Out of 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs, 14 Black City Council members are running for reelection. Most are in fairly competitive races, although that’s subject to change as petitioning season closes in May.
Out of 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs, 14 Black City Council members are running for reelection. Most are in fairly competitive races, although that’s subject to change as petitioning season closes in May and names are cemented on the ballot. Quite a few are running unopposed. The first Black council member wasn’t elected until the 1940s and the first-ever Black City Council speaker, Adrienne Adams, was just elected in 2022.
New York City has a rich history of Black political clubs, as well Harlem and Brooklyn being hotbeds of Black and Caribbean political power for the last several decades. The Vanguard Independent Democratic Club out of Bed StuyBlack-run clubs, originally founded by former Councilmember Al Vann in the 1970s.
“If you aren’t at the table, you are on the menu,” said Martin Luther King, Jr. Club President Londel Davis, Jr. “Our community differs in some ways when it comes to what’s most prevalent socially and culturally. As you know, gentrification has impacted Harlem dramatically.” Davis said historically, communities of color were left out of critical discussions of key issues, like redistricting of voting lines, budgeting, and redistribution of community resources, that require Black representation at the city level.
Harlem’s central District 9 remains the only City Council seat held by a Black official in Manhattan and the North Shore’s District 49 remains the only City Council seat held by a Black official in Staten Island.
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