New York City's 25th City Council district

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New York City's 25th City Council district
New York City Council District 25 (2020).svg
Boundaries following the 2020 census
Government
  Council Member  Shekar Krishnan (DJackson Heights)
Population
 (2010) [1]
  Total
161,419
Demographics
   Hispanic 36%
   White 28%
   Asian 27%
   Black 6%
  Other3%
Registration
   Democratic 63.1%
   Republican 9.2%
  No party preference25.1%
Registered voters (2021) 85,768 [2]

New York City's 25th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Shekar Krishnan. [3]

Contents

Geography

District 25 is based in the northwestern Queens neighborhoods of Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst, and Elmhurst. [4]

The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 3 and 4, and with New York's 6th and 14th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 12th, 13th, and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 30th, 34th, 35th, 36th, and 39th districts of the New York State Assembly. [5]

Recent election results

2025

2025 New York City Council election, District 25 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shekar Krishnan (incumbent) 9,965 67.2
Democratic Ricardo Pacheco4,75832.1
Write-in 1080.7
Total votes14,831 100.0
General election
Democratic Shekar Krishnan
Working Families Shekar Krishnan
Total Shekar Krishnan (incumbent)
Republican Ramses Frias
Conservative Ramses Frias
TotalRamses Frias
Write-in
Total votes100.0

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. [7]

2023 New York City Council election, District 25 [8] [9]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shekar Krishnan 3,409 61.8
Democratic Ricardo Pacheco1,32123.9
Democratic Fatima Baryab75513.7
Write-in 310.6
Total votes5,516 100.0
General election
Democratic Shekar Krishnan 4,981
Working Families Shekar Krishnan 906
Total Shekar Krishnan (incumbent) 5,887 64.8
Republican Zhile Cao1,829
Medical FreedomZhile Cao95
TotalZhile Cao1,92421.2
DiversityFatima Baryab1,03711.4
Write-in Ricardo Pacheco1601.8
Write-in 700.8
Total votes9,078 100.0
Democratic hold

2021

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. [10]

The 25th district hosted one of only three 2021 races in which the eventual winner did not receive the highest number of first-choice votes (the other two being the 9th and 50th districts).

2021 New York City Council election, District 25 Democratic primary [11]
PartyCandidateMaximum
round
Maximum
votes
Share in
maximum
round
Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Shekar Krishnan 76,35253.4%
Democratic Yi Andy Chen75,54946.6%
Democratic Carolyn Tran63,04523.6%
Democratic Alfonso Quiroz51,98614.5%
Democratic Fatima Baryab41,68711.8%
Democratic Lili Melo31,0417.1%
Democratic Manuel Perez25133.4%
Democratic William Salgado22821.9%
Write-in 1350.2%
New York City's 25th City Council district
An interactive map of District 25
2021 New York City Council election, District 25 general election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shekar Krishnan 9,466 61.1
Republican Shah Shahidul Haque2,98719.3
DiversityFatima Baryab2,55516.5
Libertarian Suraj Jaswal4152.7
Write-in 620.4
Total votes15,485 100
Democratic hold

2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 25 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Daniel Dromm 10,736
Working Families Daniel Dromm 1,460
Total Daniel Dromm (incumbent) 12,196 98.8
Write-in 1471.2
Total votes12,343 100
Democratic hold

2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 25 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Daniel Dromm 9,923
Working Families Daniel Dromm 1,100
Total Daniel Dromm (incumbent) 11,023 99.6
Write-in 430.4
Total votes11,066 100
Democratic hold

References

  1. "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  2. "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  3. "District 25 - Daniel Dromm". New York City Council. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  5. "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. "2025 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 22, 2025. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  7. 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.
  8. "2023 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  9. "General Election 2023 - Member of the City Council, 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  10. Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  11. "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  12. "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  13. "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  14. "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 25th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 25, 2021.