New York's 17th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the
New York State Senate
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. It has been represented by
Republican Steve Chan since 2025, defeating
Iwen Chu.
Geography
District 17 is located in Southwestern
Brooklyn
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, including some or all of the neighborhoods of
Bath Beach,
Bay Ridge,
Sunset Park,
Kensington
Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London.
The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensingt ...
,
Dyker Heights,
Bensonhurst, and
Gravesend
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.
The district overlaps with New York's
7th,
9th,
10th, and
11th congressional districts, and with the 41st, 42nd, 44th, 45th, 47th, 48th, 49th, and 51st districts of the
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.
The Ass ...
.
Recent election results
2024
2022
2020
As he had done in the past, Felder ran in 2020 on both the
Democratic and
Republican party lines.
2018
Jumaane Williams
Jumaane D. Williams ( ; born May 11, 1976) is an American activist and politician who has served as the New York City Public Advocate since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party and a self-described democratic ...
, then a
New York City Council
The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs.
The council serves as a check against the mayor in a mayor-council government mod ...
member, did not actively campaign, and was listed on the ballot to allow the Working Families Party to remove him from consideration for the 2018 lieutenant gubernatorial election, in accordance with complex New York election laws.
2016
In 2016, Felder ran on both the
Democratic and
Republican party lines.
2014
2012
Federal results in District 17
References
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William A. Wheeler