New York City's 15th City Council district

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New York City's 15th City Council district
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Government
 • Councilmember      Oswald Feliz (DFordham)
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 167,995
Demographics
 • Hispanic 66%
 • Black 25%
 • White 5%
 • Asian 2%
 • Other 2%
Registration
 • Democratic 75.2%
 • Republican 4.8%
 • No party preference 17.2%
Registered voters (2021) 93,211[2]

New York City's 15th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Oswald Feliz since a 2021 special election to succeed fellow Democrat Ritchie Torres.[3]

Geography

District 15 covers neighborhoods in the geographical center of the Bronx, including some or all of Belmont, Tremont, Fordham, Bedford Park, Williamsbridge, East Tremont, Van Nest, Allerton, and West Farms. [4] Bronx Park, which contains both the Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden, is located within the district.

The district overlaps with Bronx Community Boards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, and 12, and with New York's 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 32nd, 33rd, 34th, and 36th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 86th, and 87th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

Recent election results

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.[6]

2021 New York City Council election, District 15 Democratic primary[7]
Party Candidate
Maximum
Round
Maximum
Votes
Share in
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Maximum Votes
 First Round Votes  Transfer Votes 
Democratic Oswald Feliz (incumbent) 5 3,791 52.3%
Democratic Ischia Bravo 5 2,039 28.1%
Democratic Bernadette Ferrara 5 1,421 19.6%
Democratic John Sanchez 4 1,195 15.6%
Democratic Troy Blackwell 3 902 11.3%
Democratic Kenny Agosto 2 194 2.4%
Democratic Latchmi Devi Gopal 2 194 2.4%
Democratic Lilithe Lozano 2 166 2.0%

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2021 New York City Council election, District 15 Republican primary & general election[8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ariel Rivera-Diaz 80 53.7
Republican Aramis Ocasio 69 46.3
Total votes 139 100
General election
Democratic Oswald Feliz (incumbent) 7,224 84.1
Republican Ariel Rivera-Diaz 1,097 12.8
Conservative Ariel Rivera-Diaz 243 2.9
Total Ariel Rivera-Diaz 1,340 15.7
Total votes 8,585 100
Democratic hold

2021 special

In November 2020, Councilmember Ritchie Torres was elected to represent New York's 15th congressional district, triggering a special election for his Council seat. Like all municipal special elections in New York City, the race was officially nonpartisan, with all candidates running on ballot lines of their own creation.

2021 New York City Council special election, District 15[10]
Party Candidate
Maximum
Round
Maximum
Votes
Share in
Maximum
Round
Maximum Votes
 First Round Votes  Transfer Votes 
Nonpartisan Oswald Feliz 10 1,766 56.5%
Nonpartisan Ischia Bravo 10 1,362 43.5%
Nonpartisan John Sanchez 9 1,062 30.4%
Nonpartisan Elisa Crespo 8 712 19.5%
Nonpartisan Latchmi Devi Gopal 7 184 5.0%
Nonpartisan Kenny Agosto 6 113 3.0%
Nonpartisan Altagracia Soldevilla 5 107 2.8%
Nonpartisan Bernadette Ferrara 4 89 2.3%
Nonpartisan José Padilla 3 78 2.0%
Nonpartisan Ariel Rivera-Diaz 2 45 1.2%

2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 15[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ritchie Torres 9,355
Working Families Ritchie Torres 477
Total Ritchie Torres (incumbent) 9,832 93.6
Republican Jayson Cancel 521
Conservative Jayson Cancel 138
Total Jayson Cancel 659 6.3
Total votes 10,509 100
Democratic hold

2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 15[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ritchie Torres 2,771 36.1
Democratic Joel Rivera[14] 1,641 21.4
Democratic Cynthia Tompkins 1,609 21.0
Democratic Albert Alvarez 690 9.0
Democratic Raquel Batista 569 7.4
Democratic Joel Bauza 392 5.1
Total votes 7,675 100
General election
Democratic Ritchie Torres 9,603 91.1
Republican Joel Rivera 758 7.2
Conservative Joel Bauza 154 1.5
Total votes 10,536 100
Democratic hold

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