New York City's 19th City Council district
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Place
New York City's 19th City Council district | |
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.svg) Boundaries following the 2020 census | |
| Government | |
| • Councilmember | Vickie Paladino (R—Whitestone) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 155,237 |
| Demographics | |
| • White | 53% |
| • Asian | 28% |
| • Hispanic | 15% |
| • Black | 2% |
| • Other | 2% |
| Registration | |
| • Democratic | 49.9% |
| • Republican | 20.3% |
| • No party preference | 25.9% |
| 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]
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
2025
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Benjamin Chou | 7,731 | 66.8 | |
| Democratic | Alexander Caruso | 3,775 | 32.6 | |
| Write-in | 69 | 0.6 | ||
| Total votes | 11,575 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Vickie Paladino | 22,417 | ||
| Conservative | Vickie Paladino | 2,453 | ||
| Total | Vickie Paladino (incumbent) | 24,870 | 57.3 | |
| Democratic | Benjamin Chou | 18,496 | 42.6 | |
| Write-in | 32 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 43,398 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2023 (redistricting)
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.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round |
Maximum votes |
Share in maximum round |
Maximum votes First round votes Transfer votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tony Avella | 3 | 2,870 | 51.1% |
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| Democratic | Christopher Bae | 3 | 2,746 | 48.9% |
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| Democratic | Paul Graziano | 2 | 1,440 | 24.0% |
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| Write-in | 1 | 34 | 0.6% |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Vickie Paladino | 10,700 | ||
| Conservative | Vickie Paladino[11] | 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
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.[12]
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round |
Maximum votes |
Share in maximum round |
Maximum votes First round votes Transfer votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tony Avella | 4 | 6,429 | 54.7% |
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| Democratic | Richard Lee | 4 | 5,317 | 45.3% |
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| Democratic | Austin Shafran | 3 | 2,939 | 23.2% |
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| Democratic | Adriana Aviles | 2 | 1,058 | 8.1% |
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| Democratic | Frank Spangenberg | 2 | 378 | 2.9% |
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| Democratic | Nabaraj KC | 2 | 186 | 1.4% |
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| Write-in | 1 | 69 | 0.5% |
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An interactive map of District 19
| 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
| 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
| 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
- ↑ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ↑ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ↑ "District 19 - Vickie Paladino". New York City Council. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ↑ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ↑ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ↑ "2025 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 22, 2025. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
- ↑ "General Election 2025 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ↑ Marked as "Conservative/Common Sense".
- ↑ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ↑ "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ↑ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ↑ "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ↑ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
