New York City's 37th City Council district

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.[3]

New York City's 37th City Council district
Government
 • Councilmember. Sandy Nurse
. D–Cypress Hills
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total158,438
Demographics
 • Hispanic56%
 • Black30%
 • Asian6%
 • White4%
 • Other4%
Registration
 • Democratic75.0%
 • Republican4.7%
 • No party preference17.7%
Registered voters (2021) 96,282[2]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Members representing the district
Members Party Years served Electoral history
District established January 1, 1992

Martin M. Dilan
(Cypress Hills)		 Democratic January 1, 1992 –
December 31, 2001		 Elected in 1991.
Re-elected in 1993.
Re-elected in 1997.
Termed out and ran New York State Senate.

Erik M. Dilan
(Cypress Hills)		 Democratic January 1, 2002 –
December 31, 2013		 Elected in 2001.
Re-elected in 2003.
Re-elected in 2005.
Re-elected in 2009.
Termed out and ran for U.S. House of Representatives.

Rafael Espinal
(Cypress Hills)		 Democratic January 1, 2014 –
January 26, 2020		 Elected in 2013.
Re-elected in 2017.
Resigned.
Vacant January 26, 2020 –
November 4, 2020

Darma Diaz
(Cypress Hills)		 Democratic November 4, 2020 –
December 31, 2021		 Elected to finish Espinal's term.
Lost renomination.

Sandy Nurse
(Cypress Hills)		 Democratic January 1, 2022 –
December 31, 2021		 Elected to finish Espinal's term.
Lost renomination.

Recent election results

2023 (redistricting)
2023 New York City Council election, District 37
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sandy Nurse
Working Families Sandy Nurse
Total Sandy Nurse (incumbent)
Republican Isaiah Vega
Conservative Isaiah Vega
Total Isaiah Vega
Write-in
Total votes

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 37 Democratic primary[7]
Party Candidate Maximum
round		 Maximum
votes		 Share in
maximum
round		 Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Sandy Nurse 5 6,124 65.4%
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Democratic Darma Diaz (incumbent) 5 3,247 34.6%
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Democratic Misba Abdin 4 1,154 11.0%
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Democratic Heriberto Mateo 4 1,071 10.2%
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Democratic Rick Echevarria 2 558 5.1%
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Democratic Chris Durosinmi 2 340 3.1%
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Write-in 1 25 0.2%
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2021 New York City Council election, District 37 general election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sandy Nurse 8,884 86.4
Republican Franklin Gonzalez 1,369 13.3
Write-in 20 0.2
Total votes 10,273 100
Democratic hold

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.[9]

2020 New York City Council special election, District 37[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darma Diaz 37,228 99.4
Write-in 235 0.6
Total votes 37,463 100
Democratic hold

2017
2017 New York City Council election, District 37[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rafael Espinal (incumbent) 10,369 89.8
Green Persephone Sarah Jane Smith 1,152 10.0
Write-in 20 0.2
Total votes 11,541 100
Democratic hold

2013
2013 New York City Council election, District 37[12][13]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rafael Espinal 3,538 45.9
Democratic Kimberly Council 2,459 31.9
Democratic Heriberto Mateo 927 12.0
Democratic Helal Sheikh 792 10.3
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 7,716 100
General election
Democratic Rafael Espinal 9,058 86.1
Working Families Kimberly Council 1,235 11.7
Conservative Michael Freeman-Saulsberre 230 2.2
Write-in 4 0.0
Total votes 10,527 100
Democratic hold

References
  1. "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  2. "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  3. "District 37 - Sandy Nurse". New York City Council. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  4. "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  5. "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  6. Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  7. "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  8. "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  9. Samar Khurshid (December 28, 2020). "Newly-Seated Brooklyn City Council Member Quickly Faces Tough 2021 Primary". Gotham Gazette. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  10. "General Election 2020 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  11. "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  12. "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  13. "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 37th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
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