At the polls (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)

Initial New York City primary election results are in for City Council, District Attorney, and other races on the ballot in this off-year, low-turnout election.

Among the top headlines of the primary are the apparent wins by Yusef Salaam in the open Democratic primary for Harlem's 9th City Council District and Susan Zhuang in the open Democratic primary for the new 43rd City Council District in South Brooklyn; and the lead by challenger Chris Banks in

(l-r) Al Taylor, Inez Dickens, Yusef Salaam

New York City voters are now heading to the polls in this month’s City Council primary elections, where dozens of districts are home to intraparty contests that will determine nominees for the fall general election. All 51 Council seats are on the ballot this year, though not every district has a primary race, after the decennial Census and subsequent redistricting.

One of the most hotly contested primary races is in Harlem’s 9th Council District, where three prominent Democratic candidates are vying to replace City Council Member Kristin Richardson

Susan Zhuang, Wai Yee Chan, Stanley Ng, Vito LaBella, Ying Tan (l-r)

Three Democrats and two Republican candidates are vying for their respective party nominations in this month’s primary election for the newly redrawn City Council District 43 in Southern Brooklyn.

The district was created last year during the redistricting process following the decennial Census to reflect population shifts, and in this case to give the Asian-American community a chance of greater, more proportionate

Time to head to the polls (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayor's Office)

Early voting begins this Saturday, June 17, for this year’s New York City Council primary elections, an unusual set of contests mandated by a quirk in the City Charter that requires the full Council to be on the ballot following a decennial redistricting based on the Census. Early voting for the primaries runs through June 25, while primary day is June 27, and absentee balloting is ongoing.

In the two years since the current class of Council members was seated,

City Council Member Christopher Marte (photo: William Alatriste/NYC Council Media Unit)

Four Democratic candidates, including the incumbent, are running in the City Council District 1 primary election this year, set to culminate on June 27. One Republican contender has declared for the race as well, at this point ready to await the Democratic primary winner for the general election to follow in what is a heavily Democratic Lower Manhattan district.

All 51 City Council seats are on the ballot again this year, just two years after the prior election due to the decennial redistricting cycle after the

A community event in Sunset Park (photo: John McCarten/City Council)

The decennial redistricting process in New York created a new “Asian opportunity” City Council district in Brooklyn, and three candidates have declared their intentions to run for the seat in the fast-approaching June primary.

Asian Americans were the fastest growing population in New York City between 2010 and 2020, according to the U.S. Census, accounting for more than half of the increase in the city’s population. South Brooklyn is home to one of the

Tony Avella at City Hall (photo: NY City Council)

The 2023 City Council election is kicking off, as the New York City Campaign Finance Board approved its first public funds payment to a single campaign on Thursday and announced a series of completed campaign audits from the previous election cycle.

The upcoming elections are taking place just two years after all 51 City Council seats were on the ballot in 2021 because of the decennial redistricting process. Based on the 2020 Census, City Council districts were redrawn to