2021 New York City Council election in Brooklyn

The 2021 New York City Council elections in Brooklyn were held on November 2, 2021. The primary elections were held on June 22, 2021.[1]

District 33

In the 33rd district, incumbent Democrat Stephen Levin was term-limited and could not run for a fourth consecutive term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Elizabeth Adams, legislative director for Stephen Levin[2]
  • Victoria Cambranes, community organizer[2]
  • Sabrina Gates, graphic designer[2]
  • Toba Pototsky, activist[2]
  • Lincoln Restler, co-founder of New Kings Democrats[2]
  • Stu Sherman, attorney[2]
  • Ben Solotaire, Community Liaison for Stephen Levin[2]
  • April Somboun, marketing consultant[2]

Withdrawn

  • Glomani Bravo-Lopez, deputy Chief of Staff for Stephen Levin[3]
  • Jonathan Clarke
  • Stephen Finley

Endorsements

Elizabeth Adams

State officials

Local officials

Labor unions

Organizations

Stu Sherman

Labor unions

April Somboun

State officials

Individuals

Results

2021 New York City Council District 33 Democratic primary results[21]
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Democratic Lincoln Restler 7 16,537 63.0%
Democratic Elizabeth Adams 7 9,332 39.5%
Democratic Victoria Cambranes 6 2,435 8.6%
Democratic Sabrina Gates 6 1,940 6.9%
Democratic Toba Potosky 6 1,892 6.7%
Democratic April Somboun 5 1,588 5.5%
Democratic Stu Sherman 4 1,197 4.1%
Democratic Ben Solotaire 2 623 2.1%
Write-in 1 102 0.3%

General election

General election[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lincoln Restler 21,077 98.4
Write-in 344 1.6
Total votes 21,421 100

District 35

In the 35th district, incumbent Democrat Laurie Cumbo was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term.

Democratic primary

2021 New York City Council District 35 Democratic primary results[23]
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Democratic Crystal Hudson 3 16,564 54.0%
Democratic Michael Hollingsworth 3 14,138 46.0%
Democratic Renee Collymore 2 4,438 12.7%
Democratic Curtis Harris 2 1,652 4.7%
Democratic Regina Kinsey 2 1,637 4.7%
Democratic Deirdre Levy 2 1,398 4.0%
Democratic Hector Robertson 2 504 1.4%
Write-in 1 68 0.2%

Withdrawn

  • Alejandra Caraballo
  • Terrance Knox
  • Maayan Zik

Endorsements

Michael Hollingsworth

Federal legislators

State legislators

Individuals

Labor unions

Organizations

Crystal Hudson

Federal legislators

State legislators

Local officials

Labor unions

Individuals

Organizations

Newspapers and publications

District 36

In the 36th district, incumbent Democrat Robert Cornegy was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term. He ran for Brooklyn Borough President, but lost in the Democratic primary.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Henry Butler, manager of Brooklyn Community Board 3[46]
  • Regina Edwards, healthcare administrator[46]
  • John Joyner, entrepreneur[46]
  • Tahirah Moore, former staffer for Robert Cornegy[46]
  • Chi Ossé, activist[47]
  • Robert Waterman, pastor[46]

Withdrawn

  • Maya Cantrell[46]
  • Ronald Colter[46]
  • Gregory Green, retired NYPD sergeant[48]
  • Reginald Swiney[46]
  • Shadoe Tarver[46]
  • Jason Walker, activist[46]

Endorsements

Tahirah Moore

Organizations

Jason Walker (withdrew)
Robert Waterman

Federal officials

State officials

Local officials

Individuals

Results

2021 New York City Council District 36 Democratic primary results[63]
Party Candidate Maximum
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Democratic Chi Ossé 4 11,149 57.0%
Democratic Henry Butler 4 8,402 43.0%
Democratic Tahirah Moore 3 6,196 23.9%
Democratic Robert Waterman 2 3,281 12.1%
Democratic Reginald Swiney 2 628 2.7%
Write-in 1 86 0.2%

