New York City's 37th City Council district
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = New York City's 37th City Council district
|image_skyline = 400px
|caption = Boundaries following the 2020 census
|leader_title = Councilmember
|leader_name={{swatch inline|blue|.|blue}} Sandy Nurse
{{swatch inline|blue|.|blue}} D–Cypress Hills
|population_as_of = 2010 | population_total = 158438
|footnotes=Registered voters (2021) 96,282{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/pdf/vote/2021/CityCouncil_Active_Inactive_Feb21_2021.pdf|title=Council District Summary Report|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=February 21, 2021|access-date=July 1, 2021}}
|demographics_type1=Demographics
|demographics1_info1 = 56% |demographics1_title1 = Hispanic
|demographics1_info2 = 30% |demographics1_title2 = Black
|demographics1_info3 = 6% |demographics1_title3 = Asian
|demographics1_info4 = 4% |demographics1_title4 = White
|demographics1_info5 = 4% |demographics1_title5 = Other
|demographics_type2=Registration
|demographics2_info1 = 75.0% |demographics2_title1 = Democratic
|demographics2_info2 = 4.7% |demographics2_title2 = Republican
|demographics2_info3 = 17.7% |demographics2_title3 = No party preference
}}
New York City's 37th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Sandy Nurse, who took office in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://council.nyc.gov/district-37/|title=District 37 - Sandy Nurse|publisher=New York City Council|access-date=January 3, 2022}}
Geography
District 37 covers a series of majority-Hispanic neighborhoods along Brooklyn's northern border, including a large swath of Bushwick as well as Ocean Hill, Cypress Hills, City Line, and small parts of East New York and Brownsville.{{Cite web|url=https://council.nyc.gov/districts/|title=Council Members & Districts |publisher=New York City Council|access-date=July 1, 2021}}
The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 4, 5, and 16, and with New York's 7th and 8th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 18th, 19th, and 25th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 53rd, 54th, 55th, and 60th districts of the New York State Assembly.{{Cite web|url=https://boundaries.beta.nyc/#|title=NYC Boundaries Map|publisher=BetaNYC|access-date=July 1, 2021}}
Members representing the district
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| Members
! Party ! Years served ! Electoral history |
|---|
| colspan=5|District established January 1, 1992 |
| align=left|100px Martin M. Dilan {{small|(Cypress Hills)}} |{{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |January 1, 1992 – |Elected in 1991. |
| align=left| Erik M. Dilan {{small|(Cypress Hills)}} |{{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |January 1, 2002 – |Elected in 2001. |
| align=left|100px Rafael Espinal {{small|(Cypress Hills)}} |{{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |January 1, 2014 – |Elected in 2013. |
| colspan=2|Vacant
|January 26, 2020 – | |
| align=left| Darma Diaz {{small|(Cypress Hills)}} |{{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |November 4, 2020 – |Elected to finish Espinal's term. |
| align=left|100px Sandy Nurse {{small|(Cypress Hills)}} |{{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |January 1, 2022 – |
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.{{cite news |last1=Pazmino |first1=Gloria |title=Why the Census Means NYC Lawmakers Will Serve 2-Year Terms Instead of 4 |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2020/01/15/nyc-elections-2021-whos-running-city-council-why-two-year-terms-instead-of-four |access-date=11 November 2022 |work=www.ny1.com |agency=New York 1 |date=15 January 2020 |language=en}}
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2023 New York City Council election, District 37{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/pdf/election_results/2023/20231107General%20Election/00301600037Kings%20Member%20of%20the%20City%20Council%2037th%20Council%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=General Election 2023 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District |publisher=New York City Board of Elections|access-date=December 9, 2023}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Sandy Nurse
|votes = 3,765
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Working Families Party
|candidate = Sandy Nurse
|votes = 1,004
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate no change
|party = Total
|candidate = Sandy Nurse (incumbent)
|votes = 4,769
|percentage = 88.7
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Isaiah Vega
|votes = 461
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Conservative Party (New York)
|candidate = Isaiah VegaMarked as "Conservative/Medical Freedom".
