The night new people won.

Part of it was filling what I thought was a gap. But it was also because, after every election, people, for all sorts of reasons, start showing up at Community Board meetings. As I did years ago, they often walk in metaphorically cold. Looking at election results through the lens of Community Board districts gives a better sense of both what residents broadly think and the district the board is actually tasked with representing. Elections aren't perfect, but they're probably a better gauge of where a community is than "I talked to some guy" or "I heard."

This year, New York's congressional delegation will have four new members replacing four incumbents. That amount of turnover is unusual in a state where incumbent members of Congress almost always win reelection.

That helps explain why there's been so much attention paid to New York City's June 2026 primaries. Four congressional districts, NY-10, NY-13, NY-7, and NY-12, together overlap with more than half of New York City's Community Board districts across four of the city's five boroughs. NY-10 spans parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan, NY-13 covers Upper Manhattan and the northwest Bronx, NY-7 stretches across parts of Brooklyn and Queens, and NY-12 is entirely within Manhattan. Of those four races, two resulted in incumbent defeats, while the other two filled seats being vacated by retiring members of Congress.

In NY-10, former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander defeated incumbent Congressman Dan Goldman, giving Mayor Mamdani one of his highest-profile endorsed victories.

In NY-13, Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated incumbent Congressman Adriano Espaillat, another rare defeat for a sitting member of Congress.

In NY-7, Assemblymember Claire Valdez defeated Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, the candidate backed by retiring Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, making it the third congressional race won by a Mamdani-endorsed candidate.

NY-12 was different. Micah Lasher, backed by retiring Congressman Jerrold Nadler, emerged from a crowded Democratic primary in a result that looked much more like a traditional New York congressional race. Even so, it still produced one remarkable result. Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, finished third. Given the Kennedy family's long history and name recognition in Democratic politics, that may be almost as surprising as the incumbent defeats elsewhere.

Community Board 6 sits entirely within NY-10, making it a good example of why I think this way of looking at elections is useful. On this page, you'll find these four congressional primaries broken down by Community Board District. You'll also find citywide and borough pages with Community Board District results for other races, from New York State Comptroller on down.

Community Boards don't just have members. They represent districts. My hope is that breaking election results down this way gives a little more context about the communities those boards are meant to serve and provides another way to understand the city beyond headlines, anecdotes, or whoever happened to speak at the last meeting.

So take a look at the results and, as always, let me know if you have any questions.