Membership of the New York City Council

The list of New York City Council members below is current as of January 2016. There are currently 47 Democrats and 3 Republicans on the Council, with one vacancy.

For notable past members of the Council, see Category:New York City Council members.

Council leadership

Position	Name	Party	Borough	District
Speaker	Melissa Mark-Viverito	Democratic	Manhattan	8
Majority Leader	James Van Bramer	Democratic	Queens	26
Minority Leader	Steven Matteo	Republican	Staten Island	50

Membership

District	Member	First elected	Term limited in	Party	Areas included
1	Margaret Chin	2009	2021	Dem	Manhattan; Lower Manhattan (SoHo, NoHo, TriBeCa, Washington Square area, South Village, Battery Park City, Wall Street area, South Street Seaport area, City Hall area, Little Italy, Chinatown, Lower East Side) [1]
2	Rosie Mendez	2005	2017	Dem	Manhattan; Lower East Side (Lower East Side, East Village, Gramercy Park, Rosehill, Kips Bay; southern part of Murray Hill) [2]
3	Corey Johnson	2013	2021	Dem	Manhattan; (West Village, SoHo, NoHo, Flatiron, Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen/Clinton, Murray Hill (portions)[3]
4	Daniel Garodnick	2005	2017	Dem	Manhattan; East Side (Upper East Side, Central Park South, Grand Central, Tudor City, Waterside, Peter Cooper Village, Carnegie Hill, Stuyvesant Town, United Nations; part of Yorkville, Turtle Bay)[4]
5	Benjamin Kallos	2013	2021	Dem	Manhattan; Upper East Side (Beekman, Sutton Place, Upper East Side, Yorkville, Roosevelt Island; part of Turtle Bay, Carnegie Hill) [5]
6	Helen Rosenthal	2013	2021	Dem	Manhattan; Upper West Side (West Side 55th to 96th Streets)[6]
7	Mark D. Levine	2013	2021	Dem	Manhattan; (West Harlem; Morningside Heights; Manhattan Valley; parts of the Upper West Side and Washington Heights), [7]
8	Melissa Mark-Viverito	2005	2017	Dem	Manhattan; East Harlem, Manhattan Valley, Bronx, Mott Haven
9	Inez Dickens	2005	2017	Dem	Manhattan; Harlem, Central Harlem; parts of Morningside Heights, Upper West Side, East Harlem)[8]
10	Ydanis Rodríguez	2009	2021	Dem	Manhattan; (Parts of Washington Heights, parts of Inwood)
11	Andrew Cohen	2013	2021	Dem	Bronx; Kingsbridge, Riverdale, Woodlawn, Norwood, parts of Bedford Park, Wakefield and Bronx Park East
12	Andy King	2012	2021	Dem	Bronx; Edenwald, Co-Op City, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Baychester
13	James Vacca	2005	2017	Dem	Bronx; Pelham Parkway North and South, Pelham Bay, Country Club, City Island, Throggs Neck, Allerton, Morris Park
14	Fernando Cabrera	2009	2021	Dem	Bronx; Fordham, Kingsbridge, Morris Heights, West Bronx
15	Ritchie Torres	2013	2021	Dem	Bronx; West Farms
16	Vanessa Gibson	2013	2021	Dem	Bronx; West Bronx, Morrisania, South Bronx, Highbridge, Melrose
17	Rafael Salamanca	2016	2025	Dem	Bronx; Mott Haven[9]	17
18	Annabel Palma	2003	2017	Dem	Bronx; Parkchester, Soundview, Castle Hill, Classon Point, Harding Park
19	Paul Vallone	2013	2021	Dem	Queens; Bayside, College Point, Auburndale, Beechhurst, Whitestone, Bay Terrace, Flushing, Douglaston, Little Neck
20	Peter Koo	2009	2021	Dem	Queens; Flushing, Queensboro Hill, Mitchell Gardens, Kissena Park, Harding Heights, Auburndale, Whitestone
21	Julissa Ferreras	2009	2021	Dem	Queens; Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Corona and Jackson Heights.
22	Costa Constantinides	2013	2021	Dem	Queens; Astoria, Long Island City, parts of Jackson Heights, Rikers Island, Randall's Island and Wards Island
23	Barry S. Grodenchik	2015	2025	Dem	Queens; Hollis Hills, Queens Village, Little Neck, Douglaston, Bayside, Bellerose, Floral Park, Glen Oaks, Hollis, Hollis Park Gardens, Holliswood, Fresh Meadows, Oakland Gardens
24	Rory Lancman	2013	2021	Dem	Queens; Briarwood, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Hillcrest Estates, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills, Kew Gardens Hills, Utopia Estates, and parts of Forest Hills, Flushing, Jamaica and Rego Park
25	Daniel Dromm	2009	2021	Dem	Queens; Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, LeFrak City, Corona, Rego Park, and Woodside
26	James Van Bramer	2009	2021	Dem	Queens; Woodside, Sunnyside, Long Island City, Astoria, and Maspeth
27	Daneek Miller	2013	2021	Dem	Queens; St. Albans, Hollis, Cambria Heights, Jamaica, Baisley Park, Addisleigh Park; parts of Queens Village, Rosedale, Springfield Gardens
28	Ruben Wills	2010	2021	Dem	Queens
29	Karen Koslowitz	1991/2009	2021	Dem	Queens
30	Elizabeth Crowley	2008	2021	Dem	Queens; Glendale, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Middle Village, Maspeth, Richmond Hill
31	Donovan Richards	2013	2021	Dem	Queens
32	Eric Ulrich	2009	2021	Rep	Queens; Belle Harbor, Breezy Point, Broad Channel, Hamilton Beach, Howard Beach, Lindenwood, Neponsit, Ozone Park, Rockaway Beach, Rockaway Park, South Ozone Park, South Richmond Hill and Woodhaven
33	Stephen Levin	2009	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Greenpoint; parts of Williamsburg.
34	Antonio Reynoso	2013	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; East Williamsburg and Bushwick.
35	Laurie Cumbo	2013	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; Clinton Hill, Fort Greene; parts of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant.
36	Robert Cornegy, Jr.	2013	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; parts of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
37	Rafael Espinal	2013	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; parts of Bushwick, Cypress Hills, East New York, Ocean Hill, and Brownsville.
38	Carlos Menchaca	2013	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; Sunset Park, Boerum Hill, Red Hook, Windsor Terrace.
39	Brad Lander	2009	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, and Borough Park.
40	Mathieu Eugene	2007	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; parts of Crown Heights and Flatbush.
41	Darlene Mealy	2005	2017	Dem	Brooklyn; parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Ocean Hill, and East Flatbush
42	Inez Barron	2013	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; parts of East New York, Brownsville, Canarsie and East Flatbush.
43	Vincent J. Gentile	2003	2017	Dem	Brooklyn; Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst.
44	David G. Greenfield	2010	2025	Dem	Brooklyn; parts of Bensonhurst, Borough Park, and Midwood
45	Jumaane Williams	2009	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; parts of Crown Heights Canarsie and East Flatbush.
46	Alan Maisel	2013	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; Bergen Beach, Canarsie, Georgetown, Flatlands, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Mill Island, Gerritsen Beach, Madison and Sheepshead Bay
47	Mark Treyger	2013	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; parts of Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Coney Island and Brighton Beach
48	Chaim Deutsch	2013	2021	Dem	Brooklyn; Midwood, Sheepshead Bay, Homecrest, and Brighton Beach
49	Deborah Rose	2009	2021	Dem	Staten Island
50	Steven Matteo	2013	2021	Rep	Staten Island: Arrochar, Bulls Head, Castleton Corners, Concord, Dongan Hills, Emerson Hill, Fort Wadsworth, Grant City, Graniteville, Grasmere, Island of Meadows, Meiers Corners, Midland Beach, New Dorp, Oakwood, Prall's Island, Richmondtown, South Beach, Todt Hill, Travis, Westerleigh, Willowbrook [10]
51	Joseph Borelli	2015	2025	Rep	Staten Island: Arden Heights, Annadale, Bay Terrace, Tottenville, Great Kills, Richmondtown, Charleston, Rossville, New Springville, Eltingville, Woodrow, Richmond Valley, Huguenot, Prince's Bay, and Pleasant Plains[11]

