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

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

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz (photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Governor's Office)

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, a first-term Democrat, is running for reelection this year and is facing a challenge from two candidates in the June 27 Democratic primary. Katz eked out a victory in the Democratic primary in 2019 and went on to overwhelmingly win the general election, giving Queens a new district attorney for the first time in almost 30 years as she succeeded the late District Attorney Richard Brown.

Katz says she has been a “steady hand during very turbulent times,” shepherding the

Challenger Tess Cohen, left, and Bronx DA Darcel Clark

As she runs for a third term as the county’s top prosecutor this year, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark is facing a Democratic primary challenge from Tess Cohen, a prosecutor-turned-criminal defense and civil rights attorney.

Cohen is challenging Clark from the left, saying that the current DA has been “overly carceral” and promising to pursue policies that will reduce mass incarceration, expand restorative justice programs, and address root causes of crime through treatment and intervention, while focusing on solving violent crimes like murders

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