# New York City's 11th City Council district

New York City's 11th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Eric Dinowitz since a 2021 special election to succeed fellow Democrat Andrew Cohen.

## Geography

District 11 is based in the far northwest corner of the Bronx, covering all of Riverdale, Norwood, Van Cortlandt Village, and Woodlawn, and parts of Wakefield, Bedford Park, and Kingsbridge. Van Cortlandt Park, the city's third-largest park, is located within the district.
The district overlaps with Bronx Community Boards 7, 8, and 12, and with New York's 13th and 16th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 33rd and 36th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 78th, 80th, 81st, and 83rd 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 11 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Eric Dinowitz (incumbent) | 9,594 | 83.7 |
| | Republican | Robert Caemmerer | 1,335 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Caemmerer | 307 | |
| | Total | Robert Caemmerer | 1,642 | 14.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 223 | 2.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,459 | 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 11 Democratic primary :
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| Democratic | Eric Dinowitz (incumbent) | 6 | 9,491 | 61.3% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Mino Lora | 6 | 5,994 | 38.7% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Abigail Martin | 5 | 3,005 | 18.4% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Dan Padernacht | 3 | 1,102 | 6.6% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Jessica Haller | 3 | 1,059 | 6.3% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Marcos Sierra | 2 | 356 | 2.1% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Carlton Berkley | 2 | 314 | 1.8% | ​​ |
| Write-in | | 1 | 36 | 0.2% | ​​ |
2021 New York City Council election, District 11 general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Eric Dinowitz (incumbent) | 15,416 | 80.3 |
| | Republican | Kevin Pazmino | 2,983 | |
| | Conservative | Kevin Pazmino | 574 | |
| | Total | Kevin Pazmino | 3,557 | 18.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 213 | 1.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,186 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2021 special

In December 2020, Councilmember Andrew Cohen resigned from his seat in order to assume his new position as a justice of the Bronx Supreme Court, triggering a special election. The election, which was won by Eric Dinowitz, was among the first in the city to use ranked-choice voting. Like all municipal special elections in New York City, the race was officially nonpartisan, with all candidates running on ballot lines of their own creation.
2021 New York City Council special election, District 11 :
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| Nonpartisan | Eric Dinowitz | 6 | 5,579 | 63.6% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Mino Lora | 6 | 3,188 | 36.4% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Jessica Haller | 5 | 1,682 | 18.7% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Dan Padernacht | 4 | 1,204 | 12.9% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Kevin Pazmino | 3 | 200 | 2.1% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Carlton Berkley | 2 | 172 | 1.8% | ​​ |
| Write-in | | 1 | 24 | 0.3% | ​​ |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 11 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Andrew Cohen | 16,783 | |
| | Working Families | Andrew Cohen | 1,477 | |
| | Total | Andrew Cohen (incumbent) | 18,260 | 84.6 |
| | Republican | Judah Powers | 2,321 | |
| | Conservative | Judah Powers | 594 | |
| | Total | Judah Powers | 2,915 | 13.5 |
| | Animal Rights | Roxanne Delgado | 337 | 1.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 61 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,573 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 11 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Andrew Cohen | 8,039 | 68.4 |
| | Democratic | Clifford Stanton | 3,711 | 31.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,751 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Andrew Cohen | 14,715 | |
| | Working Families | Andrew Cohen | 949 | |
| | Total | Andrew Cohen | 15,664 | 79.6 |
| | Republican | Patricia Brink | 2,379 | 12.1 |
| | School Choice | Cheryl Keeling | 552 | 2.8 |
| | Conservative | William Kalaidjian | 542 | 2.8 |
| | Green | John Reynolds | 508 | 2.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 22 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,667 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |