# New York City's 22nd City Council district

New York City's 22nd City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Tiffany Cabán since December 2021.

## Geography

District 22 is based in northern Astoria in Queens, also covering parts of East Elmhurst, and Woodside. Rikers Island, which is officially part of the Bronx, is located within the district.
The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 1 and 3, and with New York's 12th and 14th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 12th and 13th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 30th, 34th, 35th, 36th, and 37th 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 22 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tiffany Cabán (incumbent) | 5,303 | 84.8 |
| | Democratic | Charles Castro | 869 | 13.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 83 | 1.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,255 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Tiffany Cabán | 7,294 | |
| | Working Families | Tiffany Cabán | 2,445 | |
| | Total | Tiffany Cabán (incumbent) | 9,739 | 69.3 |
| | Republican | Kelly Klingman | 3,789 | |
| | Conservative | Kelly Klingman | 415 | |
| | Total | Kelly Klingman | 4,204 | 29.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 113 | 0.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,056 | 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 22 Democratic primary :
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| Democratic | Tiffany Cabán | 3 | 9,088 | 62.6% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Evie Hantzopoulos | 3 | 5,424 | 37.4% | ​​ |
| Democratic | John Ciafone | 2 | 1,622 | 10.0% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Leonardo Bullaro | 2 | 1,221 | 7.5% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Catherina Gioino | 2 | 804 | 5.0% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Nick Velkov | 2 | 463 | 2.9% | ​​ |
| Write-in | | 1 | 30 | 0.2% | ​​ |
2021 New York City Council election, District 22 general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tiffany Cabán | 12,885 | 63.4 |
| | Republican | Felicia Kalan | 5,563 | |
| | Conservative | Felicia Kalan | 646 | |
| | Total | Felicia Kalan | 6,209 | 30.5 |
| | Green | Edwin DeJesus | 1,172 | 5.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 53 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,319 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 22 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Costa Constantinides | 15,164 | |
| | Working Families | Costa Constantinides | 2,251 | |
| | Total | Costa Constantinides (incumbent) | 17,415 | 92.9 |
| | Dive In | Kathleen Springer | 1,223 | 6.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 98 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 18,736 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 22 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Costa Constantinides | 4,461 | 55.7 |
| | Democratic | John Ciafone | 1,791 | 22.4 |
| | Democratic | Constantinos Prentzas | 1,750 | 21.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,003 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Costa Constantinides | 10,171 | |
| | Working Families | Costa Constantinides | 711 | |
| | Total | Costa Constantinides | 10,882 | 65.4 |
| | Green | Lynne Serpe | 2,461 | 14.8 |
| | Republican | Daniel Peterson | 1,884 | 11.3 |
| | Conservative | Danielle de Stefano | 1,018 | |
| | Independence | Danielle de Stefano | 295 | |
| | Total | Danielle de Stefano | 1,313 | 7.9 |
| | Populist | Gerald Kann | 65 | 0.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 24 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 16,629 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |