New York's 16th congressional district

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New York's 16th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025
Representative
Distribution
  • 100% urban
  • 0% rural
Population (2023)765,060
Median household
income		$105,778[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+18[2]

New York's 16th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives represented by George Latimer.

The 16th district includes a small portion of the northern Bronx (specifically the neighborhood of Co-op City, Bronx) and the southern half of Westchester County, including the mixed suburban/urban cities of White Plains, Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Rye. The district has the highest percentage of Jamaican Americans, at 9%, out of any congressional district in New York, due to the large Caribbean population in the north Bronx.[3]

In 2008, the previous version of this district gave Barack Obama his largest victory margin of any congressional district, a 90% margin (95–5%).[4] The current configuration of the 16th district is strongly Democratic, though it is not as overwhelmingly Democratic as other districts in the city.

History

From 2003 to 2013, the district included the neighborhoods of Bedford Park, East Tremont, Fordham, Hunts Point, Melrose, Highbridge, Morrisania, Mott Haven and University Heights. Yankee Stadium, Fordham University and the Bronx Zoo were located within the district. Before redistricting, the 2010 census found that approximately 38% of constituents in New York's 16th lived at or below the federal poverty line, the highest poverty rate of any congressional district in the nation.[5] These neighborhoods were largely reassigned to the 15th district after redistricting, while the current 16th comprises most of the territory that had previously been the 17th District. The current 16th district, while still containing impoverished areas, such as some neighborhoods of Mount Vernon, also contains affluent areas, such as in Scarsdale and Rye, resulting in a more mixed-income demography.

Counties, towns, and municipalities

For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following the New York Court of Appeals' December 2023 decision in Hoffman v New York State Ind. Redistricting. Commn.), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns, and municipalities.[6][7]

Bronx County (1)

New York (part; also 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th; shared with Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond counties)

Westchester County (26)

Ardsley, Bronxville, Dobbs Ferry, Eastchester, Elmsford, Greenburgh (part; also 17th; includes Fairview, Greenville, and Hartsdale), Harrison, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington, Larchmont, Mamaroneck (town), Mamaroneck (village), Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Pelham (town), Pelham (village), Pelham Manor, Port Chester, Rye (city), Rye (town), Rye Brook, Scarsdale, Tarrytown (part; also 17th), Tuckahoe, White Plains, Yonkers


Bronx neighborhoods in the district include Wakefield and Woodlawn

Recent election results from statewide races

Year Office Results[8][9]
2008 President Obama 69% - 31%
2012 President Obama 69% - 31%
2016 President Clinton 70% - 26%
Senate Schumer 76% - 22%
2018 Senate Gillibrand 76% - 24%
Governor Cuomo 72% - 25%
Attorney General James 73% - 25%
2020 President Biden 72% - 27%
2022 Senate Schumer 67% - 33%
Governor Hochul 64% - 36%
Attorney General James 65% - 35%
Comptroller DiNapoli 67% - 33%
2024 President Harris 66% - 33%
Senate Gillibrand 68% - 31%

List of members representing the district

Representative Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history Location
District established March 4, 1803

John Paterson
(Lisle) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805 		8th Elected in 1802.
Retired. 		1803–1809
[data missing]
Uri Tracy
(Oxford) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1807 		9th Re-elected in 1804.
Lost re-election.

Reuben Humphrey
(Marcellus) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1809 		10th Elected in 1806.
[data missing]
District inactive March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1813 		11th
12th

Morris S. Miller
(Utica) 		Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815 		13th Elected in 1812.
[data missing] 		1813–1823
Oneida County and the ex-Oneida part of Oswego County

Thomas R. Gold
(Whitestown) 		Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817 		14th Elected in 1814.
[data missing]
Henry R. Storrs
(Whitestown) 		Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821 		15th
16th 		Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Lost renomination.
Vacant March 4, 1821 –
December 3, 1821 		17th Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.

