# New York City's 7th City Council district

New York City's 7th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Shaun Abreu, who took office in 2022.

## Geography

District 7 covers a series of small neighborhoods in upper Manhattan, including Hamilton Heights, Morningside Heights, Manhattanville, Manhattan Valley, and parts of Washington Heights and the Upper West Side. Columbia University, Riverside Church, Grant's Tomb, Morningside Park, and the northern half of Riverside Park are all located within the district.
The district overlaps with Manhattan Community Boards 7, 9, and 12 and with New York's 10th and 13th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 30th and 31st districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 69th, 70th, and 71st 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 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Shaun Abreu (incumbent) | 13,061 | 97.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 354 | 2.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,415 | 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.
2021 New York City Council election, District 7 Democratic primary :
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| Democratic | Shaun Abreu | 13 | 10,491 | 63.0% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Maria Ordoñez | 13 | 6,165 | 37.0% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Stacy Lynch | 12 | 4,180 | 22.7% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Dan Cohen | 10 | 3,393 | 17.4% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Marti Allen-Cummings | 9 | 2,973 | 14.7% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Luis Tejada | 8 | 2,605 | 12.0% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Keith Harris | 7 | 1,375 | 6.2% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Corey Ortega | 6 | 1,283 | 5.7% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Miguel Estrella | 5 | 860 | 3.8% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Carmen Quiñones | 4 | 818 | 3.6% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Ray Sanchez | 3 | 502 | 2.2% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Lena Melendez | 2 | 392 | 1.7% | ​​ |
| Write-in | | 1 | 73 | 0.3% | ​​ |
2021 New York City Council election, District 7 general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Shaun Abreu | 20,206 | 88.8 |
| | Black Women Lead | Carmen Quiñones | 1,646 | 7.2 |
| | Black Lives Matter | Jomo Williams | 747 | 3.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 130 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 22,729 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 7 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Mark Levine (incumbent) | 9,286 | 74.1 |
| | Democratic | Thomas Lopez-Pierre | 3,179 | 25.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 71 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,536 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Mark Levine | 20,364 | |
| | Working Families | Mark Levine | 1,931 | |
| | Total | Mark Levine (incumbent) | 22,295 | 94.8 |
| | Green | Florindo Troncelliti | 1,148 | 4.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 73 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 23,516 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 7 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Mark Levine | 7,454 | 41.4 |
| | Democratic | Joyce Johnson | 3,108 | 17.3 |
| | Democratic | Luis Tejada | 2,561 | 14.2 |
| | Democratic | Miguel Lantigua | 1,354 | 7.5 |
| | Democratic | Alicia Barksdale | 821 | 4.6 |
| | Democratic | David Sasscer-Burgos | 679 | 3.8 |
| | Democratic | Zead Ramadan | 657 | 3.6 |
| | Democratic | Mark Otto | 619 | 3.4 |
| | Democratic | Rubén Dario Vargas | 523 | 2.9 |
| | Democratic | Brodie Enoch | 231 | 1.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 18,010 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Mark Levine | 18,105 | |
| | Working Families | Mark Levine | 1,168 | |
| | Total | Mark Levine | 19,273 | 87.5 |
| | Green | Christina Gonzalez | 1,700 | 7.7 |
| | Write-in | Luis Tejada | 960 | 4.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 101 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 22,034 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |