# New York City's 8th City Council district

New York City's 8th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Diana Ayala since 2018, succeeding fellow Democrat and former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

## Geography

District 8 covers several majority-Hispanic neighborhoods in northern Manhattan and the South Bronx, including Mott Haven, Port Morris, most of East Harlem, and parts of Highbridge, Concourse, and Longwood. Randalls and Wards Islands are also a part of the district.
The district overlaps with Manhattan Community Board 11 and Bronx Community Boards 1, 2, and 4, and with New York's 12th, 13th, and 15th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 29th, 30th, and 32nd districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 68th, 77th, 84th, and 85th districts of the New York State Assembly.
The district is one of three in the City Council to span two different boroughs, the others being the 34th district in Brooklyn and Queens and the 50th district in Brooklyn and Staten Island. Although the 8th district's population is split evenly across Manhattan and the Bronx, its five most recent councilmembers have all hailed from Manhattan.

## 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 8 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Diana Ayala (incumbent) | 5,571 | 87.3 |
| | Republican | Exodus Gary | 741 | 11.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 68 | 1.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,380 | 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 8 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Diana Ayala (incumbent) | 6,621 | 56.5 |
| | Democratic | Tamika Mapp | 3,391 | 28.9 |
| | Democratic | Antoinette Glover | 1,077 | 9.2 |
| | Democratic | Manuel Onativia | 512 | 4.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 121 | 1.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,722 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Diana Ayala (incumbent) | 12,007 | 98.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 142 | 1.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,149 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 8 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Diana Ayala | 4,012 | 43.5 |
| | Democratic | Robert Rodriguez | 3,895 | 42.2 |
| | Democratic | Tamika Mapp | 902 | 9.8 |
| | Democratic | Israel Martinez | 393 | 4.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 21 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,223 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Diana Ayala | 13,541 | |
| | Working Families | Diana Ayala | 800 | |
| | Total | Diana Ayala | 14,341 | 90.9 |
| | Republican | Daby Carreras | 738 | |
| | Reform | Daby Carreras | 61 | |
| | Stop De Blasio | Daby Carreras | 31 | |
| | No Rezoning 4 Ever | Daby Carreras | 16 | |
| | Total | Daby Carreras | 846 | 5.4 |
| | Conservative | Linda Ortiz | 531 | 3.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 59 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,777 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 8 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Melissa Mark-Viverito (incumbent) | 3,768 | 35.7 |
| | Democratic | Ralina Cardona | 1,899 | 18.0 |
| | Democratic | Edward Santos | 1,710 | 16.2 |
| | Democratic | Tamika Humphreys | 1,215 | 11.5 |
| | Democratic | Gwen Goodwin | 986 | 9.3 |
| | Democratic | Sean Gardner | 986 | 9.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,567 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Melissa Mark-Viverito | 13,854 | |
| | Working Families | Melissa Mark-Viverito | 442 | |
| | Total | Melissa Mark-Viverito (incumbent) | 14,296 | 93.8 |
| | Republican | Ralina Cardona | 793 | 5.2 |
| | Libertarian | Christopher Giattino | 131 | 0.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 24 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,244 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |