New York City's 42nd City Council district

New York City's 42nd City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Charles Barron since 2022, succeeding his wife Inez Barron, who could not run again due to term limits. The Barrons have avoided term limits by trading control of the Council seat and the overlapping 60th district of the State Assembly since 2002.[3]

New York City's 42nd City Council district
Government
 • Councilmember  Charles Barron (D–East New York)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total165,150
Demographics
 • Black73%
 • Hispanic19%
 • White4%
 • Asian2%
 • Other2%
Registration
 • Democratic79.9%
 • Republican3.6%
 • No party preference14.2%
Registered voters (2021) 109,090[2]

Geography

District 42 is based in the easternmost neighborhoods of Brooklyn, covering most of East New York (including its New Lots, Spring Creek, and Starrett City subsections) and part of East Flatbush.[4] Shirley Chisholm State Park is also located within the district, as are many of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge's western islands.

The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 5, 16, 17, and 18, and with New York's 8th and 9th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 54th, 55th, 58th, and 60th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

Recent election results

2021

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.[6]

2021 New York City Council election, District 42 Democratic primary[7]
Party Candidate Maximum
round		 Maximum
votes		 Share in
maximum
round		 Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Charles Barron 3 7,979 53.7%
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Democratic Nikki Lucas 3 6,868 46.3%
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Democratic Wilfredo Florentino 2 1,591 10.2%
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Democratic Gena Watson 2 788 5.1%
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2021 New York City Council election, District 42 general election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles Barron 15,380 98.6
Total votes 15,593 100
Democratic hold

2017
2017 New York City Council election, District 42[9][10]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Inez Barron (incumbent) 7,475 83.5
Democratic Mawuli Hormeku 1,450 16.2
Total votes 8,952 100
General election
Democratic Inez Barron (incumbent) 18,341 92.5
Conservative Ernest Johnson 893 4.5
Reform Mawuli Hormeku 556 2.8
Total votes 19,818 100
Democratic hold

2013
2013 New York City Council election, District 42[11][12]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Inez Barron 5,887 43.2
Democratic Chris Banks 3,359 24.7
Democratic Regina Powell 1,178 8.7
Democratic John Whitehead 1,037 7.6
Democratic Nikki Lucas 908 6.7
Democratic Sean Henry 813 6.0
Democratic Prince Lewis 431 3.2
Total votes 13,615 100
General election
Democratic Inez Barron 17,764
Working Families Inez Barron 390
Total Inez Barron 18,154 96.0
Conservative Ernest Johnson 723 3.8
Total votes 18,902 100
Democratic hold

References
  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 42 – Charles Barron". New York City Council. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  4. "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  5. "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  6. Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  7. "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 42nd Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  8. "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 42nd Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  9. "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 42nd Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  10. "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 42nd Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  11. "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 42nd Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  12. "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 42nd Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
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