Althea Stevens

Althea Stevens

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Democratic Party

Candidate, New York City Council District 16

New York City Council District 16

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Predecessor

Vanessa Gibson

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Last elected

November 7, 2023

Next election

November 4, 2025

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Althea Stevens (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York City Council, representing District 16. She assumed office on January 1, 2022. Her current term ends on January 1, 2026.

Stevens (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) is running for re-election to the New York City Council to represent District 16. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 24, 2025. The Working Families Party primary for this office on June 24, 2025, was canceled.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2025)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 16

Incumbent Althea Stevens and Emmanuel Findlay Jr. are running in the general election for New York City Council District 16 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Althea Stevens (D / Working Families Party)
	Submit photo	Emmanuel Findlay Jr. (R / Conservative Party)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 16

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Althea Stevens in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Althea Stevens	70.9	7,243	0	Advanced (1)
		Shakur Joseph	28.1	2,867	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	1.0	105	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,215
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for New York City Council District 16

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Emmanuel Findlay Jr. in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Emmanuel Findlay Jr.

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Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 16

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Emmanuel Findlay Jr. in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Emmanuel Findlay Jr.

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Working Families Party primary election

Working Families Primary for New York City Council District 16

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Althea Stevens in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Althea Stevens

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2023

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2023)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 16

Incumbent Althea Stevens defeated Tanya Carmichael in the general election for New York City Council District 16 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Althea Stevens (D)	85.4	4,384
	Submit photo	Tanya Carmichael (R)	13.7	702
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	50

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,136
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 16

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Althea Stevens in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Althea Stevens

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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for New York City Council District 16

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Tanya Carmichael in round 1 .

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✔	Submit photo	Tanya Carmichael

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Stevens in this election.

2021

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2021)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 16

Althea Stevens defeated Kajara Boyd in the general election for New York City Council District 16 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Althea Stevens (D)	90.7	10,002
	Submit photo	Kajara Boyd (R)	9.2	1,011
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	17

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,030
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 16

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Althea Stevens in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Althea Stevens	50.7	5,125	0	Advanced (1)
	Submit photo	Ahmadou Diallo	20.5	2,075	0	1
	Submit photo	Abdourahamane Diallo	20.2	2,046	0	1
	Submit photo	Yves Filius	7.9	795	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.7	71	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,112
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Eric Stevenson (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Kajara Boyd advanced from the Republican primary for New York City Council District 16.

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2025

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2023

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2021

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Preceded by Vanessa Gibson (D)	New York City Council District 16 2022-Present	Succeeded by -