CITY & STATE
In Assembly District 46, which stretches from Bay Ridge to Coney Island, Chris McCreight ousted Republican Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny with 56% to the latter’s 44%, according to unofficial results from the city Board of Elections.
In the neighboring Assembly District 45, which stretches from Midwood and Gravesend to Manhattan Beach, Joey Cohen-Saban defeated Republican Assembly Member Michael Novakhov with 62% of the vote – a massive reversal after narrowly losing to him in 2024.
In Assembly District 49, which stretches from Sunset Park to Bensonhurst, Joyce Xiaoqiong Xie was set to beat Republican Assembly Member Lester Chang with 53% of the vote.
And in the overlapping 17th state Senate District, Larry He declared victory over Republican state Sen. Steve Chan with 57% of the vote. (Neither Xie or He’s race had been called on The New York Times’ race tracker as of midnight.)
The victories are a big deal for Southern Brooklyn, the diverse collection of neighborhoods below Green-Wood Cemetery, which was largely represented by Democrats not so long ago. Republicans have found increasing success there in recent years as several of its largest demographic groups, Orthodox Jews and Chinese and post-Soviet immigrant families, have shifted to the right. Now, after tonight, Democrats are feeling good again about their standing – especially given the broader implications for the party’s quest for a supermajority in the state Senate.
Ballot questions
New York City voters gave a confident “yes” to all five of the ballot measures put forward by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first Charter Revision Commission, approving the slate of proposals intended to streamline government processes and help the city better plan for its financial future.
The New York Times reported all five proposals passed shortly before 11 p.m., but signs were strong earlier in the night too. With more than 88% of scanners reporting nearly an hour after polls closed, the first four proposals, which would cut some of the red tape associated with creating bike lanes, expanding outdoor dining, starting construction projects and hiring city contractors, held between 61% and 67% of the vote, according to unofficial results from the city Board of Elections. The fifth proposal, which would set contribution goals for the city’s rainy day fund, held at roughly 72% of the vote.
