# New York City's 14th City Council district

New York City's 14th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Pierina Sanchez, who took office in 2022.

## Geography

District 14 covers a stretch of the West Bronx along the Harlem River, including the neighborhoods of University Heights, Fordham, Morris Heights, and Kingsbridge.
The district overlaps with Bronx Community Boards 4, 5, 7 and 8, and with New York's 13th and 15th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 29th and 33rd districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 77th, 78th, 81st, and 86th 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 14 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Pierina Sanchez (incumbent) | 2,452 | 76.2 |
| | Democratic | Rachel Miller-Bradshaw | 748 | 23.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 17 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,217 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Pierina Sanchez | 3,674 | |
| | Working Families | Pierina Sanchez | 286 | |
| | Total | Pierina Sanchez (incumbent) | 3,960 | 88.2 |
| | Republican | Amelia Rose | 490 | 10.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 42 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,492 | 100 |
| | 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 14 Democratic primary :
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| Democratic | Pierina Sanchez | 6 | 4,887 | 62.3% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Yudelka Tapia | 6 | 2,957 | 37.7% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Adolfo Abreu | 5 | 2,105 | 24.5% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Haile Rivera | 4 | 1,102 | 12.3% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Fernando Aquino | 3 | 939 | 10.1% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Socrates Solano | 2 | 175 | 1.9% | ​​ |
| Write-in | | 1 | 30 | 0.3% | ​​ |
2021 New York City Council election, District 14 general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Pierina Sanchez | 8,387 | 88.8 |
| | Republican | Shemeen Chappell | 1,044 | 11.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 17 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,448 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 14 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Fernando Cabrera (incumbent) | 3,898 | 55.1 |
| | Democratic | Randy Abreu | 2,456 | 34.7 |
| | Democratic | Felix Perdomo | 710 | 10.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 16 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,080 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Fernando Cabrera (incumbent) | 9,826 | 83.7 |
| | Working Families | Randy Abreu | 1,222 | 10.4 |
| | Republican | Alan Reed | 411 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Reed | 101 | |
| | Total | Alan Reed | 512 | 4.4 |
| | Liberal | Justin Sanchez | 177 | 1.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 7 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,744 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 14 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Fernando Cabrera (incumbent) | 4,479 | 74.7 |
| | Democratic | Israel Martinez | 1,507 | 25.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 6 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,992 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Fernando Cabrera | 10,111 | |
| | Working Families | Fernando Cabrera | 280 | |
| | Total | Fernando Cabrera | 10,391 | 95.4 |
| | Republican | Denise Butler | 381 | 3.5 |
| | Conservative | Alan Reed | 114 | 1.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 11 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,897 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |