New York City's 48th City Council district

New York City's 48th City Council district
Government
• Councilmember	. Inna Vernikov . R–Sheepshead Bay
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	158,086
Demographics
• White	71%
• Asian	14%
• Hispanic	9%
• Black	4%
• Other	2%
Registration
• Democratic	45.1%
• Republican	24.0%
• No party preference	28.0%
Registered voters (2021) 102,320[2]

New York City's 48th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Republican Inna Vernikov since December 2021.^[3]

Geography

District 48 covers a series of neighborhoods – many of them with large Orthodox Jewish populations – in southern Brooklyn, including Brighton Beach, Homecrest, Manhattan Beach, parts of Midwood and Sheepshead Bay, and a small section of Coney Island.^[4]

The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 13, 14, and 15, and with New York's 8th, 9th, and 11th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 17th, 19th, 22nd, and 23rd districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 41st, 42nd, 45th, 46th, and 48th districts of the New York State Assembly.^[5]

Members representing the district

Members	Party	Years served	Electoral history
District established January 1, 1992
Anthony Weiner (Park Slope)	Democratic	January 1, 1992 – December 31, 1998	Elected in 1991. Re-elected in 1993. Re-elected in 1997. Resigned when elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Vacant		December 31, 1998 – February 17, 1999
Michael C. Nelson (Sheepshead Bay)	Democratic	February 17, 1999 – December 31, 2013	Elected to finish Weiner's term. Re-elected in 1999. Re-elected in 2001. Re-elected in 2003. Re-elected in 2005. Re-elected in 2009. Termed out.
Chaim Deutsch (Brighton Beach)	Democratic	January 1, 2014 – April 27, 2021	Elected in 2013. Re-elected in 2017. Expelled due to tax fraud guilty plea.
Vacant		April 27, 2021 – December 1, 2021
Inna Vernikov (Sheepshead Bay)	Republican	December 1, 2021 –	Elected to finish Deutsch's term. Re-elected in 2021. Re-elected in 2023.

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.^[6]

2023 New York City Council election, District 48^[7]^[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Inna Vernikov (incumbent)	1,730	70.6
	Republican	Igor Kazatsker	707	24.8
	Write-in		15	0.6
Total votes			2,452	100
General election
	Republican	Inna Vernikov	7,416
	Conservative	Inna Vernikov	820
	Total	Inna Vernikov (incumbent)	8,236	66.8
	Democratic	Amber Adler	2,906
	We The People	Amber Adler	123
	Total	Amber Adler	3,029	24.6
	Team Trump	Igor Kazatsker	1,002	8.1
	Write-in		67	0.5
Total votes			12,334	100.0
	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.^[9]

2021 New York City Council election, District 48 Democratic primary^[10]^[11]

Party		Candidate	Maximum round	Maximum votes	Share in maximum round	Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes
	Democratic	Steven Saperstein	5	4,542	57.1%	​​
	Democratic	Mariya Markh	5	3,416	42.9%	​​
	Democratic	Amber Adler	4	2,004	23.2%	​​
	Democratic	Binyomin Bendet	3	1,589	17.6%	​​
	Democratic	Heshy Tischler	2	463	5.0%	​​
	Write-in		1	68	0.7%	​​

An interactive map of District 48

^[12]

2021 New York City Council election, District 48 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Inna Vernikov	12,190
	Conservative	Inna Vernikov[13]	773
	Total	Inna Vernikov	12,963	61.5
	Democratic	Steven Saperstein	8,038	38.1
	Write-in		51	0.4
Total votes			21,052	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 48^[14]^[15]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chaim Deutsch (incumbent)	3,759	80.8
	Democratic	Marat Filler	870	18.7
	Write-in		21	0.5
Total votes			4,650	100
General election
	Democratic	Chaim Deutsch (incumbent)	10,461	61.5
	Republican	Steve Saperstein	5,519
	Conservative	Steve Saperstein	751
	Reform	Steve Saperstein	239
	Total	Steve Saperstein	6,509	38.3
	Write-in		46	0.3
Total votes			17,016	100
	Democratic hold

2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 48^[16]^[17]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chaim Deutsch	3,317	34.8
	Democratic	Ari Kagan	2,912	30.5
	Democratic	Theresa Scavo	1,735	18.2
	Democratic	Igor Oberman	1,338	14.0
	Democratic	Natraj Bhushan	240	2.5
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			9,542	100
General election
	Democratic	Chaim Deutsch	10,169	49.6
	Republican	David Storobin	6,388
	Conservative	David Storobin	976
	Independence	David Storobin	294
	Total	David Storobin	7,608	37.1
	Write-in	Gregory Davidzon	1,424	6.9
	Working Families	Igor Oberman	913	4.5
	Write-in		247	1.2
	ForwardBrooklyn	Andrew Lotovsky	147	0.7
Total votes			20,508	100
	Democratic hold

References

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2. "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
3. "District 48". New York City Council. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
4. "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
5. "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
6. Pazmino, Gloria (January 15, 2020). "Why the Census Means NYC Lawmakers Will Serve 2-Year Terms Instead of 4". www.ny1.com. New York 1. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
7. "2023 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, REP Council Member 48th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
8. "General Election 2023 - Member of the City Council, 48th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
9. Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
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12. "New York City Council Election Results". New York Times. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
13. Marked as Conservative/Centrist.
14. "Primary Election 2017 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 48th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
15. "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 48th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
16. "Primary Election 2013 - Democratic Member of the City Council, 48th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
17. "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 48th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2021.