Thanks to redrawn legislative districts in 2022, each of New York’s 51 City Council seats will be up for grabs on June 27. But in the Bronx — long lacking competitive challenges for Democrats — just three councilmembers (Kevin Riley, Pierina Sanchez and Marjorie Velázquez) will face a primary challenge.
This election cycle, however, has also seen intrigue in the Bronx’s oft-invisible Republican Party, as the winner of a three-person primary for Council District 13 could potentially bring the borough’s first Republican elected since 2004.
