New York's 57th State Assembly district

New York's 57th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Phara Souffrant Forrest since 2020.

New York's 57th State Assembly district
Assemblymember	Phara Souffrant Forrest D–Fort Greene
Registration	80.4% Democratic 2.7% Republican 14.2% No party preference
Demographics	33% White 42% Black 13% Hispanic 7% Asian 1% Other 4% Multiracial
Population (2018)	140,470[1]
Registered voters	112,742[2]

Geography

District 57 is located in Brooklyn, comprising the neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, and parts of Crown Heights and Bedford–Stuyvesant.

Representation

District 57 was served by Roger L. Green from 1981 until June 1, 2004, when Green resigned his seat after pleading guilty to petty larceny in connection with $3,000 in false travel reimbursement claims.^[3] He was sentenced to three years' probation, fined $2,000, and had to pay $3,000 in restitution.^[4] However, he ran for the seat again a few months later and was reelected on November 2, 2004.

Green served one final term from 2005 to 2007, but then announced his retirement from the Assembly to run for Congress, a race that he lost. Hakeem Jeffries, who had challenged Green in the Democratic primary in 2000, won the Democratic primary and the general election in 2006. Jeffries served until 2013, when he retired from the Assembly to serve in Congress.

Walter T. Mosley won the open race for the seat in 2012, and has served since 2013. Mosley has served unopposed since he was first elected, but faced his first primary challenge on June 23, 2020, against Phara Souffrant Forrest.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 57^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent)	47,424	99.3
	Write-in		317	0.7
Total votes			47,741	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 57^[6][7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent)	9,495	67.3
	Democratic	Olanike Alabi	4,579	32.4
	Write-in		46	0.3
Total votes			14,120	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Phara Souffrant Forrest	27,116
	Working Families	Phara Souffrant Forrest	9,116
	Total	Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent)	36,232	99.4
	Write-in		223	0.6
Total votes			36,455	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

Assemblyman Mosley faced his first contested election since 2012 in the Democratic primary on June 23, 2020, against Phara Souffrant Forrest.

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 57^[8][9]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phara Souffrant Forrest	15,711	55.4
	Democratic	Walter T. Mosley (incumbent)	12,609	44.5
	Write-in		46	0.1
Total votes			28,366	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Phara Souffrant Forrest	47,347	76.1
	Working Families	Walter T. Mosley (incumbent)	14,794	23.8
	Write-in		110	0.1
Total votes			62,251	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 57^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter T. Mosley	43,621
	Working Families	Walter T. Mosley	5,857
	Total	Walter T. Mosley (incumbent)	49,478	99.7
	Write-in		137	0.3
Total votes			35,726	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 57^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter T. Mosley	49,410
	Working Families	Walter T. Mosley	5,648
	Total	Walter T. Mosley (incumbent)	55,058	99.7
	Write-in		148	0.3
Total votes			55,206	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 57^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter T. Mosley (incumbent)	19,946	99.5
	Write-in		95	0.5
Total votes			20,041	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 57^[13][14]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter T. Mosley	4,565	62.6
	Democratic	Olanike Alabi	2,168	29.7
	Democratic	Martine Guerrier	535	7.3
	Write-in		23	0.4
Total votes			7,291	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Walter T. Mosley	46,733	97.6
	Republican	Francis Voyticky	1,111	2.3
	Write-in		44	0.1
Total votes			47,888	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 57^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hakeem Jeffries	21,577
	Working Families	Hakeem Jeffries	4,322
	Total	Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent)	25,899	97.5
	Republican	Francis Voyticky	652	2.5
	Write-in		9	0.0
Total votes			26,560	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

1. "Assembly District 57, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
2. "Enrollment by Assembly District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2020.
3. "Brooklyn Assemblyman Quits After Admitting False Billing". The New York Times. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
4. "Assemblyman Gets Probation In Travel-Expense Fraud Case". The New York Times. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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