Joseph Kirkland
(Utica) 		Federalist December 3, 1821 –
March 3, 1823 		Elected in 1821.
[data missing]
John W. Cady
(Johnstown) 		Adams-Clay
Democratic-Republican 		March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th Elected in 1822.
[data missing] 		1823–1833
Montgomery County
Henry Markell
(Palatine) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829 		19th
20th 		Elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
[data missing]
Benedict Arnold
(Amsterdam) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831 		21st Elected in 1828.
[data missing]
Nathan Soule
(Fort Plain) 		Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833 		22nd Elected in 1830.
[data missing]
Abijah Mann Jr.
(Fairfield) 		Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837 		23rd
24th 		Elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
[data missing] 		1833–1843
[data missing]

Arphaxed Loomis
(Little Falls) 		Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839 		25th Elected in 1836.
[data missing]
Andrew W. Doig
(Lowville) 		Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843 		26th
27th 		Elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
[data missing]
Chesselden Ellis
(Waterford) 		Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845 		28th Elected in 1842.
[data missing] 		1843–1853
[data missing]

Hugh White
(Cohoes) 		Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1851 		29th
30th
31st 		Elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
[data missing]
John Wells
(Johnstown) 		Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853 		32nd Elected in 1850.
[data missing]
George A. Simmons
(Keeseville) 		Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855 		33rd
34th 		Elected in 1852.
[data missing] 		1853–1863
[data missing]
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
May 30, 1857 		Re-elected in 1854.
[data missing]

George W. Palmer
(Plattsburg) 		Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861 		35th
36th 		Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
[data missing]

William A. Wheeler
(Malone) 		Republican March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863 		37th Elected in 1860.
[data missing]

Orlando Kellogg
(Elizabethtown) 		Republican March 4, 1863 –
August 24, 1865 		38th
39th 		Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Died. 		1863–1873
[data missing]
Vacant August 24, 1865 –
December 3, 1866 		39th

Robert S. Hale
(Elizabethtown) 		Republican December 3, 1866 –
March 3, 1867 		Elected to finish Kellogg's term.
[data missing]

Orange Ferriss
(Glens Falls) 		Republican March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1871 		40th
41st 		Elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
[data missing]
John Rogers
(Black Brook) 		Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873 		42nd Elected in 1870.
[data missing]
James S. Smart
(Cambridge) 		Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875 		43rd Elected in 1872.
[data missing] 		1873–1883
[data missing]

Charles H. Adams
(Cohoes) 		Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877 		44th Elected in 1874.
[data missing]

Terence J. Quinn
(Albany) 		Democratic March 4, 1877 –
June 18, 1878 		45th Elected in 1876.
Died.
Vacant June 18, 1878 –
November 5, 1878

John Mosher Bailey
(Albany) 		Republican November 5, 1878 –
March 3, 1881 		45th
46th 		Elected to finish Quinn's term.
Also elected the same day in 1878 to the next term.
[data missing]

Michael N. Nolan
(Albany) 		Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883 		47th Elected in 1880.
[data missing]

Thomas J. Van Alstyne
(Albany) 		Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885 		48th Elected in 1882.
[data missing] 		1883–1893
[data missing]

John H. Ketcham
(Dover Plains) 		Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1893 		49th
50th
51st
52nd 		Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
[data missing]

William Ryan
(Port Chester) 		Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895 		53rd Elected in 1892.
[data missing] 		1893–1903
[data missing]

Benjamin L. Fairchild
(Pelham Heights) 		Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897 		54th Elected in 1894.
[data missing]

William L. Ward
(Port Chester) 		Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899 		55th Elected in 1896.
[data missing]

John Q. Underhill
(New Rochelle) 		Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1901 		56th Elected in 1898.
[data missing]

Cornelius A. Pugsley
(Peekskill) 		Democratic March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903 		57th Elected in 1900.
[data missing]

Jacob Ruppert
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907 		58th
59th 		Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
[data missing] 		1903–1913
[data missing]

Francis B. Harrison
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1913 		60th
61st
62nd 		Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the 20th district.

