New York City's 36th City Council district

Place

New York City's 36th City Council district

Government
• Councilmember	. Chi Ossé . D–Crown Heights
Population (2010)^[1]
• Total	148,936
Demographics
• Black	70%
• Hispanic	18%
• White	7%
• Asian	2%
• Other	2%
Registration
• Democratic	81.2%
• Republican	2.5%
• No party preference	13.6%
Registered voters (2021) 124,480^[2]

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.^[3]

Geography

District 36 is based largely in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford–Stuyvesant, also covering some of northern Crown Heights.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.

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.^[6]

2023 New York City Council election, District 36^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chi Ossé	7,132
	Working Families	Chi Ossé	2,603
	Total	Chi Ossé (incumbent)	9,735	98.8
	Write-in		123	1.2
Total votes			9,858	100.0
	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.^[8]

2021 New York City Council election, District 36 Democratic primary^[9]
	Candidate	Maximum round	Maximum votes	Share in maximum round
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%

An interactive map of District 36

2021 New York City Council election, District 36 general election^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chi Ossé	18,999	99.3
	Write-in		125	0.7
Total votes			19,124	100
	Democratic hold

2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 36^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Cornegy (incumbent)	21,300	99.1
	Write-in		195	0.9
Total votes			21,495	100
	Democratic hold

2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 36^[12]^[13]
Primary election
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		6	0.0
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		10	0.0
Total votes			19,862	100
	Democratic hold

References

^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ "District 36 – Chi Ossé". New York City Council. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ Pazmino, Gloria (January 15, 2020). "Why the Census Means NYC Lawmakers Will Serve 2-Year Terms Instead of 4". www.ny1.com. New York 1. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ "General Election 2023 - Member of the City Council, 36th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 36th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 36th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 36th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 36th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 36th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 30, 2021.