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New York City's 19th City Council district

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New York City's 19th City Council district
Government
 • Councilmember  Vickie Paladino (RWhitestone)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total155,237
Demographics
 • White53%
 • Asian28%
 • Hispanic15%
 • Black2%
 • Other2%
Registration
 • Democratic49.9%
 • Republican20.3%
 • No party preference25.9%
Registered voters (2021) 100,032[2]

New York City's 19th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Republican Vickie Paladino, who took office in 2022.[3]

Geography

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District 19 covers neighborhoods along the shoreline of far eastern Queens, including Auburndale, College Point, Whitestone, Bay Terrace, Beechhurst, and parts of Flushing, Bayside, and Douglaston–Little Neck.[4]

The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 7 and 11, and with New York's 3rd, 6th, and 14th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 11th and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 40th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

Recent election results

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2023 (redistricting)

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Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to the New York City Charter, councilmembers elected during the 2021 and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections.[6]

2023 New York City Council election, District 19 Democratic primary[7]
Party Candidate Maximum
round
Maximum
votes
Share in
maximum
round
Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Tony Avella 3 2,870 51.1%
Democratic Christopher Bae 3 2,746 48.9%
Democratic Paul Graziano 2 1,440 24.0%
Write-in 1 34 0.6%
2023 New York City Council election, District 19 general election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vickie Paladino 10,700
Conservative Vickie Paladino[9] 1,161
Total Vickie Paladino (incumbent) 11,861 59.9
Democratic Tony Avella 7,646
Taxpayers Unite Tony Avella 214
Total Tony Avella 7,860 39.7
Write-in 70 0.4
Total votes 19,791 100
Republican hold

2021

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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.[10]

2021 New York City Council election, District 19 Democratic primary[11]
Party Candidate Maximum
round
Maximum
votes
Share in
maximum
round
Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Tony Avella 4 6,429 54.7%
Democratic Richard Lee 4 5,317 45.3%
Democratic Austin Shafran 3 2,939 23.2%
Democratic Adriana Aviles 2 1,058 8.1%
Democratic Frank Spangenberg 2 378 2.9%
Democratic Nabaraj KC 2 186 1.4%
Write-in 1 69 0.5%
Map
An interactive map of District 19
2021 New York City Council election, District 19 Republican primary, Conservative primary & general election[12][13][14]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vickie Paladino 1,765 51.6
Republican John-Alexander Sakelos 1,608 47.0
Write-in 47 1.4
Total votes 3,420 100
Conservative John-Alexander Sakelos 107 88.4
Conservative Dawn Anatra 10 8.3
Write-in 4 3.3
Total votes 121 100
General election
Republican Vickie Paladino 12,325
Independent Vickie Paladino 465
Total Vickie Paladino 12,790 47.1
Democratic Tony Avella 12,400 45.7
Conservative John-Alexander Sakelos 1,641
Save Our City John-Alexander Sakelos 216
Total John-Alexander Sakelos 1,857 6.8
Write-in 71 0.4
Total votes 27,118 100
Republican gain from Democratic

2017

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2017 New York City Council election, District 19[15][16]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Vallone (incumbent) 3,192 55.1
Democratic Paul Graziano 2,596 44.8
Write-in 10 0.1
Total votes 5,798 100
General election
Democratic Paul Vallone 13,779
Working Families Paul Vallone 1,210
Total Paul Vallone (incumbent) 14,989 57.8
Republican Konstantinos Poulidis 6,347 24.5
Reform Paul Graziano 4,555 17.6
Write-in 20 0.1
Total votes 25,911 100
Democratic hold

2013

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2013 New York City Council election, District 19[17][18]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Vallone 2,922 31.2
Democratic Austin Shafran 2,728 29.1
Democratic Paul Graziano 1,602 17.1
Democratic John Duane 1,164 12.4
Democratic Chrissy Voskerichian 963 10.3
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 9,379 100
General election
Democratic Paul Vallone 12,752
Independence Paul Vallone 610
Total Paul Vallone 13,362 57.1
Republican Dennis Saffran 8,178
Conservative Dennis Saffran 1,469
Reform Dennis Saffran 318
Total Dennis Saffran 9,965 42.6
Write-in 57 0.3
Total votes 23,384 100
Democratic gain from Republican

References

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  1. ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  3. ^ "District 19 - Vickie Paladino". New York City Council. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  5. ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  6. ^ Pazmino, Gloria (January 15, 2020). "Why the Census Means NYC Lawmakers Will Serve 2-Year Terms Instead of 4". www.ny1.com. New York 1. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "2023 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  8. ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  9. ^ Marked as "Conservative/Common Sense".
  10. ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  12. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, REP Council Member 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  13. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, CON Council Member 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  14. ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  15. ^ "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  16. ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  17. ^ "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  18. ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.