New York City's 38th City Council district | |
|---|---|
.svg) Boundaries following the2020 census | |
| Government | |
| • Councilmember | .Alexa Avilés .D–Sunset Park |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 157,282 |
| Demographics | |
| • Hispanic | 44% |
| • Asian | 33% |
| • White | 17% |
| • Black | 5% |
| • Other | 2% |
| Registration | |
| • Democratic | 64.0% |
| • Republican | 8.1% |
| • No party preference | 25.3% |
| Registered voters (2021) 82,999[2] | |
New York City's 38th City Council district is one of 51 districts in theNew York City Council. It is currently represented byDemocratAlexa Avilés, who assumed office in 2022.[3]
District 38 is based largely inSunset Park alongBrooklyn's western shoreline, also coveringRed Hook,Greenwood Heights, and portions ofGowanus,Park Slope,Bay Ridge,Bensonhurst, andBath Beach.[4]Green-Wood Cemetery andSunset Park proper are also located within the district.
The district overlaps with BrooklynCommunity Boards6,7,10,11, and12, and with New York's10th and11th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the17th,22nd, and26th districts of theNew York State Senate, and with the44th,46th,47th,49th,51st, and52nd districts of theNew York State Assembly.[5]
District 38 is based largely inSunset Park alongBrooklyn's western shoreline, also coveringRed Hook,Greenwood Heights, and small parts ofWindsor Terrace,Dyker Heights, andBorough Park.[6]Green-Wood Cemetery andSunset Park proper are also located within the district.
The district overlaps with BrooklynCommunity Boards6,7,10,11, and12, and with New York's7th,9th, and10th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the17th,20th,21st,22nd,23rd, and25th districts of theNew York State Senate, and with the 44th, 48th, 49th, 51st, and 52nd districts of theNew York State Assembly.[7]
| Members | Party | Years served | Electoral history | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established January 1, 1992 | ||||
Joan G. McCabe (Park Slope) | Democratic | January 1, 1992 – December 31, 1997 | Elected in 1991. Re-elected in 1993. Retired. | |
Angel Rodriguez (Sunset Park) | Democratic | January 1, 1998 – August 28, 2002 | Elected in 1997. Re-elected in 2001. Resigned due to corruption charges. | |
| Vacant | August 28, 2002 – November 6, 2002 | |||
Sara M. Gonzalez (Sunset Park) | Democratic | November 6, 2002 – December 31, 2013 | Elected to finish Rodriguez's term. Re-elected in 2003. Re-elected in 2005. Re-elected in 2009. Lost renomination. | |
_(cropped).jpg) Carlos Menchaca (Red Hook) | Democratic | January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2021 | Elected in 2013. Re-elected in 2017. Retired to run forMayor of New York. | |
 Alexa Avilés (Sunset Park) | Democratic | January 1, 2022 – | Elected in 2021. Re-elected in 2023. Re-elected in 2025. | |
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Alexa Avilés (incumbent) | 10,236 | 71.5 | |
| Democratic | Ling Ye | 4,006 | 28.0 | |
| Write-in | 80 | 0.6 | ||
| Total votes | 14,322 | 100[10] | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Alexa Avilés | 15,588 | ||
| Working Families | Alexa Avilés | 5,260 | ||
| Total | Alexa Avilés (incumbent) | 20,848 | 73.5 | |
| Republican | Luis Quero | 6,666 | ||
| Conservative | Luis Quero | 841 | ||
| Total | Luis Quero | 7,507 | 26.5 | |
| Write-in | 17 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 28,372 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to theNew York City Charter, councilmembers elected during the2021 and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alexa Avilés | 4,363 | ||
| Working Families | Alexa Avilés | 1,548 | ||
| Total | Alexa Avilés (incumbent) | 5,911 | 66.3 | |
| Republican | Paul Rodriguez | 2,558 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Rodriguez | 381 | ||
| Total | Paul Rodriguez | 2,939 | 33.0 | |
| Write-in | 69 | 0.7 | ||
| Total votes | 8,919 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implementedranked-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.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votes Transfer votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | César Zuñiga | 3 | 1,154 | 9.7% | | |
| Democratic | Victor Swinton | 2 | 491 | 4.1% | | |
| Write-in | 1 | 33 | 0.3% | | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alexa Avilés | 9,228 | 80.4 | |
| Conservative | Erik Frankel | 1,943 | ||
| Libertarian | Erik Frankel | 266 | ||
| Total | Erik Frankel | 2,209 | 19.2 | |
| Write-in | 45 | 0.4 | ||
| Total votes | 11,482 | 100 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Carlos Menchaca (incumbent) | 4,176 | 48.5 | |
| Democratic | Félix Ortiz | 2,828 | 32.8 | |
| Democratic | Chris Miao | 775 | 9.0 | |
| Democratic | Sara Gonzalez | 524 | 6.1 | |
| Democratic | Delvis Valdes | 292 | 3.4 | |
| Write-in | 20 | 0.2 | ||
| Total votes | 8,615 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Carlos Menchaca | 8,541 | ||
| Working Families | Carlos Menchaca | 1,294 | ||
| Total | Carlos Menchaca (incumbent) | 9,835 | 82.3 | |
| Conservative | Allan Romaguera | 839 | 7.0 | |
| Green | Carmen Hulbert | 782 | 6.5 | |
| Reform | Delvis Valdes | 460 | 3.8 | |
| Write-in | 39 | 0.4 | ||
| Total votes | 11,955 | 100 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Carlos Menchaca | 4,306 | 58.8 | |
| Democratic | Sara Gonzalez (incumbent) | 3,017 | 41.2 | |
| Write-in | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 7,326 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Carlos Menchaca | 8,265 | ||
| Working Families | Carlos Menchaca | 1,121 | ||
| Total | Carlos Menchaca | 9,386 | 90.2 | |
| Conservative | Henry Lallave | 1,002 | 9.6 | |
| Write-in | 18 | 0.2 | ||
| Total votes | 10,406 | 100 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
