# New York City's 16th City Council district

New York City's 16th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Althea Stevens, who took office in 2022.

## Geography

District 16 covers a series of neighborhoods in the South Bronx, including parts of Concourse, Morrisania, Highbridge, Morris Heights, and Tremont. Yankee Stadium is located within the district.
The district overlaps with Bronx Community Boards 3, 4, and 5, and is contained almost entirely within New York's 15th congressional district, with a small extension into the 13th district. It also overlaps with the 29th, 32nd, and 33rd districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 77th, 79th, 84th, and 86th districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Recent election results
### 2023 (redistricting)

Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to the New York City Charter, councilmembers elected during the 2021 and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections.
2023 New York City Council election, District 16 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Althea Stevens (incumbent) | 4,384 | 85.4 |
| | Republican | Tanya Carmichael | 702 | 13.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 50 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,136 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 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. Results below are unofficial, and absentee ballots currently remain uncounted.
2021 New York City Council election, District 16 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Althea Stevens | 5,125 | 50.7 |
| | Democratic | Ahmadou Diallo | 2,075 | 20.5 |
| | Democratic | Abdourahamane Diallo | 2,046 | 20.2 |
| | Democratic | Yves Filius | 795 | 7.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 71 | 0.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,112 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Althea Stevens | 10,002 | 90.7 |
| | Republican | Kajara Boyd | 1,011 | 9.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 17 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,030 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 16 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Vanessa Gibson | 12,898 | |
| | Working Families | Vanessa Gibson | 494 | |
| | Total | Vanessa Gibson (incumbent) | 13,392 | 96.2 |
| | Republican | Benjamin Eggleston | 413 | |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Eggleston | 91 | |
| | Total | Benjamin Eggleston | 504 | 3.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 31 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,927 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 16 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Vanessa Gibson | 4,561 | 44.1 |
| | Democratic | Pedro Alvarez | 1,732 | 16.8 |
| | Democratic | Carlos Sierra | 1,483 | 14.4 |
| | Democratic | Daryl Johnson | 795 | 7.7 |
| | Democratic | Naaimat Muhammed | 677 | 6.6 |
| | Democratic | Carlton Berkley | 606 | 5.9 |
| | Democratic | Bola Omotosho | 477 | 4.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,332 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Vanessa Gibson | 12,514 | 91.1 |
| | Independence | Carlos Sierra | 595 | 4.3 |
| | Jobs & Education | Walter Newsome | 389 | 2.8 |
| | Republican | Benjamin Eggleston | 188 | |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Eggleston | 55 | |
| | Total | Benjamin Eggleston | 243 | 1.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 2 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,743 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |