New York City's 40th City Council district

New York City's 40th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Rita Joseph since 2022. She succeeded term-limited Mathieu Eugene, who unsuccessfully ran for Brooklyn Borough President in 2021.^[3]

New York City's 40th City Council district
Government
• Councilmember	. Rita Joseph . D–Flatbush
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	146,522
Demographics
• Black	65%
• Hispanic	17%
• White	10%
• Asian	5%
• Other	3%
Registration
• Democratic	78.3%
• Republican	3.8%
• No party preference	15.3%
Registered voters (2021) 108,994[2]

Geography

District 40 covers a series of majority-Black neighborhoods near the geographical center of Brooklyn, including all of Prospect Lefferts Gardens, most of Flatbush, and parts of East Flatbush, Crown Heights, Kensington, and Midwood.^[4] The Prospect Park Parade Ground is also located within the district.

The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 9, 12, 14, and 17, and with New York's 9th and 10th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 17th, 20th, and 21st districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 42nd, 43rd, and 44th districts of the New York State Assembly.^[5]

Members representing the district

Members	Party	Years served	Electoral history
District established January 1, 1992
Una S. T. Clarke (Flatbush)	Democratic	January 1, 1992 – December 31, 2001	Elected in 1991. Re-elected in 1993. Re-elected in 1997. Termed out.
Yvette Clarke (Flatbush)	Democratic	January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2006	Elected in 2001. Re-elected in 2003. Re-elected in 2005. Resigned when elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Vacant		December 31, 2006 – April 25, 2007
Mathieu Eugene (Flatbush)	Democratic	April 25, 2007 – December 31, 2021	Elected to finish Clark's term. Re-elected in 2007. Re-elected in 2009. Re-elected in 2013. Re-elected in 2017. Termed out.
Rita Joseph (Flatbush)	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.^[6]

2023 New York City Council election, District 40^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rita Joseph	8,534
	Working Families	Rita Joseph	2,621
	Total	Rita Joseph (incumbent)	11,155	96.2
	Medical Freedom	Daniel Lally	327	2.8
	Write-in		114	1.0
Total votes			11,596	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 40 Democratic primary^[9]

Party		Candidate	Maximum round	Maximum votes	Share in maximum round	Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes
	Democratic	Rita Joseph	10	10,065	59.6%	​​
	Democratic	Josue Pierre	10	6,829	40.4%	​​
	Democratic	Kenya Handy-Hilliard	9	5,620	29.5%	​​
	Democratic	Edwin Raymond	8	2,265	10.9%	​​
	Democratic	Cecilia Cortez	8	2,221	10.7%	​​
	Democratic	Blake Morris	7	1,368	6.5%	​​
	Democratic	Maxi Eugene	6	1,175	5.4%	​​
	Democratic	Harriet Hines	5	817	3.7%	​​
	Democratic	John Williams	4	705	3.2%	​​
	Democratic	Vivia Morgan	3	428	1.9%	​​
	Democratic	Victor Jordan	2	344	1.5%	​​
	Write-in		1	60	0.3%	​​

An interactive map of District 40

2021 New York City Council election, District 40 general election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rita Joseph	19,854	93.0
	Republican	Constantine Jean-Pierre	1,207
	Conservative	Constantine Jean-Pierre	235
	Total	Constantine Jean-Pierre	1,442	6.8
	Write-in		37	0.2
Total votes			21,333	100
	Democratic hold

2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 40^[11][12]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mathieu Eugene (incumbent)	5,560	40.8
	Democratic	Brian-Christopher Cunningham	4,103	30.1
	Democratic	Pia Raymond	3,064	22.5
	Democratic	Jennifer Berkley	877	6.4
	Write-in		19	0.1
Total votes			13,623	100
General election
	Democratic	Mathieu Eugene (incumbent)	14,609	60.5
	Reform	Brian-Christopher Cunningham	8,701	36.0
	Conservative	Brian Kelly	806	3.3
	Write-in		43	0.2
Total votes			24,159	100
	Democratic hold

2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 40^[13][14]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mathieu Eugene (incumbent)	6,210	47.9
	Democratic	Saundra Thomas	4,862	37.5
	Democratic	Sylvia Kinard	1,359	10.5
	Democratic	John Grant	538	4.1
	Write-in		5	0.0
Total votes			12,974	100
General election
	Democratic	Mathieu Eugene	17,280
	Working Families	Mathieu Eugene	1,219
	Total	Mathieu Eugene (incumbent)	18,499	89.9
	Rent Is Too Damn High	Sylvia Kinard	1,260	6.1
	Conservative	Brian Kelly	772	3.8
	Write-in		51	0.2
Total votes			20,582	100
	Democratic hold

References

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3. "District 40 – Mathieu Eugene". New York City Council. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
4. "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
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6. 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.
7. "General Election 2023 - Member of the City Council, 40th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
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