Peter J. Dooling
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1919 		63rd
64th
65th 		Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916
Redistricted to the 15th district. 		1913–1933
[data missing]

Thomas F. Smith
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921 		66th Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1918.
[data missing]

William Bourke Cockran
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1921 –
March 1, 1923 		67th Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922 but died before the next term began.
Vacant March 1, 1923 –
November 6, 1923 		67th
68th

John J. O'Connor
(New York) 		Democratic November 6, 1923 –
October 24, 1938 		68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th 		Elected to finish Cockran's term.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Lost renomination and switched parties.
Republican October 24, 1938 –
January 3, 1939 		Lost re-election. 1933–1943
[data missing]

James H. Fay
(New York) 		Democratic January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941 		76th Elected in 1938.
[data missing]

William T. Pheiffer
(New York) 		Republican January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943 		77th Elected in 1940.
[data missing]

James H. Fay
(New York) 		Democratic January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945 		78th Elected in 1942.
[data missing] 		1943–1953
[data missing]

Ellsworth B. Buck
(Staten Island) 		Republican January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1949 		79th
80th 		Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
[data missing]

James J. Murphy
(Staten Island) 		Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1953 		81st
82nd 		Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
[data missing]

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
(New York) 		Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963 		83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th 		Redistricted from the 22nd district and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 18th district. 		1953–1963
[data missing]

John M. Murphy
(Staten Island) 		Democratic January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1973 		88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd 		Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 17th district. 		1963–1973
[data missing]

Elizabeth Holtzman
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1981 		93rd
94th
95th
96th 		Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator. 		1973–1983
[data missing]

Chuck Schumer
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983 		97th Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 10th district.

Charles Rangel
(New York) 		Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993 		98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd 		Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 15th district. 		1983–1993
[data missing]

José E. Serrano
(The Bronx) 		Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2013 		103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th 		Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 15th district. 		1993–2003
[data missing]
2003–2013
Parts of the Bronx and Queens

Eliot Engel
(The Bronx) 		Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2021 		113th
114th
115th
116th 		Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Lost renomination.[10] 		2013–2023
Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County

Jamaal Bowman
(Yonkers) 		Democratic January 3, 2021 –
January 3, 2025 		117th
118th 		Elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Lost renomination.
2023–2025
Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County

George Latimer
(Rye) 		Democratic January 3, 2025 –
present 		119th Elected in 2024. 2025–present
Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County

Recent election results

In New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").

