New York City's 5th City Council district

New York City's 5th City Council district
Government
• Councilmember	Julie Menin (D—Yorkville)
Population  (2010) [1]
• Total	161,269
Demographics
•  White	78%
•  Asian	10%
•  Hispanic	7%
•  Black	3%
• Other	2%
Registration
•  Democratic	60.6%
•  Republican	13.5%
• No party preference	22.2%
Registered voters (2021) 134,893 [2]

New York City's 5th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Julie Menin. ^[3]

Geography

District 5 is based largely in Manhattan's Upper East Side, also covering Roosevelt Island and a small portion of East Harlem. ^[4]

The district overlaps with Manhattan Community Boards 6, 8, and 11, and is contained almost entirely within New York's 12th congressional district with a small extension into the 13th district. It also overlaps with the 28th, 29th, and 30th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 68th, 73rd, and 76th districts of the New York State Assembly. ^[5]

Recent election results

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. ^[6]

2021 New York City Council election, District 5 Democratic primary ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Maximum round	Maximum votes	Share in maximum round	Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes
	Democratic	Julie Menin	6	12,083	56.0%	​​
	Democratic	Tricia Shimamura	6	9,485	44.0%	​​
	Democratic	Rebecca Lamorte	5	4,699	20.3%	​​
	Democratic	Kim Moscaritolo	4	3,534	14.8%	​​
	Democratic	Billy Freeland	3	2,853	11.6%	​​
	Democratic	Christopher Sosa	2	1,491	5.9%	​​
	Democratic	Marco Tamayo	2	671	2.6%	​​
	Write-in		1	78	0.3%	​​

An interactive map of District 5

2021 New York City Council election, District 5 general election ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julie Menin	25,365	75.8
	Republican	Mark Foley	7,541
	Liberal	Mark Foley	445
	Total	Mark Foley	7,986	23.8
	Write-in		113	0.4
Total votes			33,464	100
	Democratic hold

2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 5 ^{[9] [10]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Kallos (incumbent)	7,847	74.6
	Democratic	Gwen Goodwin	1,582	15.0
	Democratic	Patrick Bobilin	1,044	9.9
	Write-in		45	0.5
Total votes			10,518	100
General election
	Democratic	Ben Kallos	21,945
	Working Families	Ben Kallos	1,489
	Total	Ben Kallos (incumbent)	23,434	80.2
	Republican	Frank Spotorno	5,679	19.4
	Write-in		112	0.4
Total votes			29,225	100
	Democratic hold

2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 5 ^{[11] [12]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Kallos	7,513	45.9
	Democratic	Micah Kellner	6,420	39.2
	Democratic	Ed Hartzog	2,429	14.8
	Write-in		5	0.0
Total votes			16,367	100
General election
	Democratic	Ben Kallos	18,135	57.1
	Republican	David Paul Garland	9,443
	Dump the Dump	David Paul Garland	467
	Independence	David Paul Garland	390
	Libertarian	David Paul Garland	175
	Liberal	David Paul Garland	24
	Save 2nd Avenue	David Paul Garland	19
	Total	David Paul Garland	10,518	33.1
	Working Families	Micah Kellner	3,118	9.8
	Write-in		12	0.0
Total votes			31,783	100
	Democratic hold

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 5 - Julie Menin". New York City Council. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
4. "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
5. "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
6. Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
7. "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 5th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
8. "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 5th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
9. "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 5th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
10. "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 5th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
11. "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 5th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
12. "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 5th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 15, 2021.