District 37

The incumbent in the 37th district was Democrat Rafael Espinal who resigned before his term was up. Darma Diaz was elected without opposition and will serve the remainder of his term. She ran for a full term, but lost the Democratic primary to Sandy Nurse.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Misba Abdin, businessman[64]
  • Darma Diaz, incumbent Councillor[64]
  • Christopher Durosinmi, former Vice President of the Glenmore Tenants Association[64]
  • Rick Echevarria, former Department of Housing Preservation official[64]
  • Heriberto Mateo, candidate for City Council in 2013[65]
  • Sandy Nurse, activist and carpenter[65]

Endorsements

Darma Diaz

State legislators

Labor unions

Organizations

Results

2021 New York City Council District 37 Democratic primary results[73]
Party Candidate Maximum
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Democratic Sandy Nurse 5 6,124 65.4%
Democratic Darma Diaz (incumbent) 5 3,247 34.6%
Democratic Misba Abdin 4 1,154 11.0%
Democratic Heriberto Mateo 4 1,071 10.2%
Democratic Rick Echevarria 2 558 5.1%
Democratic Christopher Durosinmi 2 340 3.1%
Write-in 1 25 0.2%

General election

General election[74]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sandy Nurse 8,884 86.5
Republican Franklin Gonzalez 1,369 13.3
Write-in 20 0.2
Total votes 10,273 100

District 38

In the 38th district, incumbent Democrat Carlos Menchaca was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term. He filed to run for mayor of New York City, but withdrew.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Alexa Avilés, public education advocate[75]
  • Rodrigo Camarena, activist[76]
  • Yu Lin, adult day care operator[77]
  • Jacqui Painter, activist[76]
  • Victor Swinton, NYPD officer[76]
  • Cesar Zuniga, member of Brooklyn Community Board 7[76]

Withdrawn

  • Ronald Ferdinand
  • Erik Frankel, businessman[76]
  • Whitney Hu
  • Samuel Sierra

Endorsements

Rodrigo Camarena

Newspapers and publications

Jacqueline Painter

Organizations;

Cesar Zuniga

Labor unions

Newspapers and publications

Results

2021 New York City Council District 38 Democratic primary results[84]
Party Candidate Maximum
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Democratic Alexa Avilés 5 6,857 65.1%
Democratic Yu Lin 5 3,683 34.9%
Democratic Rodrigo Camarena 4 1,619 14.0%
Democratic Jacqui Painter 4 1,462 12.6%
Democratic Cesar Zuniga 3 1,154 9.7%
Democratic Victor Swinton 2 491 4.1%
Write-in 1 33 0.3%

General election

General election[85]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alexa Aviles 9,228 80.4
Conservative Erik Frankel 1,943 16.9
Libertarian Erik Frankel 266 2.3
Total Erik Frankel 2,209 19.2
Write-in 46 0.4
Total votes 11,483 100

District 39

In the 39th district, incumbent Democrat Brad Lander was term-limited and could not run for a fourth consecutive term. He filed to run for New York City Comptroller.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Withdrawn

  • Jennifer DeLuca
  • Nicole Hunt, activist[91]
  • Patrick Johnson, teacher and labor unionist[92]

Endorsements

Justin Krebs

Organizations

Newspapers and publications

Brandon West

Federal legislators

State legislators

Individuals

Labor unions

Organizations

Newspapers and publications

Results

2021 New York City Council District 39 Democratic primary results[101]
Party Candidate Maximum
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Democratic Shahana Hanif 6 15,980 57.0%
Democratic Brandon West 6 12,059 43.0%
Democratic Justin Krebs 5 8,913 27.6%
Democratic Douglas Schneider 4 5,854 17.1%
Democratic Bridget Rein 3 2,634 7.4%
Democratic Jessica Simmons 3 1,634 4.6%
Democratic Mamnun M. Haq 2 1,460 4.0%
Write-in 1 90 0.2%

Libertarian primary

Libertarian primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Matthew Morgan
Total votes 100

General election

General election[102]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shahana Hanif 25,306 74.2
Independent Shahana Hanif 5,090 14.9
Total Shahana Hanif 30,396 89.1
Conservative Brett Wynkoop 2,657 7.8
Libertarian Matthew Morgan 939 2.8
Write-in 134 0.4
Total votes 34,126 100

