New York City's 6th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the
New York City Council
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The council serves as a check against the mayor in a mayor-council government mod ...
. It is currently represented by
Democrat
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Gale Brewer
Gale Arnot Brewer (born September 6, 1951) is an American Democratic politician from the state of New York who has represented the 6th New York City Council district since January 2022, a position she previously held from 2002 to 2013. From Janu ...
, who took office in 2022. Brewer previously represented the district from 2002-2013, and served as Borough President of Manhattan in between her two Council stints.
Geography
District 6 is nearly coterminous with
Manhattan
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's
Upper West Side
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Central Park
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, Manhattan's largest park and the most visited urban park in the country, is located in the district, as is the lower half of Riverside Park.
The district overlaps with Manhattan
Community Boards
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New York's 12th congressional district
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29th
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29 is the number of days February has on a leap year.
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29 is the tenth prime number.
Integer properties
29 is the fifth primorial prime, ...
New York State Senate
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, and with the 67th, 69th, and 75th districts of the
New York State Assembly
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The Ass ...
.
Recent election results
2023 (redistricting)
Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to the
New York City Charter
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, councilmembers elected during the
2021
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and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections.
2021
In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented
ranked-choice voting Ranked-choice voting may be used as a synonym for:
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* Instant-runoff voting (IRV), a specific ranked voting system with single-wi ...
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.
John J. Santucci
John Joseph Santucci (April 2, 1931 – June 26, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
The son of Italian immigrant parents, Santucci was born on April 2, 1931, in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City.David B. Friedland (1965–1976)
* Arlene Stringer (1976–1977)
* Stanley Michels (1977–1991)
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Ronnie Eldridge
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(1991–2001)
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Gale Brewer
Gale Arnot Brewer (born September 6, 1951) is an American Democratic politician from the state of New York who has represented the 6th New York City Council district since January 2022, a position she previously held from 2002 to 2013. From Janu ...