New York City Council districts

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New York City Council districts are the local electoral divisions within New York City from which members of the City Council are elected to represent residents in municipal government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral district ⓘ
local government district ⓘ
administeredBy New York City Board of Elections ⓘ
cannotCross city boundary ⓘ
changedAfter 1989 New York City Charter revision ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dataAvailableAs GIS shapefiles ⓘ
electoralSystem single-member districts ⓘ
elects New York City Council member ⓘ
firstCreated 1898 ⓘ
governingBody New York City Council ⓘ
hasBoundaryType contiguous territory ⓘ
hasExample New York City Council District 1 ⓘ
New York City Council District 10 ⓘ
New York City Council District 23 ⓘ
New York City Council District 34 ⓘ
New York City Council District 51 ⓘ
historicalPredecessor New York City Board of Aldermen districts ⓘ
levelOfGovernment municipal ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
mapPublishedBy New York City Department of City Planning ⓘ
New York City Districting Commission ⓘ
mayCross neighborhood boundaries ⓘ
mustRespect communities of interest ⓘ
minority voting rights ⓘ
numberOfDistricts 51 ⓘ
partOf municipal government of New York City ⓘ
populationBasis total resident population ⓘ
populationEqualityPrinciple one person one vote ⓘ
redistrictedEvery 10 years ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority New York City Districting Commission ⓘ
redistrictingBasis United States decennial census ⓘ
representationType single council member per district ⓘ
subdivisionOf boroughs of New York City ⓘ
congressional districts ⓘ
counties of New York State ⓘ
state legislative districts ⓘ
subjectTo New York City Charter ⓘ
New York State Election Law ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
termLengthOfRepresentative 4 years ⓘ
termLimitOfRepresentative 2 consecutive full terms ⓘ
typicalPopulationPerDistrict approximately 170000 to 190000 residents ⓘ
usedFor election of New York City Council members ⓘ
usedIn general elections for New York City Council ⓘ
party primary elections ⓘ
special elections ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post in general elections ⓘ
ranked-choice voting in primaries and special elections ⓘ

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New York congressional districts → distinctFrom → New York City Council districts ⓘ
Tompkinsville → administrativeDivision → New York City Council District (varies by redistricting) ⓘ
linked to: New York City Council districts
New York City Council District 33 → partOf → New York City Council districts ⓘ
New York City Council District 1 → subdivisionOf → New York City Council districts ⓘ
Queens Community District 9 → hasLegislativeBody → New York City Council (districts overlapping) ⓘ
linked to: New York City Council districts
Community District 10, The Bronx → cityCouncilRepresentation → New York City Council districts in The Bronx ⓘ
linked to: New York City Council districts
New York State Senate District 19 → overlapsWith → New York City Council districts ⓘ
New York State Senate District 14 → partOf → New York City legislative districts ⓘ
linked to: New York City Council districts
Bronx Community District 7 → cityCouncilRepresentation → New York City Council districts (multiple) ⓘ
linked to: New York City Council districts
New York City Council District 8 → partOf → New York City Council districts ⓘ
New York City Council District 51 → partOf → New York City Council districts ⓘ
New York City community districts → mayNotAlignWith → New York City Council districts ⓘ
45th Council District of New York City → partOf → New York City Council districts ⓘ
New York City Council District 49 → partOf → New York City Council districts ⓘ
New York City Council Member → represents → New York City Council district ⓘ
linked to: New York City Council districts
New York City Council District 37 → category → New York City Council districts ⓘ
New York City Council District 31 → subdivisionOf → New York City Council districts ⓘ
New Brighton, Staten Island, New York → administrativeDivisionOf → New York City Council districts on Staten Island ⓘ
linked to: New York City Council districts