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2025 New York City borough president elections

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2025 New York City borough president elections

 2021
November 4, 2025
2029 
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 4 1
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Steady Steady

Results:
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

Elections for New York City's borough presidents were held on November 4, 2025. All five incumbent borough presidents were eligible to run for reelection, however, Manhattan borough president Mark Levine opted not to seek reelection and instead successfully ran for New York City Comptroller in the 2025 New York City Comptroller election. The other four borough presidents were all reelected to their second consecutive four-year term.

Overview

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Borough Incumbent president Party Elected president Party
Brooklyn Antonio Reynoso Dem Antonio Reynoso Dem
Manhattan Mark Levine Dem Brad Hoylman-Sigal Dem
Queens Donovan Richards Dem Donovan Richards Dem
Staten Island Vito Fossella Rep Vito Fossella Rep
The Bronx Vanessa Gibson Dem Vanessa Gibson Dem

Manhattan

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2025 Manhattan Borough President election

 2021
2029 
 
Nominee Brad Hoylman-Sigal Seson Adams
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families
Popular vote 412,264 87,406
Percentage 80.80% 17.10%

Borough President before election

Mark Levine
Democratic

Elected Borough President

Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Mark Levine was eligible to run for re-election to a second term but chose to run for Comptroller.

Democratic primary

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Keith Powers
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Calvin Sun
Local officials

Results

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2025 Manhattan Borough President Democratic primary results[37]
Party Candidate Maximum
round
Maximum
votes
Share in
maximum
round
Maximum votes
  First round votes   Transfer votes
Democratic Brad Hoylman-Sigal 3 140,279 54.7%
Democratic Keith Powers 3 115,944 45.3%
Democratic Calvin Sun 2 34,256 12.6%
Write-in 1 1,691 0.6%

Republican primary

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Nominee

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Working Families primary

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Nominee

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  • Brad Hoylman-Sigal

General election

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Endorsements

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Organizations

Results

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2025 Manhattan borough president election[40][41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Brad Hoylman-Sigal 333,495 69.72
Working Families Brad Hoylman-Sigal 52,444 10.96
Total Brad Hoylman-Sigal 385,939 80.68
Republican Seson Adams 81,376 17.01
The Unity Rolando Gomez 10,192 2.13
Write-in 861 0.18
Total votes 478,368 100%

Brooklyn

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2025 Brooklyn Borough President election

 2021
2029 
 
Nominee Antonio Reynoso Janine Acquafredda
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families Conservative
Popular vote 529,086 109,761
Percentage 82.80% 17.20%

Borough President before election

Antonio Reynoso
Democratic

Elected Borough President

Antonio Reynoso
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Antonio Reynoso was eligible for re-election to a second term in office.[42]

Democratic primary

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Khari Edwards, activist and candidate for borough president in 2021[42]

Declined

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Endorsements

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Results

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Democratic primary results[57]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Antonio Reynoso (incumbent) 257,684 77.1
Democratic Khari Edwards 75,021 22.4
Write-in 1,605 0.5
Total votes 334,310 100.0

Republican Party

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Nominee

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  • Janine Acquafredda, real estate broker[58]

Conservative Party

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Nominee

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  • Janine Acquafredda, real estate broker[58]

Working Families Party

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Nominee

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Independents

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Filed paperwork

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General election

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Endorsements

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Antonio Reynoso
Organizations

Results

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2025 Brooklyn borough president election[40][60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Antonio Reynoso 391,722 65.80
Working Families Antonio Reynoso 99,884 16.78
Total Antonio Reynoso (incumbent) 491,606 82.57
Republican Janine Acquafredda 90,566 15.21
Conservative Janine Acquafredda 11,967 2.01
Total Janine Acquafredda 102,533 17.22
Write-in 1,212 0.20
Total votes 595,351 100%

Queens

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2025 Queens Borough President election

 2021
2029 
 
Nominee Donovan Richards Henry Ikezi
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 346,538 144,906
Percentage 70.50% 29.50%

Borough President before election

Donovan Richards
Democratic

Elected Borough President

Donovan Richards
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Donovan Richards was eligible to run for re-election to a second full term in office.

Democratic primary

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Nominee

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Endorsements

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Republican primary

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Nominee

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Libertarian Party

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Nominee

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  • Erwin Roque, real estate flipper[63]

General election

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Endorsements

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Declined to endorse
Organizations

Results

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2025 Queens borough president election[40][64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Donovan Richards (incumbent) 322,312 70.01
Republican Henry Ikezi 130,518 28.35
United Alliance Henry Ikezi 6,599 1.43
Total Henry Ikezi 137,117 29.78
Write-in 979 0.21
Total votes 460,408 100%

The Bronx

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2025 Bronx Borough President election

 2021
2029 
 
Nominee Vanessa Gibson Grace Marrero
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families Conservative
Popular vote 177,416 36,324
Percentage 83.00% 17.00%

Borough President before election

Vanessa Gibson
Democratic

Elected Borough President

Vanessa Gibson
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Vanessa Gibson was eligible for re-election to a second full term in office.

Democratic primary

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Declared

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Endorsements

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Vanessa Gibson
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Rafael Salamanca
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations

Results

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Democratic primary results[73]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vanessa Gibson (incumbent) 71,713 68.3
Democratic Rafael Salamanca 32,700 31.2
Write-in 508 0.5
Total votes 104,921 100

Republican primary

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Nominee

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General election

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Endorsements

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Vanessa Gibson
Organizations

Results

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2025 Bronx borough president election[40][74]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Vanessa Gibson 150,590 74.55
Working Families Vanessa Gibson 16,254 8.05
Total Vanessa Gibson (incumbent) 166,844 82.59
Republican Grace Marrero 30,124 14.91
Conservative Grace Marrero 4,623 2.29
Total Grace Marrero 34,747 17.20
Write-in 413 0.20
Total votes 202,004 100%

Staten Island

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2025 Staten Island Borough President election
 2021
2029 
 
Nominee Vito Fossella Michael Colombo
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 98,168 46,369
Percentage 67.90% 32.10%

Borough President before election

Vito Fossella
Republican

Elected Borough President

Vito Fossella
Republican

Incumbent Republican Vito Fossella was eligible to run for re-election to a second term in office.

Republican primary

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Nominee

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Endorsements

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Democratic primary

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Nominee

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  • Michael Colombo, insurance advocate[75]

General election

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Endorsements

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Michael Colombo
Organizations
Vito Fossella
Newspapers and other media

Results

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2025 Staten Island borough president election[40][78]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Vito Fossella (incumbent) 96,440 68.21 +8.14
Democratic Michael Colombo 44,703 31.62 +0.77
Write-in 251 0.18
Total votes 141,394 100%
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Official campaign websites

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Manhattan

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Brooklyn

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Queens

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The Bronx

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Staten Island

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