# New York City's 48th City Council district

New York City's 48th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Republican Inna Vernikov since December 2021.

## Geography

District 48 covers a series of neighborhoods – many of them with large Orthodox Jewish populations – in southern Brooklyn, including Brighton Beach, Homecrest, Manhattan Beach, parts of Midwood and Sheepshead Bay, and a small section of Coney Island.
The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 13, 14, and 15, and with New York's 8th, 9th, and 11th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 17th, 19th, 22nd, and 23rd districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 41st, 42nd, 45th, 46th, and 48th districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Members representing the district

| Members | Party | Years served | Electoral history |
| District established January 1, 1992 ||||
| Anthony Weiner (Park Slope) | Democratic | January 1, 1992 – December 31, 1998 | Elected in 1991. Re-elected in 1993. Re-elected in 1997. Resigned when elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| Vacant | Vacant | December 31, 1998 – February 17, 1999 | |
| Michael C. Nelson (Sheepshead Bay) | Democratic | February 17, 1999 – December 31, 2013 | Elected to finish Weiner's term. Re-elected in 1999. Re-elected in 2001. Re-elected in 2003. Re-elected in 2005. Re-elected in 2009. Termed out. |
| Chaim Deutsch (Brighton Beach) | Democratic | January 1, 2014 – April 27, 2021 | Elected in 2013. Re-elected in 2017. Expelled due to tax fraud guilty plea. |
| Vacant | Vacant | April 27, 2021 – December 1, 2021 | |
| Inna Vernikov (Sheepshead Bay) | Republican | December 1, 2021 – | Elected to finish Deutsch's term. Re-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 48 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Inna Vernikov (incumbent) | 1,730 | 70.6 |
| | Republican | Igor Kazatsker | 707 | 24.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 15 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,452 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Inna Vernikov | 7,416 | |
| | Conservative | Inna Vernikov | 820 | |
| | Total | Inna Vernikov (incumbent) | 8,236 | 66.8 |
| | Democratic | Amber Adler | 2,906 | |
| | We The People | Amber Adler | 123 | |
| | Total | Amber Adler | 3,029 | 24.6 |
| | Team Trump | Igor Kazatsker | 1,002 | 8.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 67 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,334 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican 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 48 Democratic primary :
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| Democratic | Steven Saperstein | 5 | 4,542 | 57.1% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Mariya Markh | 5 | 3,416 | 42.9% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Amber Adler | 4 | 2,004 | 23.2% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Binyomin Bendet | 3 | 1,589 | 17.6% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Heshy Tischler | 2 | 463 | 5.0% | ​​ |
| Write-in | | 1 | 68 | 0.7% | ​​ |
2021 New York City Council election, District 48 general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Inna Vernikov | 12,190 | |
| | Conservative | Inna Vernikov | 773 | |
| | Total | Inna Vernikov | 12,963 | 61.5 |
| | Democratic | Steven Saperstein | 8,038 | 38.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 51 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,052 | 100 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 48 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Chaim Deutsch (incumbent) | 3,759 | 80.8 |
| | Democratic | Marat Filler | 870 | 18.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 21 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,650 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Chaim Deutsch (incumbent) | 10,461 | 61.5 |
| | Republican | Steve Saperstein | 5,519 | |
| | Conservative | Steve Saperstein | 751 | |
| | Reform | Steve Saperstein | 239 | |
| | Total | Steve Saperstein | 6,509 | 38.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 46 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 17,016 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 48 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Chaim Deutsch | 3,317 | 34.8 |
| | Democratic | Ari Kagan | 2,912 | 30.5 |
| | Democratic | Theresa Scavo | 1,735 | 18.2 |
| | Democratic | Igor Oberman | 1,338 | 14.0 |
| | Democratic | Natraj Bhushan | 240 | 2.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,542 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Chaim Deutsch | 10,169 | 49.6 |
| | Republican | David Storobin | 6,388 | |
| | Conservative | David Storobin | 976 | |
| | Independence | David Storobin | 294 | |
| | Total | David Storobin | 7,608 | 37.1 |
| | Write-in | Gregory Davidzon | 1,424 | 6.9 |
| | Working Families | Igor Oberman | 913 | 4.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 247 | 1.2 |
| | ForwardBrooklyn | Andrew Lotovsky | 147 | 0.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,508 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |