# New York City's 36th City Council district

New York City's 36th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is represented by Democrat Chi Ossé.

## Geography

District 36 is based largely in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford–Stuyvesant, also covering some of northern Crown Heights.
The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 2, 3, and 8, and with New York's 7th, 8th, and 9th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 18th, 20th, and 25th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 43rd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, and 57th districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Members representing the district

| Members | Party | Years served | Electoral history |
| District established January 1, 1992 ||||
| Annette Robinson (Bedford–Stuyvesant) | Democratic | January 1, 1992 – December 31, 2001 | Elected in 1991. Re-elected in 1993. Re-elected in 1997. Termed out and ran for New York State Assembly. |
| Albert Vann (Bedford–Stuyvesant) | Democratic | January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2013 | Elected in 2001. Re-elected in 2003. Re-elected in 2005. Re-elected in 2009. Termed out. |
| Robert Cornegy (Bedford–Stuyvesant) | Democratic | January 1, 2014 – January 1, 2022 | Elected in 2013. Re-elected in 2017. Termed out and ran for Brooklyn Borough President. |
| Chi Ossé (Crown Heights) | 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 36 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Chi Ossé | 7,132 | |
| | Working Families | Chi Ossé | 2,603 | |
| | Total | Chi Ossé (incumbent) | 9,735 | 98.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 123 | 1.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,858 | 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 36 Democratic primary :
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| Democratic | Chi Ossé | 4 | 11,149 | 57.0% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Henry Butler | 4 | 8,402 | 43.0% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Tahirah Moore | 3 | 6,196 | 28.6% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Robert Waterman | 2 | 3,281 | 14.1% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Reginald Swiney | 2 | 628 | 2.7% | ​​ |
| Write-in | | 1 | 86 | 0.4% | ​​ |
2021 New York City Council election, District 36 general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Chi Ossé | 18,999 | 99.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 125 | 0.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,124 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 36 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Robert Cornegy (incumbent) | 21,300 | 99.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 195 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,495 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 36 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Robert Cornegy | 4,370 | 30.3 |
| | Democratic | Kirsten John Foy | 4,302 | 29.9 |
| | Democratic | Robert Waterman | 3,149 | 21.9 |
| | Democratic | Conrad Tillard | 1,912 | 13.3 |
| | Democratic | Reginald Swiney | 674 | 4.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 6 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,413 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Robert Cornegy | 17,334 | 87.3 |
| | Working Families | Kirsten John Foy | 2,020 | 10.2 |
| | Republican | Veronica Thompson | 498 | 2.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 10 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,862 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |