New York City's 4th City Council district

New York City's 4th City Council district
Government
 • Councilmember   Keith Powers (D—Stuyvesant Town)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 155,199
Demographics
 • White 78%
 • Asian 11%
 • Hispanic 7%
 • Black 3%
 • Other 2%
Registration
 • Democratic 56.4%
 • Republican 16.4%
 • No party preference 23.4%
Registered voters (2021) 135,086

New York City's 4th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Keith Powers since 2018, succeeding term-limited fellow Democrat Daniel Garodnick.

Geography

District 4 covers a large swath of Manhattan's Upper East Side, also stretching south to include some or all of Midtown, Times Square, Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, and Koreatown. The UN Headquarters, Rockefeller Center, and many other central Manhattan landmarks are located in the district.

The district overlaps with Manhattan Community Boards 5, 6, 8, and 11, and is contained entirely within New York's 12th congressional district. It also overlaps with the 27th, 28th, and 29th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 67th, 68th, 73rd, 74th, 75th, and 76th districts of the New York State Assembly.

Recent election results

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.

2023 New York City Council election, District 4
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Keith Powers (incumbent) 13,159 73.4
Republican Brian Robinson 4,534
Parent Party Brian Robinson 149
Total Brian Robinson 4,683 26.1
Write-in 74 0.5
Total votes 17,916 100.0
Democratic 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.

2021 New York City Council election, District 4
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Keith Powers (incumbent) 23,153 75.0
Republican David Casavis 7,174
Libertarian David Casavis 495
Total David Casavis 7,669 24.8
Write-in 47 0.2
Total votes 30,869 100
Democratic hold

2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 4
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Keith Powers 4,456 40.8
Democratic Marti Speranza 2,493 22.8
Democratic Rachel Honig 948 8.7
Democratic Bessie Schachter 918 8.4
Democratic Vanessa Aronson 746 6.8
Democratic Maria Castro 503 4.6
Democratic Jeffrey Mailman 482 4.4
Democratic Barry Shapiro 232 2.1
Democratic Alec Hartman 109 1.0
Write-in 25 0.2
Total votes 10,912 100
General election
Democratic Keith Powers 16,496 57.2
Republican Rebecca Harary 8,119
Stop De Blasio Rebecca Harary 451
Women's Equality Rebecca Harary 239
Reform Rebecca Harary 82
Total Rebecca Harary 8,891 30.8
Liberal Rachel Honig 3,422 11.9
Write-in 28 0.1
Total votes 28,837 100
Democratic hold

2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 4
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Garodnick 20,401
Working Families Daniel Garodnick 965
Total Daniel Garodnick (incumbent) 21,366 70.5
Republican Helene Jnane 8,620
Libertarian Helene Jnane 291
Total Helene Jnane 8,911 29.4
Write-in 27 0.1
Total votes 30,304 100
Democratic hold

Previous councilmembers