District 40

In the 40th district, incumbent Democrat Mathieu Eugene was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Cecilia Cortez, vice-president of the Ditmas Park West Association[103]
  • Maxi Eugene, brother of Mathieu Eugene[103]
  • Kenya Handy-Hilliard, political staffer[104]
  • Harriet Hines, member of the Brooklyn Democratic Committee[103]
  • Victor Jordan, attorney and economist[105]
  • Rita Joseph, educator[106]
  • Vivia Morgan, President of the Friends of Wingate Park[103]
  • Blake Morris, attorney[104]
  • Josue Pierre, District Leader for the 42nd Assembly District[107]
  • Edwin Raymond, NYPD officer and whistleblower[108]
  • John Williams, minister[109]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Kenya Handy-Hilliard

Federal officials

Organizations

Newspapers and publications

Edwin Raymond

Local officials

Newspapers and publications

Results

2021 New York City Council District 40 Democratic primary results[118]
Party Candidate Maximum
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Democratic Rita Joseph 10 10,065 59.6%
Democratic Josue Pierre 10 6,829 40.4%
Democratic Kenya Handy-Hilliard 9 5,620 29.5%
Democratic Edwin Raymond 8 2,265 10.9%
Democratic Cecilia Cortez 8 2,221 10.7%
Democratic Blake Morris 7 1,368 6.5%
Democratic Maxi Eugene 6 1,175 5.4%
Democratic Harriet Hines 5 817 3.7%
Democratic John Williams 4 705 3.2%
Democratic Vivia Morgan 3 428 1.9%
Democratic Victor Jordan 2 344 1.5%
Write-in 1 60 0.3%

District 41

In the 41st district, incumbent Alicka Ampry-Samuel lost renomination to her predecessor, Darlene Mealy.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Endorsements

Alicka Ampry-Samuel

Results

Democratic primary[120]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darlene Mealy 8,849 57.3
Democratic Alicka Ampry-Samuel (incumbent) 6,507 42.1
Democratic Write-ins 91 0.6
Total votes 13,441 100

Green primary

Green primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Scott Hutchins

General election

General election[121]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darlene Mealy 15,911 95.5
Green Scott Hutchins 694 4.2
Write-in 51 0.3
Total votes 16,656 100

District 42

In the 42nd district, incumbent Democrat Inez Barron was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term.

Democratic primary

2021 New York City Council District 42 Democratic primary results[122]
Party Candidate Maximum
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Democratic Charles Barron 3 7,979 53.7%
Democratic Nikki Lucas 3 6,868 46.3%
Democratic Wilfredo Florentino 2 1,591 10.2%
Democratic Gena Watson 2 788 5.1%
Write-in 1 56 0.8%

Withdrawn

  • Marlon Powell

Endorsements

Charles Barron
Nikki Lucas

Federal officials

State officials

Labor unions

Organizations

District 43

In the 43rd district, incumbent Democrat Justin Brannan narrowly won re-election over Republican challenger Brian Fox. Fox surprised political observers with a narrow lead on election night, but Brennan overtook him after 1,600 absentee ballots were counted.[128]

Democratic primary

Incumbent Justin Brannan won the Democratic nomination unopposed.

Republican primary

  • Brian Fox

General election

General election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Justin Brannan (incumbent) 10,828 44.9%
Working Families Justin Brannan (incumbent) 1,062 4.4%
Total Justin Brannan (incumbent) 12,917 50.3%
Republican Brian Fox 11,001 45.7%
Conservative Brian Fox 1,134 4.7%
Total Brian Fox 12,718 49.5%
Write-in 41 0.2%
Total votes 25,676 100.0%

Endorsements

Brian Fox

District 44

In the 44th district, incumbent Kalman Yeger won re-election unopposed.

Democratic primary

Kalman Yeger won the Democratic primary unopposed.

General election

Kalman Yeger won re-election unopposed .

General election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kalman Yeger (incumbent) 4,153 34.5%
Republican Kalman Yeger 6,678 55.5%
Conservative Kalman Yeger 924 7.6%
Total Kalman Yeger (incumbent) 12,021 97.7%
Write-in 266 2.2%
Total votes 12,287 100

Endorsements

Kalman Yeger

District 45

In the 45th district, incumbent Democrat Farah Louis won re-election.

