New York City Council districts

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electoral district local government district

New York City Council districts are the local electoral divisions within New York City from which members of the City Council are elected to represent residents in municipal government.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
New York City Council (districts overlapping)	1
New York City Council District (varies by redistricting)	1
New York City Council districts (multiple)	1
New York City Council districts in The Bronx	1
New York City legislative districts	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electoral district ⓘ local government district ⓘ
administeredBy	New York City Board of Elections NERFINISHED ⓘ
cannotCross	city boundary ⓘ
changedAfter	1989 New York City Charter revision NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dataAvailableAs	GIS shapefiles ⓘ
electoralSystem	single-member districts ⓘ
elects	New York City Council member ⓘ
firstCreated	1898 ⓘ
governingBody	New York City Council ⓘ
hasBoundaryType	contiguous territory ⓘ
hasExample	New York City Council District 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City Council District 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City Council District 23 NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City Council District 34 NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City Council District 51 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPredecessor	New York City Board of Aldermen districts NERFINISHED ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	municipal ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ
mapPublishedBy	New York City Department of City Planning NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City Districting Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
mayCross	neighborhood boundaries ⓘ
mustRespect	communities of interest ⓘ minority voting rights ⓘ
numberOfDistricts	51 ⓘ
partOf	municipal government of New York City ⓘ
populationBasis	total resident population ⓘ
populationEqualityPrinciple	one person one vote ⓘ
redistrictedEvery	10 years ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority	New York City Districting Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
redistrictingBasis	United States decennial census NERFINISHED ⓘ
representationType	single council member per district ⓘ
subdivisionOf	boroughs of New York City ⓘ congressional districts ⓘ counties of New York State ⓘ state legislative districts ⓘ
subjectTo	New York City Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ New York State Election Law NERFINISHED ⓘ Voting Rights Act of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ
termLengthOfRepresentative	4 years ⓘ
termLimitOfRepresentative	2 consecutive full terms ⓘ
typicalPopulationPerDistrict	approximately 170000 to 190000 residents ⓘ
usedFor	election of New York City Council members ⓘ
usedIn	general elections for New York City Council ⓘ party primary elections ⓘ special elections ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post in general elections ⓘ ranked-choice voting in primaries and special elections ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tompkinsville → administrativeDivision → New York City Council districts ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Council District (varies by redistricting)

Bronx Community District 7 → cityCouncilRepresentation → New York City Council districts ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Council districts (multiple)

Community District 10, The Bronx → cityCouncilRepresentation → New York City Council districts ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Council districts in The Bronx

New York congressional districts → distinctFrom → New York City Council districts ⓘ

Queens Community District 9 → hasLegislativeBody → New York City Council districts ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Council (districts overlapping)

New York State Senate District 19 → overlapsWith → New York City Council districts ⓘ

New York City Council District 33 → partOf → New York City Council districts ⓘ

New York State Senate District 14 → partOf → New York City Council districts ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City legislative districts

New York City Council District 1 → subdivisionOf → New York City Council districts ⓘ