary Contest List" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
10. "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 4th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
11. Marked as 'Independent/Libertarian'.
12. "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 4th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
13. "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 4th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
14. "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 4th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.