New York City's 19th City Council district

New York City's 19th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It is currently represented by Republican Vickie Paladino, who took office in 2022.^[3]

New York City's 19th City Council district
Boundaries following the 2020 census
Government
• Councilmember	Vickie Paladino (R—Whitestone)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	155,237
Demographics
• White	53%
• Asian	28%
• Hispanic	15%
• Black	2%
• Other	2%
Registration
• Democratic	49.9%
• Republican	20.3%
• No party preference	25.9%
Registered voters (2021) 100,032[2]

Geography

District 19 covers neighborhoods along the shoreline of far eastern Queens, including Auburndale, College Point, Whitestone, Bay Terrace, Beechhurst, and parts of Flushing, Bayside, and Douglaston–Little Neck.^[4]

The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 7 and 11, and with New York's 3rd, 6th, and 14th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 11th and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 40th districts of the New York State Assembly.^[5]

Recent election results

2025

2025 New York City Council election, District 19^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin Chou	7,731	66.8
	Democratic	Alexander Caruso	3,775	32.6
	Write-in		69	0.6
Total votes			11,575	100.0
General election
	Republican	Vickie Paladino
	Conservative	Vickie Paladino
	Total	Vickie Paladino (incumbent)
	Democratic	Benjamin Chou
	Working Families	Alexander Caruso
	Write-in
Total votes				100.0

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.^[7]

2023 New York City Council election, District 19 Democratic primary^[8]

Party		Candidate	Maximum round	Maximum votes	Share in maximum round	Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes
	Democratic	Tony Avella	3	2,870	51.1%	​​
	Democratic	Christopher Bae	3	2,746	48.9%	​​
	Democratic	Paul Graziano	2	1,440	24.0%	​​
	Write-in		1	34	0.6%	​​

2023 New York City Council election, District 19 general election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vickie Paladino	10,700
	Conservative	Vickie Paladino[10]	1,161
	Total	Vickie Paladino (incumbent)	11,861	59.9
	Democratic	Tony Avella	7,646
	Taxpayers Unite	Tony Avella	214
	Total	Tony Avella	7,860	39.7
	Write-in		70	0.4
Total votes			19,791	100
	Republican 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.^[11]

2021 New York City Council election, District 19 Democratic primary^[12]

Party		Candidate	Maximum round	Maximum votes	Share in maximum round	Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes
	Democratic	Tony Avella	4	6,429	54.7%	​​
	Democratic	Richard Lee	4	5,317	45.3%	​​
	Democratic	Austin Shafran	3	2,939	23.2%	​​
	Democratic	Adriana Aviles	2	1,058	8.1%	​​
	Democratic	Frank Spangenberg	2	378	2.9%	​​
	Democratic	Nabaraj KC	2	186	1.4%	​​
	Write-in		1	69	0.5%	​​

An interactive map of District 19

2021 New York City Council election, District 19 Republican primary, Conservative primary & general election^[13][14][15]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vickie Paladino	1,765	51.6
	Republican	John-Alexander Sakelos	1,608	47.0
	Write-in		47	1.4
Total votes			3,420	100
	Conservative	John-Alexander Sakelos	107	88.4
	Conservative	Dawn Anatra	10	8.3
	Write-in		4	3.3
Total votes			121	100
General election
	Republican	Vickie Paladino	12,325
	Independent	Vickie Paladino	465
	Total	Vickie Paladino	12,790	47.1
	Democratic	Tony Avella	12,400	45.7
	Conservative	John-Alexander Sakelos	1,641
	Save Our City	John-Alexander Sakelos	216
	Total	John-Alexander Sakelos	1,857	6.8
	Write-in		71	0.4
Total votes			27,118	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 19^[16][17]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Vallone (incumbent)	3,192	55.1
	Democratic	Paul Graziano	2,596	44.8
	Write-in		10	0.1
Total votes			5,798	100
General election
	Democratic	Paul Vallone	13,779
	Working Families	Paul Vallone	1,210
	Total	Paul Vallone (incumbent)	14,989	57.8
	Republican	Konstantinos Poulidis	6,347	24.5
	Reform	Paul Graziano	4,555	17.6
	Write-in		20	0.1
Total votes			25,911	100
	Democratic hold

2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 19^[18][19]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Vallone	2,922	31.2
	Democratic	Austin Shafran	2,728	29.1
	Democratic	Paul Graziano	1,602	17.1
	Democratic	John Duane	1,164	12.4
	Democratic	Chrissy Voskerichian	963	10.3
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			9,379	100
General election
	Democratic	Paul Vallone	12,752
	Independence	Paul Vallone	610
	Total	Paul Vallone	13,362	57.1
	Republican	Dennis Saffran	8,178
	Conservative	Dennis Saffran	1,469
	Reform	Dennis Saffran	318
	Total	Dennis Saffran	9,965	42.6
	Write-in		57	0.3
Total votes			23,384	100
	Democratic gain from Republican