2023 Primary Election Voters Directory

Welcome to the Citizens Union 2023 Primary Voters Directory!

In a low-profile election year with most elected officials on the ballot running uncontested, Citizens Union has evaluated five key primary races for New York City Council to determine what candidates strongly support our issues, can advance a reform agenda, and can best fulfill the obligations of the position.

Because City Council districts were redrawn last year following the decennial census, all 51 members of the City Council are completing a shortened, two-year term, and go on to run (if they choose to do so) to represent these newly-drawn districts for another shortened, two-year term. Council Members will be able to run for a full, four-year term in 2025.

Citizens Union worked to ensure the Council redistricting process was fair, open, and independent, and supported hundreds of New Yorkers in getting involved with the elaborate mapmaking project.

Two Council seats are “open” this year. District 43, a newly-created district in southern Brooklyn, will be filled for the first time following this election. In District 9, which covers Harlem, the incumbent Council Member announced she would not seek reelection, although her name will still remain on the ballot.

The 2023 June primary ballot also includes races for county district attorneys, civil court judges, and party positions.

To read the full Voters Directory, click here.
Read our press release here.

To see our past preferences and endorsement decisions, click here.

Citizens Union June 2023 preferences:

City Council District 1
Manhattan — Chinatown, Financial District, Little Italy, the Lower East Side, NoHo, SoHo, South Street Seaport, TriBeCa, Washington Square