New York City's 2nd City Council district

New York City's 2nd City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Carlina Rivera since 2018, succeeding term-limited fellow Democrat Rosie Méndez.[3]

New York City's 2nd City Council district
Government
 • Councilmember  Carlina Rivera (D—Kips Bay)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total161,544
Demographics
 • White56%
 • Hispanic20%
 • Asian15%
 • Black6%
 • Other3%
Registration
 • Democratic68.0%
 • Republican8.3%
 • No party preference20.4%
Registered voters (2021) 126,576[2]

Geography

District 2 is based in Manhattan's Lower East Side and East Village, also covering the neighborhoods of Alphabet City, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Loisaida, Murray Hill, and Rose Hill.[4]

The district overlaps with Manhattan Community Boards 2, 3, 5, and 6, and with New York's 7th and 12th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 26th, 27th, and 28th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 65th, 66th, 73rd, 74th, and 75th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

Although it is majority-white, the district has a large Hispanic population concentrated in the Loisaida neighborhood. Since 1991, the district has been represented by four consecutive Hispanic councilmembers, three of whom have also been gay.

Recent election results

2023
2023 New York City Council election, District 2[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carlina Rivera (incumbent) 4,688 60.5
Democratic Allie Ryan 2,980 38.5
Write-in 76 1.0
Total votes 7,685 100.0
General election
Democratic Carlina Rivera
Working Families Carlina Rivera
Total Carlina Rivera (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes

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.[7]

2021 New York City Council election, District 2[8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carlina Rivera (incumbent) 15,464 72.4
Democratic Erin Hussein 5,709 26.8
Write-in 169 0.8
Total votes 21,342 100
General election
Democratic Carlina Rivera (incumbent) 18,716 79.9
Neighborhood Allie Ryan 2,684 11.4
Independent Juan Pagan 1,925 8.2
Write-in 113 0.5
Total votes 23,438 100
Democratic hold

2017
2017 New York City Council election, District 2[10][11]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carlina Rivera 8,354 60.5
Democratic Mary Silver 2,282 16.5
Democratic Ronnie Sung Cho 1,181 8.6
Democratic Jorge Vasquez 1,040 7.5
Democratic Jasmin Sanchez 638 4.6
Democratic Erin Hussein 267 1.9
Write-in 38 0.4
Total votes 13,800 100
General election
Democratic Carlina Rivera 18,047
Working Families Carlina Rivera 2,003
Total Carlina Rivera 20,050 82.7
Republican Jimmy McMillan 2,609
Rent Is Too Damn High Jimmy McMillan 228
Total Jimmy McMillan 2,837 11.7
Liberal Jasmin Sanchez 487 2.0
Libertarian Don Garrity 434 1.8
Green Manny Cavaco 375 1.5
Write-in 59 0.3
Total votes 24,242 100
Democratic hold

2013
2013 New York City Council election, District 2[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rosie Méndez (incumbent) 12,507 81.6
Democratic Richard Del Rio 2,809 18.3
Write-in 13 0.1
Total votes 15,329 100
General election
Democratic Rosie Méndez 18,928
Working Families Rosie Méndez 1,491
Total Rosie Méndez (incumbent) 20,419 93.0
Green Miles Budde 1,490 6.8
Write-in 59 0.2
Total votes 21,968 100
Democratic hold

Previous councilmembers

The district is a safe Democratic district. Between 1974 and 1991, it was represented by Miriam Friedlander, who was narrowly defeated in the 1991 Democratic Party primary by Antonio Pagán, the first openly gay politician to represent the district. Pagán's conservative stances and support for Mayor Rudy Giuliani alienated large segments of his liberal-leaning constituency. In 1997, Pagán launched an unsuccessful campaign for Manhattan Borough President; he was succeeded on the council by Margarita López. In 2005, Rosie Méndez succeeded López, and was re-elected in 2009. Carlina Rivera succeeded Méndez in 2017, becoming the district's first straight councilmember in well over two decades.

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