New York City's 15th City Council district | |
|---|---|
.svg) Boundaries following the2020 census | |
| Government | |
| • Councilmember | Oswald Feliz (D—Fordham) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 167,995 |
| Demographics | |
| • Hispanic | 66% |
| • Black | 25% |
| • White | 5% |
| • Asian | 2% |
| • Other | 2% |
| Registration | |
| • Democratic | 75.2% |
| • Republican | 4.8% |
| • No party preference | 17.2% |
| Registered voters (2021) 93,211[2] | |
New York City's 15th City Council district is one of 51 districts in theNew York City Council. It has been represented byDemocratOswald Feliz since a 2021 special election to succeed fellow DemocratRitchie Torres.[3]
District 15 covers neighborhoods in the geographical center ofthe Bronx, including some or all ofBelmont,Tremont,Fordham,Bedford Park,Williamsbridge,East Tremont,Van Nest,Allerton, andWest Farms.[4]Bronx Park, which contains both theBronx Zoo and theNew York Botanical Garden, is located within the district.
The district overlaps with BronxCommunity Boards3,4,5,6,7,9,11, and12, and with New York's13th,14th,15th, and16th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the32nd,33rd,34th, and36th districts of theNew York State Senate, and with the 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 86th, and 87th districts of theNew York State Assembly.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Oswald Feliz (incumbent) | |||
| Republican | Aramis Ocasio | |||
| Conservative | Gary Lutz | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | ||||
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.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Oswald Feliz (incumbent) | 3,215 | 79.9 | |
| Republican | Erica Elias | 504 | 12.5 | |
| Conservative | Jose Padilla Jr. | 275 | 6.8 | |
| Write-in | 32 | 0.8 | ||
| Total votes | 4,026 | 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.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votes Transfer votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Oswald Feliz (incumbent) | 7 | 4,348 | 65.2% | | |
| Democratic | Ischia Bravo | 7 | 2,325 | 34.8% | | |
| Democratic | Bernadette Ferrara | 6 | 1,421 | 19.6% | | |
| Democratic | John Sanchez | 4 | 1,195 | 15.6% | | |
| Democratic | Troy Blackwell | 3 | 902 | 11.3% | | |
| Democratic | Kenny Agosto | 2 | 194 | 2.4% | | |
| Democratic | Latchmi Devi Gopal | 2 | 194 | 2.4% | | |
| Democratic | Lilithe Lozano | 2 | 166 | 2.0% | | |
| Write-in | 1 | 31 | 0.4% | | ||
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votes Transfer votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ariel Rivera-Diaz | 2 | 80 | 53.7% | | |
| Republican | Aramis Ocasio | 2 | 69 | 46.3% | | |
| Write-in | 1 | 15 | 9.4% | | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Oswald Feliz (incumbent) | 7,224 | 84.1 | |
| Republican | Ariel Rivera-Diaz | 1,097 | ||
| Conservative | Ariel Rivera-Diaz | 243 | ||
| Total | Ariel Rivera-Diaz | 1,340 | 15.7 | |
| Write-in | 21 | 0.2 | ||
| Total votes | 8,585 | 100 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
InNovember 2020, CouncilmemberRitchie Torres was elected to representNew York's 15th congressional district, triggering a special election for his Council seat. Like all municipal special elections in New York City, the race was officially nonpartisan, with all candidates running on ballot lines of their own creation.
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votes Transfer votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Oswald Feliz | 10 | 1,766 | 56.5% | | |
| Nonpartisan | Ischia Bravo | 10 | 1,362 | 43.5% | | |
| Nonpartisan | John Sanchez | 9 | 1,062 | 30.4% | | |
| Nonpartisan | Elisa Crespo | 8 | 712 | 19.5% | | |
| Nonpartisan | Latchmi Devi Gopal | 7 | 184 | 5.0% | | |
| Nonpartisan | Kenny Agosto | 6 | 113 | 3.0% | | |
| Nonpartisan | Altagracia Soldevilla | 5 | 107 | 2.8% | | |
| Nonpartisan | Bernadette Ferrara | 4 | 89 | 2.3% | | |
| Nonpartisan | José Padilla | 3 | 78 | 2.0% | | |
| Nonpartisan | Ariel Rivera-Diaz | 2 | 45 | 1.2% | | |
| Write-in | 1 | 12 | 0.3% | | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ritchie Torres | 9,355 | ||
| Working Families | Ritchie Torres | 477 | ||
| Total | Ritchie Torres (incumbent) | 9,832 | 93.6 | |
| Republican | Jayson Cancel | 521 | ||
| Conservative | Jayson Cancel | 138 | ||
| Total | Jayson Cancel | 659 | 6.3 | |
| Write-in | 18 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 10,509 | 100 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Ritchie Torres | 2,771 | 36.1 | |
| Democratic | Joel Rivera[16] | 1,641 | 21.4 | |
| Democratic | Cynthia Tompkins | 1,609 | 21.0 | |
| Democratic | Albert Alvarez | 690 | 9.0 | |
| Democratic | Raquel Batista | 569 | 7.4 | |
| Democratic | Joel Bauza | 392 | 5.1 | |
| Write-in | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 7,675 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Ritchie Torres | 9,341 | ||
| Working Families | Ritchie Torres | 262 | ||
| Total | Ritchie Torres | 9,603 | 91.1 | |
| Republican | Joel Rivera | 758 | 7.2 | |
| Conservative | Joel Bauza | 154 | 1.5 | |
| Write-in | 21 | 0.2 | ||
| Total votes | 10,536 | 100 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
