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New York City's 41st City Council district

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New York City's 41st City Council district
Government
 • Councilmember. Darlene Mealy
. DBedford-Stuyvesant
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total153,328
Demographics
 • Black81%
 • Hispanic14%
 • White2%
 • Asian1%
 • Other2%
Registration
 • Democratic80.7%
 • Republican3.1%
 • No party preference13.8%
Registered voters (2021) 107,686[2]

New York City's 41st City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Darlene Mealy since 2022,[3] succeeding fellow Democrat Alicka Ampry-Samuel; Mealy defeated Ampry-Samuel in the 2021 Democratic primary.[4]

Geography

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District 41 covers a series of predominantly Black neighborhoods in central and eastern Brooklyn, including parts of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East Flatbush, Crown Heights, and Ocean Hill.[5]

The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 3, 8, 9, 16, and 17, and with New York's 8th and 9th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 25th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 43rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, and 58th districts of the New York State Assembly.[6]

As of the 2010 Census, the district was over 80 percent Black, making it the district with the largest Black population in the city. Correspondingly, every councilmember to represent the district since its creation has been Black.

Members Party Years served Electoral history
District established January 1, 1992

Enoch H. Williams
(Brownsville)
Democratic January 1, 1992 –
December 31, 1997
Redistricted from the 26th district and re-elected in 1991.
Re-elected in 1993.
Retired.

Tracy L. Boyland
(Brownsville)
Democratic January 1, 1998 –
December 31, 2005
Elected in 1997.
Re-elected in 2001.
Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.

Darlene Mealy
(Bedford-Stuyvesant)
Democratic January 1, 2006 –
December 31, 2017
Elected in 2005.
Re-elected in 2009.
Re-elected in 2013.
Termed out.

Alicka Ampry-Samuel
(Brownsville)
Democratic January 1, 2018 –
December 31, 2021
Elected in 2017.
Lost renomination.

Darlene Mealy
(Bedford-Stuyvesant)
Democratic January 1, 2022 –
Elected in 2021.
Re-elected in 2023.

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.[7]

2023 New York City Council election, District 41[8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darlene Mealy (incumbent) 2,806 61.4
Democratic Iris McIntosh Green 1,346 29.5
Democratic Reginald Bowman 234 5.1
Democratic Joyce Shearin 162 3.5
Write-in 22 0.5
Total votes 4,570 100.0
General election
Democratic Darlene Mealy (incumbent) 6,134 97.5
Write-in 155 2.5
Total votes 6,289 100.0
Democratic 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]

Map
An interactive map of District 41
2021 New York City Council election, District 41[11][12]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darlene Mealy 8,849 57.3
Democratic Alicka Ampry-Samuel (incumbent) 6,507 42.1
Write-in 91 0.6
Total votes 15,447 100
General election
Democratic Darlene Mealy 15,911 95.5
Green Scott Hutchins 694 4.2
Write-in 51 0.3
Total votes 16,656 100
Democratic hold

2017

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2017 New York City Council election, District 41[13][14]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alicka Ampry-Samuel 3,385 31.2
Democratic Henry Butler 2,389 22.0
Democratic Cory Provost 1,214 11.2
Democratic Moreen King 922 8.5
Democratic Deidre Olivera 879 8.1
Democratic Royston Antoine 620 5.7
Democratic Victor Jordan 572 5.3
Democratic David Miller 527 4.9
Democratic Leopold Cox 313 2.9
Write-in 17 0.2
Total votes 10,838 100
General election
Democratic Alicka Ampry-Samuel 17,520
Working Families Alicka Ampry-Samuel 683
Total Alicka Ampry-Samuel 18,203 95.5
Republican Berneda Jackson 469
Conservative Berneda Jackson 138
Total Berneda Jackson 607 3.2
Solutions Christopher Carew 227 1.2
Write-in 24 0.1
Total votes 19,061 100
Democratic hold

2013

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2013 New York City Council election, District 41[15][16]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darlene Mealy (incumbent) 7,607 66.3
Democratic Kathleen Daniel 2,284 19.9
Democratic Stanley Kinard 1,575 13.7
Write-in 3 0.0
Total votes 11,469 100
General election
Democratic Darlene Mealy 17,165
Working Families Darlene Mealy 413
Total Darlene Mealy (incumbent) 17,578 97.3
Independence Bilal Malik 474 2.6
Write-in 12 0.1
Total votes 18,064 100
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "District 41 - Alicka Ampry-Samuel". New York City Council. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Major Upset in NYC Council Race in Brownsville as Darlene Mealy is the Projected Winner over Alicka Ampry-Samuel". June 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "2023 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  9. ^ "General Election 2023 - Member of the City Council, 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  10. ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  12. ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  13. ^ "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  14. ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  15. ^ "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  16. ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 41st Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.