Draft:Elsie Encarnacion
American politician
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Elsie R. Encarnacion is an American politician who is the Democratic nominee for the New York City Council's 8th district in 2025.
Elsie Encarnacion | |
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| Member of the New York City Council from the 8th district | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Diana Ayala |
| Personal details | |
| Born | New York City, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
Early life career
Encarnacion was born and raised in East Harlem, Manhattan, and is of Puerto Rican descent.[1] She served on the Manhattan Community Board 11 and as a parent coordinator at a school in the Bronx. She joined New York City Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito's office in 2006, where she met Diana Ayala and went on to serve as Ayala's chief of staff.[2]
New York City Council
With Ayala's support, Encarnacion filed to run for the open 8th district seat on the New York City Council in 2025.[2] She earned the Working Families Party's first-choice endorsement and benefitted from $100,000 in spending by Affordable New York, a political action committee funded by Airbnb.[3][4][5]