# New York City's 6th City Council district

New York City's 6th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Gale Brewer, who took office in 2022. Brewer previously represented the district from 2002-2013, and served as Borough President of Manhattan in between her two Council stints.

## Geography

District 6 is nearly coterminous with Manhattan's Upper West Side, also covering a small section of Hells Kitchen. Central Park, Manhattan's largest park and the most visited urban park in the country, is located in the district, as is the lower half of Riverside Park.
The district overlaps with Manhattan Community Boards 4 and 7, and is contained entirely within New York's 12th congressional district. It also overlaps with the 27th, 29th, 30th, and 31st districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 67th, 69th, and 75th 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 6 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gale Brewer (incumbent) | 18,196 | 81.4 |
| | Republican | Diane di Stasio | 3,529 | |
| | Clean Up NY | Diane di Stasio | 381 | |
| | Total | Diane di Stasio | 3,910 | 17.5 |
| | Medical Freedom | Barbara Simpson | 147 | 0.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 90 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 22,343 | 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 6 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gale Brewer | 21,594 | 54.8 |
| | Democratic | Maria Danzilo | 5,834 | 14.8 |
| | Democratic | Sara Lind | 5,166 | 13.1 |
| | Democratic | Jeffrey Omura | 3,922 | 9.9 |
| | Democratic | David Gold | 1,867 | 4.7 |
| | Democratic | Zack Weiner | 959 | 2.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 57 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 39,399 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Gale Brewer | 35,792 | 86.9 |
| | Republican | Nancy Sliwa | 5,194 | 12.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 191 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 41,177 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 6 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Helen Rosenthal (incumbent) | 13,529 | 64.9 |
| | Democratic | Mel Wymore | 6,446 | 30.9 |
| | Democratic | Cary Goodman | 824 | 4.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 49 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,848 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Helen Rosenthal | 29,518 | |
| | Working Families | Helen Rosenthal | 2,771 | |
| | Total | Helen Rosenthal (incumbent) | 32,289 | 86.9 |
| | Republican | Hyman Drusin | 3,731 | 10.0 |
| | Stand Up Together | William Raudenbush | 973 | 2.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 153 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 37,146 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 6 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Helen Rosenthal | 7,716 | 26.8 |
| | Democratic | Mel Wymore | 6,440 | 22.4 |
| | Democratic | Marc Landis | 5,566 | 19.4 |
| | Democratic | Noah Gotbaum | 3,512 | 12.2 |
| | Democratic | Ken Biberaj | 2,645 | 9.2 |
| | Democratic | Debra Cooper | 2,482 | 8.6 |
| | Democratic | Aaron Braunstein | 387 | 1.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 28,749 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Helen Rosenthal | 29,586 | 78.2 |
| | Republican | Harry Demell | 4,928 | 13.0 |
| | Working Families | Marc Landis | 2,538 | 6.7 |
| | Green | Thomas Siracuse | 737 | 1.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 26 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 37,815 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Previous councilmembers

* Hugh Quinn (1949–1957)
* James Dulligan (1957)
* Eric J. Treulich (1957–1964)
* John J. Santucci (1964–1965)
* David B. Friedland (1965–1976)
* Arlene Stringer (1976–1977)
* Stanley Michels (1977–1991)
* Ronnie Eldridge (1991–2001)
* Gale Brewer (2002–2013)
* Helen Rosenthal (2014–2021)