New York City's 19th City Council district

New York City's 19th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Paul Vallone since 2014.[3] Vallone was term-limited in 2021, and his likely successor was thought to be Democrat Tony Avella. However, in an upset, Republican Vickie Paladino led Avella on election night by 7 percentage points, with absentees yet to count, and has declared victory in the race.[4][5]

New York City's 19th City Council district
Councilmember                      Paul Vallone (D—Flushing)


Population (2010)                 155,237[1]
Registered voters (2021)     100,032[2]

Demographics                      53% White
                                               28% Asian
                                               15% Hispanic
                                               2% Black
                                               2% Other

Registration                          49.9% Democratic
                                               20.3% Republican
                                               25.9% No party preference

Geography

District 19 covers neighborhoods along the shoreline of far eastern Queens, including Auburndale, College Point, Whitestone, Bay Terrace, Beechhurst, and parts of Flushing, Bayside, and Douglaston–Little Neck.[6]

The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 7 and 11, and with New York's 3rd, 6th, and 14th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 11th and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 40th districts of the New York State Assembly.[7]

Recent election results

2021

In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-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]

2021 New York City Council election, District 19 Democratic primary[9]
Party Candidate Maximum
round		 Maximum
votes		 Share in
maximum
round		 Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Tony Avella 4 6,429 54.7%
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Democratic Richard Lee 4 5,317 45.3%
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Democratic Austin Shafran 3 2,939 23.2%
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Democratic Adriana Aviles 2 1,058 8.1%
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Democratic Frank Spangenberg 2 378 2.9%
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Democratic Nabaraj KC 2 186 1.4%
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2021 New York City Council election, District 19 Republican primary, Conservative primary & general election[10][11][12]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vickie Paladino 1,765 51.6
Republican John-Alexander Sakelos 1,608 47.0
Total votes 3,420 100
Conservative John-Alexander Sakelos 107 59.2
Conservative Dawn Anatra 10 36.2
Total votes 121 100
General election
Republican Vickie Paladino 12,325 45.4
Independent Vickie Paladino 465 1.8
Total Vickie Paladino 12,790 47.1
Democratic Tony Avella 12,400 45.7
Conservative John-Alexander Sakelos 1,641 6.0
Save Our City John-Alexander Sakelos 216 0.8
Total John-Alexander Sakelos 1,857 6.8
Total votes 27,118 100
Republican gain from Democratic

2017
2017 New York City Council election, District 19[13][14]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Vallone (incumbent) 3,192 55.1
Democratic Paul Graziano 2,596 44.8
Total votes 5,798 100
General election
Democratic Paul Vallone (incumbent) 14,989 57.8
Republican Konstantinos Poulidis 6,347 24.5
Reform Paul Graziano 4,555 17.6
Total votes 25,911 100
Democratic hold

2013
2013 New York City Council election, District 19[15][16]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Vallone 2,922 31.2
Democratic Austin Shafran 2,728 29.1
Democratic Paul Graziano 1,602 17.1
Democratic John Duane 1,164 12.4
Democratic Chrissy Voskerichian 963 10.3
Total votes 9,379 100
General election
Democratic Paul Vallone 13,362 57.1
Republican Dennis Saffran 9,965 42.6
Total votes 23,384 100
Democratic gain from Republican

References
  1. "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  2. "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  3. "District 19 - Paul Vallone". New York City Council. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  4. Durkin, Erin [@erinmdurkin] (November 3, 2021). "While the race has not been called, Republican Vickie Paladino now leads Dem Tony Avella 50% to 43% in Queens. (She declared victory, he has not conceded). Brian Fox leads Dem incumbent Justin Brannan by 255 votes (absentees outstanding)" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. Vickie for City Council [@VickieforNYC] (November 3, 2021). "We won. I want to thank everyone involved with this campaign and everyone in this community for their tireless support throughout the past year. We fought hard for every single vote and we emerged victorious in the end. I am honored to be your Councilwoman-elect. t.co/ZjM2apT6yL" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  7. "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  8. Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  9. "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  10. "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, REP Council Member 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  11. "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, CON Council Member 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  12. "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  13. "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  14. "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  15. "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  16. "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 19th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
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