Democratic primary

Results by Precinct

Democratic primary[130]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Farah Louis (incumbent) 14,544 75.4
Democratic Anthony Beckford 3,819 19.8
Democratic Cyril Joseph 818 4.2
Democratic Write-ins 116 0.6
Total votes 19,297 100

Endorsements

Anthony Beckford

Organizations

Newspapers and publications

District 46

In the 46th district, incumbent Democrat Alan Maisel was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Withdrawn

  • Osamede Inerhunwunwa
  • Stanley Scutt
  • Nicholas Sterlacci

Endorsements

Gardy Brazela

Federal officials

State officials

Local officials

Donald Cranston
Judy Newton

State officials

Local officials

Results

2021 New York City Council District 46 Democratic primary results[139]
Party Candidate Maximum
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Democratic Mercedes Narcisse 7 8,940 63.7%
Democratic Shirley Paul 7 5,094 36.3%
Democratic Gardy Brazela 6 3,668 23.4%
Democratic Donald Cranston 5 2,791 16.3%
Democratic Judy Newton 4 1,905 10.8%
Democratic R. Dimple Willabus 3 1,445 8.0%
Democratic Tiffany Pryor 2 550 3.0%
Democratic Zuri Jackson 2 428 2.3%
Write-in 1 58 0.3%

General election

2021 New York City Council District 46 general election[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mercedes Narcisse 15,914 62.8
Republican Donald Cranston 9,408 37.2
Write-in
Total votes 100

District 47

In the 47th district, incumbent Democrat Mark Treyger was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Withdrawn

  • Winton Tran

Endorsements

Steven Patzer

State officials

Individuals

Organizations

Results

2021 New York City Council District 47 Democratic primary results[150]
Party Candidate Maximum
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Democratic Ari Kagan 3 4,018 55.7%
Democratic Steven Patzer 3 3,194 44.3%
Democratic Joseph Packer 2 1,071 13.4%
Democratic Alec Brook-Krasny 2 759 9.5%
Write-in 1 39 0.5%

General election

2021 New York City Council District 47 general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ari Kagan 7,933 53.1
Republican Mark Szuszkiewicz 6,443 43.1
Conservative Mark Szuszkiewicz 532 3.6
Total Mark Szuszkiewicz 6,975 46.7
Write-in 25 0.2
Total votes 14,933 100

District 48

The 48th district was vacant. The incumbent was Democrat Chaim Deutsch, who was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term. In April 2021 he pleaded guilty to tax fraud, but through his lawyer announced his intentions to finish his term.[151] On April 27, following a plea agreement, Deutsch was deemed to have "violated his oath of office" and was removed from the council.[152][153] Inna Vernikov a former Democrat and former aide to New York State Assemblymember, Dov Hikind defeated Steve Saperstein after receiving nearly 64% of the vote. Her victory made her the first Republican to represent Brooklyn in the New York City Council since Marty Golden in 2002. Due to the vacancy she was sworn in on December 1, 2021.

Democratic primary

2021 New York City Council District 48 Democratic primary results[154]
Party Candidate Maximum
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Democratic Steven Saperstein 5 4,542 57.1%
Democratic Mariya Markh 5 3,416 42.9%
Democratic Amber L. Adler 4 2,004 23.2%
Democratic Binyomin Bendet 3 1,589 17.6%
Democratic Heshy Tischler 2 463 5.0%
Write-in 1 68 0.7%

Withdrawn

  • Adam Dweck
  • Boris Noble

Republican primary

General election

2021 New York City Council District 48 general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Inna Vernikov 12,963 61.3%
Democratic Steven Saperstein 8,038 38.2%
Write-in 38 0.01%
Total votes 21,039 100
Republican gain from Democratic

Endorsements

Local officials

State officials

Federal officials

Individuals

Rabbinical support

  • Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser[155]

Organizations

Amber Adler

Organizations

Binyomin Bendet

Newspapers and publications

Mariya Markh

State officials

Local officials

Organizations

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