City Council composition by party

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic	48
	Republican	3
Total		51

Members by Borough

• 16 Brooklyn
• 14 Queens
• 10 Manhattan
• 8 Bronx
• 3 Staten Island

Milestones

• First female member: Genevieve Earle
• First Asian-American member: John Liu (elected 2001)
• First Asian-American Republican Elected member: Peter Koo (elected 2009; switched party affiliation to Democratic in 2012)
• First openly-gay male members: Thomas Duane and Antonio Pagán (both elected 1991)
• First female speaker: Christine Quinn (elected Speaker 2005)
• First Latina speaker: Melissa Mark-Viverito (elected Speaker 2014)
• First Puerto Rican female member: Nydia Velázquez
• First African-American female member: Mary Pinkett
• First African-American male member: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
• Youngest Elected member: Eric Ulrich (elected 2009)
• First Mexican-American elected member: Carlos Menchaca, elected in 2013

References

1. http://council.nyc.gov/d1/html/members/home.shtml
2. http://council.nyc.gov/d2/html/members/home.shtml
3. http://council.nyc.gov/d3/html/members/home.shtml
4. http://council.nyc.gov/d4/html/members/home.shtml
5. http://council.nyc.gov/d5/html/members/home.shtml
6. http://council.nyc.gov/d6/html/members/home.shtml
7. http://council.nyc.gov/d7/html/members/home.shtml
8. http://council.nyc.gov/d9/html/members/home.shtml
9. http://council.nyc.gov/d17/html/members/home.shtml
10. http://council.nyc.gov/d50/html/members/home.shtml
11. http://council.nyc.gov/d51/html/members/home.shtml