New York City Council - Composition

Composition

Partisan makeup
Affiliation Members
Democratic 46
Republican 4
Working Families 1
Total 51
Members
Borough
 Population
in 2000		 Total
 D
 R
 WF
Brooklyn 2,465,326 16 15 0 1
Queens 2,229,379 14 12 2 0
Manhattan 1,537,195 10 10 0 0
Bronx !the Bronx 1,332,650 8 8 0 0
Staten Island 443,728 3 1 2 0
Total 8,008,278 51 46 4 1
Council leaders
Position Name Party Borough District
Speaker Christine Quinn Democratic Manhattan 3rd
Majority Leader Joel Rivera Democratic Bronx 15th
Minority Leader James Oddo Republican Staten Island 50th

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