|votes = 93
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate no change
|party = Total
|candidate = Isaiah Vega
|votes = 554
|percentage = 10.3
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 55
|percentage = 1.0
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 5,378
| percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecity.nyc/22233558/how-does-ranked-choice-voting-work-in-new-york-city|title= How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?|publisher=The City|author=Rachel Holliday Smith|date=January 18, 2021|access-date=July 1, 2021}}
{{Election box ranked choice begin
| title = 2021 New York City Council election, District 37 Democratic primary{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/pdf/election_results/2021/20210622Primary%20Election/rcv/DEM%20Council%20Member%2037th%20Council%20District.pdf|title=2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 37th Council District|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=July 20, 2021| access-date=July 22, 2021}}
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{{Election box ranked choice winning candidate with party link
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Sandy Nurse
| maxround=5 | maxvotes=6124 | maxvotespercent=65.4 | r1votes=5363 | fullwidthvotes=6125
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{{Election box ranked choice candidate with party link
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Darma Diaz (incumbent)
| maxround=5 | maxvotes=3247 | maxvotespercent=34.6 | r1votes=2524 | fullwidthvotes=6125
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{{Election box ranked choice candidate with party link
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Misba Abdin
| maxround=4 | maxvotes=1154 | maxvotespercent=11.0 | r1votes=1114 | fullwidthvotes=6125
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{{Election box ranked choice candidate with party link
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Heriberto Mateo
| maxround=4 | maxvotes=1071 | maxvotespercent=10.2 | r1votes=954 | fullwidthvotes=6125
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{{Election box ranked choice candidate with party link
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rick Echevarria
| maxround=2 | maxvotes=558 | maxvotespercent=5.1 | r1votes=555 | fullwidthvotes=6125
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{{Election box ranked choice candidate with party link
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Chris Durosinmi
| maxround=2 | maxvotes=340 | maxvotespercent=3.1 | r1votes=339 | fullwidthvotes=6125
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{{Election box ranked choice candidate with party link
| party = Write-in | candidate =
| maxround=1 | maxvotes=25 | maxvotespercent=0.2 | r1votes=25 | fullwidthvotes=6125
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{{Election box ranked choice end}}
{{maplink|from=New York City Council District 37.map |frame=yes |plain=no |frame-width=275 |frame-height=275 |icon=no |type=shape |text=An interactive map of District 37}}
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2021 New York City Council election, District 37 general election{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/pdf/election_results/2021/20211102General%20Election/00300700037Kings%20Member%20of%20the%20City%20Council%2037th%20Council%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District |publisher=New York City Board of Elections|access-date=December 9, 2021}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Sandy Nurse
| votes = 8,884
| percentage = 86.4
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Franklin Gonzalez
| votes = 1,369
| percentage = 13.3
| change =
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 20
|percentage = 0.2
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 10,273
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2020 special=
In January 2020, Councilman Rafael Espinal resigned in order to take a job with the Freelancers Union, leaving his seat vacant. An April special election was called, but due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was moved to align with the concurrent 2020 elections. While the election initially appeared to be a competitive contest between Darma Diaz, Sandy Nurse, and several other candidates, a complex series of judicial rulings and political maneuvers meant that all candidates but Diaz were removed from the ballot, and Diaz won both the primary and general elections uncontested.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10026-new-brooklyn-city-council-member-darma-diaz-sandy-nurse-2021-primary-election|title=Newly-Seated Brooklyn City Council Member Quickly Faces Tough 2021 Primary|publisher=Gotham Gazette|date=December 28, 2020|author=Samar Khurshid|access-date=July 1, 2021}}
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2020 New York City Council special election, District 37{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/pdf/election_results/2020/20201103General%20Election/00300500037Kings%20Member%20of%20the%20City%20Council%2037th%20Council%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=General Election 2020 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|access-date=July 1, 2021}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Darma Diaz
| votes = 37,228
| percentage = 99.4
| change =
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 235
| percentage = 0.6
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 37,463
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2017=
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2017 New York City Council election, District 37{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/pdf/election_results/2017/20171107General%20Election/00302200037Kings%20Member%20of%20the%20City%20Council%2037th%20Council%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|access-date=July 1, 2021}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rafael Espinal (incumbent)
| votes = 10,369
| percentage = 89.8
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Green Party of the United States
| candidate = Persephone Sarah Jane Smith
| votes = 1,152
| percentage = 10.0
| change =
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 20
|percentage = 0.2
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 11,541
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2013=
{{Election box open primary begin no change| title= 2013 New York City Council election, District 37{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/results/2013/2013SeptemberPrimaryElection/01021000373Kings%20Democratic%20Member%20of%20the%20City%20Council%2037th%20Council%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 37th Council District |publisher=New York City Board of Elections|access-date=July 1, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/results/2013/2013GeneralElection/00302100037Kings%20Member%20of%20the%20City%20Council%2037th%20Council%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District |publisher=New York City Board of Elections|access-date=July 1, 2021}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rafael Espinal
| votes = 3,538
| percentage = 45.9
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Kimberly Council
| votes = 2,459
| percentage = 31.9
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Heriberto Mateo
| votes = 927
| percentage = 12.0
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Helal Sheikh
| votes = 792
| percentage = 10.3
| change =
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 0
|percentage = 0.0
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 7,716
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rafael Espinal
| votes = 9,058
| percentage = 86.1
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Working Families Party
| candidate = Kimberly Council
| votes = 1,235
| percentage = 11.7
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Conservative Party of New York State
| candidate = Michael Freeman-Saulsberre
| votes = 230
| percentage = 2.2
| change =
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 4
|percentage = 0.0
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 10,527
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}