1996 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano (incumbent) 95,568 96.3%
Republican Rodney Torres 2,878 2.9%
Conservative Owen Camp 787 0.8%
Majority 92,690 93.4%
Turnout 99,233 100%
1998 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano (incumbent) 67,367 95.4% −0.9%
Republican Thomas W. Bayley Jr. 2,457 3.5% +0.6%
Conservative Owen Camp 756 1.1% +0.3%
Majority 64,910 92.0% −1.4%
Turnout 70,580 100% −28.9%
2000 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano (incumbent) 103,041 95.8% +0.4%
Republican Aaron Justice 3,934 3.7% +0.2%
Conservative Richard Retcho 571 0.5% −0.6%
Majority 99,107 92.2% +0.2%
Turnout 107,546 100% +52.4%
2002 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano (incumbent) 50,716 92.1% −3.7%
Republican Frank DellaValle 4,366 7.9% +4.2%
Majority 46,350 84.1% −8.1%
Turnout 55,082 100% −48.8%
2004 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano 106,739 91.0%
Working Families José E. Serrano 4,899 4.2%
total José E. Serrano (incumbent) 111,638 95.2 +3.1%
Republican Ali Mohamed 4,917 4.2%
Conservative Ali Mohamed 693 0.6%
total Ali Mohamed 5,610 4.8 −3.1%
Majority 106,028 90.4 +6.3
Turnout 117,248 100 +112.9%
2006 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano 53,179 90.3%
Working Families José E. Serrano 2,945 5.0%
total José E. Serrano (incumbent) 56,124 95.3 +0.1%
Republican Ali Mohamed 2,045 3.5%
Conservative Ali Mohamed 714 1.2%
total Ali Mohamed 2,759 4.7 −0.1%
Majority 53,365 90.6 +0.2
Turnout 58,883 100% −49.8%
2008 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano 123,312 93.7%
Working Families José E. Serrano 3,867 2.9%
total José E. Serrano (incumbent) 127,179 96.6 +1.3%
Republican Ali Mohamed 3,941 3.0%
Conservative Ali Mohamed 547 0.4%
total Ali Mohamed 4,488 3.4 −1.3%
Majority 122,691 93.2 +2.6
Turnout 131,667 100% +123.6%
2010 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano 58,478 90.8%
Working Families José E. Serrano 3,164 4.9%
total José E. Serrano (incumbent) 61,642 95.7 −0.9%
Republican Frank Della Valle 2,257 3.5%
Conservative Frank Della Valle 501 0.8%
total Frank Della Valle 2,758 4.3 +0.9%
Majority 58,884 91.4 −1.8
Turnout 64,400 100% −51.1%
2018 New York District 16 primary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eliot Engel (Incumbent) 22,160 73.7 −26.7
Democratic Jonathan Lewis 4,866 16.2 New
Democratic Joyce Briscoe 1,772 5.9 New
Democratic Derickson Lawrence 1,280 4.3 New
Majority 30,078 57.5 −26.7
2018 general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eliot Engel (Incumbent) 182,044 100.0 +5.7
Majority 182,044 100.0 +5.7
[11]
2020 Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jamaal Bowman 49,367 55.4
Democratic Eliot Engel (Incumbent) 36,149 40.6
Democratic Chris Fink 1,625 1.8
Democratic Sammy Ravelo 1,139 1.3
Democratic Andom Ghebreghiorgis (withdrawn) 761 0.9
2020 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jamaal Bowman 218,471 84.2
Conservative Patrick McManus 41,085 15.8
Total votes 259,556 100.0
Democratic hold
2022 Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jamaal Bowman (incumbent) 21,643 54.2
Democratic Vedat Gashi 10,009 25.0
Democratic Catherine Parker 7,503 18.8
Democratic Mark Jaffee 608 1.5
Total votes 39,961 100.0
2022 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jamaal Bowman 127,024 61.1
Working Families Jamaal Bowman 6,543 3.2
Total Jamaal Bowman (incumbent) 133,567 64.2
Republican Miriam Flisser 74,156 35.7
Total votes 207,928 100.0
Democratic hold
2024 Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic George Latimer 45,909 58.6
Democratic Jamaal Bowman (incumbent) 32,440 41.4
Total votes 78,349 100.0
2024 New York's 16th congressional district election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George Latimer 217,668 71.6
Republican Miriam Flisser 86,408 28.4
Total votes 304,076 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. ^ "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  3. ^ "The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas". statisticalatlas.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "Swing State Project". Archived from the original on March 5, 2009.
  5. ^ Sisk, Richard (September 29, 2010). "South Bronx is poorest district in nation, U.S. Census Bureau finds: 38% live below poverty line". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  6. ^ https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST36/CD119_NY16.pdf
  7. ^ Mahoney, Bill (February 28, 2024). "New congressional maps approved in New York". POLITICO. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  8. ^ "DRA 2020". davesredistricting.org. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  9. ^ "The Downballot: New York 2024 pres-by-CD - Google Spreadsheets". docs.google.com. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  10. ^ "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. June 23, 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  11. ^ "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. July 6, 2020.
  12. ^ "Certified November 5, 2024 General Election Results, approved 12.09.2024". New York State Board of Elections.

Sources

Books

  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

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