# New York City's 41st City Council district

New York City's 41st City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Darlene Mealy since 2022, succeeding fellow Democrat Alicka Ampry-Samuel; Mealy defeated Ampry-Samuel in the 2021 Democratic primary.

## Geography

District 41 covers a series of predominantly Black neighborhoods in central and eastern Brooklyn, including parts of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East Flatbush, Crown Heights, and Ocean Hill.
The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 3, 8, 9, 16, and 17, and with New York's 8th and 9th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 25th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 43rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, and 58th districts of the New York State Assembly.
As of the 2010 Census, the district was over 80 percent Black, making it the district with the largest Black population in the city. Correspondingly, every councilmember to represent the district since its creation has been Black.
| Members | Party | Years served | Electoral history |
| District established January 1, 1992 ||||
| Enoch H. Williams (Brownsville) | Democratic | January 1, 1992 – December 31, 1997 | Redistricted from the 26th district and re-elected in 1991. Re-elected in 1993. Retired. |
| Tracy L. Boyland (Brownsville) | Democratic | January 1, 1998 – December 31, 2005 | Elected in 1997. Re-elected in 2001. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives. |
| Darlene Mealy (Bedford-Stuyvesant) | Democratic | January 1, 2006 – December 31, 2017 | Elected in 2005. Re-elected in 2009. Re-elected in 2013. Termed out. |
| Alicka Ampry-Samuel (Brownsville) | Democratic | January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2021 | Elected in 2017. Lost renomination. |
| Darlene Mealy (Bedford-Stuyvesant) | Democratic | January 1, 2022 – | Elected in 2021. Re-elected in 2023. |

## 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 41 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Darlene Mealy (incumbent) | 2,806 | 61.4 |
| | Democratic | Iris McIntosh Green | 1,346 | 29.5 |
| | Democratic | Reginald Bowman | 234 | 5.1 |
| | Democratic | Joyce Shearin | 162 | 3.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 22 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,570 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Darlene Mealy (incumbent) | 6,134 | 97.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 155 | 2.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,289 | 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 41 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Darlene Mealy | 8,849 | 57.3 |
| | Democratic | Alicka Ampry-Samuel (incumbent) | 6,507 | 42.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 91 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,447 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Darlene Mealy | 15,911 | 95.5 |
| | Green | Scott Hutchins | 694 | 4.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 51 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 16,656 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 41 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Alicka Ampry-Samuel | 3,385 | 31.2 |
| | Democratic | Henry Butler | 2,389 | 22.0 |
| | Democratic | Cory Provost | 1,214 | 11.2 |
| | Democratic | Moreen King | 922 | 8.5 |
| | Democratic | Deidre Olivera | 879 | 8.1 |
| | Democratic | Royston Antoine | 620 | 5.7 |
| | Democratic | Victor Jordan | 572 | 5.3 |
| | Democratic | David Miller | 527 | 4.9 |
| | Democratic | Leopold Cox | 313 | 2.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 17 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,838 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Alicka Ampry-Samuel | 17,520 | |
| | Working Families | Alicka Ampry-Samuel | 683 | |
| | Total | Alicka Ampry-Samuel | 18,203 | 95.5 |
| | Republican | Berneda Jackson | 469 | |
| | Conservative | Berneda Jackson | 138 | |
| | Total | Berneda Jackson | 607 | 3.2 |
| | Solutions | Christopher Carew | 227 | 1.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 24 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,061 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 41 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Darlene Mealy (incumbent) | 7,607 | 66.3 |
| | Democratic | Kathleen Daniel | 2,284 | 19.9 |
| | Democratic | Stanley Kinard | 1,575 | 13.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,469 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Darlene Mealy | 17,165 | |
| | Working Families | Darlene Mealy | 413 | |
| | Total | Darlene Mealy (incumbent) | 17,578 | 97.3 |
| | Independence | Bilal Malik | 474 | 2.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 12 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 18,064 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |