2025 Election: Meet the candidates running Manhattan’s wide-open City Council District 4 primary race

Representing Manhattan’s 4th City Council District in the city’s legislature since 2018, term-limited Keith Powers is seeking higher office this election cycle with a run for Manhattan Borough President, leaving his seat wide–open for a cohort of candidates.

Six hopefuls are on the ballot vying for Powers’ open City Council seat, which covers parts of Manhattan’s east side from Stuyvesant Town to the Upper East Side, in the June 24 Democratic Primary.