Darlene Mealy

Darlene Mealy

Democratic Party

New York City Council District 41

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Predecessor: Alicka Ampry-Samuel (D)

Prior offices:

New York City Council District 41

Years in office: 2006 - 2017

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Last election

November 4, 2025

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Darlene Mealy (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York City Council, representing District 41. She assumed office on January 1, 2022.

Mealy (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New York City Council to represent District 41. She won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Biography

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Mealy's professional experience includes working for the New York City Transit Authority for seventeen years.

Elections

2025

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

General election

General election for New York City Council District 41

Incumbent Darlene Mealy defeated Yehuda Shaffer in the general election for New York City Council District 41 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Darlene Mealy (D)	93.8	24,229
		Yehuda Shaffer (United Alliance Party)	6.2	1,615

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 25,844
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 41

Select round: Round 8 Round 7 Round 6 Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Darlene Mealy in round 8 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Darlene Mealy	65.1	8,251	654	Advanced (8)
		Lawman Lynch	34.9	4,425	743	8
	Submit photo	Jammel Thompson	0.0	0	-2,926	8
	Submit photo	Bianca Cunningham	0.0	0	0	6
	Submit photo	Dante Arnwine	0.0	0	0	5
	Submit photo	Jamell Henderson	0.0	0	0	5
	Submit photo	Elijah Brown	0.0	0	0	4
		Clifton Hinton	0.0	0	0	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Darlene Mealy	53.5	7,597	0	Advanced (8)
		Lawman Lynch	25.9	3,682	0	8
	Submit photo	Jammel Thompson	20.6	2,926	0	8
	Submit photo	Bianca Cunningham	0.0	0	0	6
	Submit photo	Dante Arnwine	0.0	0	0	5
	Submit photo	Jamell Henderson	0.0	0	0	5
	Submit photo	Elijah Brown	0.0	0	0	4
		Clifton Hinton	0.0	0	0	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Darlene Mealy	53.5	7,597	353	Advanced (8)
		Lawman Lynch	25.9	3,682	777	8
	Submit photo	Jammel Thompson	20.6	2,926	372	8
	Submit photo	Bianca Cunningham	0.0	0	-2,537	6
	Submit photo	Dante Arnwine	0.0	0	0	5
	Submit photo	Jamell Henderson	0.0	0	0	5
	Submit photo	Elijah Brown	0.0	0	0	4
		Clifton Hinton	0.0	0	0	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Darlene Mealy	47.5	7,244	229	Advanced (8)
		Lawman Lynch	19.1	2,905	268	8
	Submit photo	Jammel Thompson	16.8	2,554	255	8
	Submit photo	Bianca Cunningham	16.6	2,537	357	6
	Submit photo	Jamell Henderson	0.0	0	-1,095	5
	Submit photo	Dante Arnwine	0.0	0	-706	5
	Submit photo	Elijah Brown	0.0	0	0	4
		Clifton Hinton	0.0	0	0	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Darlene Mealy	44.0	7,015	87	Advanced (8)
		Lawman Lynch	16.6	2,637	81	8
	Submit photo	Jammel Thompson	14.4	2,299	78	8
	Submit photo	Bianca Cunningham	13.7	2,180	68	6
	Submit photo	Jamell Henderson	6.9	1,095	61	5
	Submit photo	Dante Arnwine	4.4	706	45	5
	Submit photo	Elijah Brown	0.0	0	-641	4
		Clifton Hinton	0.0	0	0	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Darlene Mealy	42.9	6,928	21	Advanced (8)
		Lawman Lynch	15.8	2,556	19	8
	Submit photo	Jammel Thompson	13.7	2,221	19	8
	Submit photo	Bianca Cunningham	13.1	2,112	9	6
	Submit photo	Jamell Henderson	6.4	1,034	12	5
	Submit photo	Dante Arnwine	4.1	661	5	5
	Submit photo	Elijah Brown	4.0	641	18	4
		Clifton Hinton	0.0	0	-182	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Darlene Mealy	42.6	6,907	4	Advanced (8)
		Lawman Lynch	15.6	2,537	5	8
	Submit photo	Jammel Thompson	13.6	2,202	4	8
	Submit photo	Bianca Cunningham	13.0	2,103	5	6
	Submit photo	Jamell Henderson	6.3	1,022	2	5
	Submit photo	Dante Arnwine	4.0	656	1	5
	Submit photo	Elijah Brown	3.8	623	3	4
		Clifton Hinton	1.1	182	1	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Darlene Mealy	42.4	6,903	0	Advanced (8)
		Lawman Lynch	15.6	2,532	0	8
	Submit photo	Jammel Thompson	13.5	2,198	0	8
	Submit photo	Bianca Cunningham	12.9	2,098	0	6
	Submit photo	Jamell Henderson	6.3	1,020	0	5
	Submit photo	Dante Arnwine	4.0	655	0	5
	Submit photo	Elijah Brown	3.8	620	0	4
		Clifton Hinton	1.1	181	0	3
		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.	0.4	67	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,274
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Mealy in this election.

2023

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

General election

General election for New York City Council District 41

Incumbent Darlene Mealy won election in the general election for New York City Council District 41 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Darlene Mealy (D)	97.5	6,134
		Other/Write-in votes	2.5	155

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,289
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jarod Leonard (Freedom Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 41

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Darlene Mealy in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Darlene Mealy	61.4	2,806	0	Advanced (1)
	Submit photo	Isis McIntosh Green	29.5	1,346	0	1
	Submit photo	Reginald Bowman	5.1	234	0	1
	Submit photo	Joyce Shearin	3.5	162	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.	0.5	22	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,570
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Mealy in this election.

2021

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

General election

General election for New York City Council District 41

Darlene Mealy defeated Scott Hutchins in the general election for New York City Council District 41 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Darlene Mealy (D)	95.5	15,911
		Scott Hutchins (G)	4.2	694
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	51

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,656
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 41

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Darlene Mealy in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Darlene Mealy	57.3	8,849	0	Advanced (1)
		Alicka Ampry-Samuel	42.1	6,507	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.	0.6	91	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,447
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2016

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for major party candidates was July 14, 2016. The filing deadline for independent candidates was August 23, 2016.

Incumbent Latrice Walker defeated Berneda W. Jackson in the New York State Assembly District 55 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 55 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Latrice Walker Incumbent	97.60%	35,352
	Republican	Berneda W. Jackson	2.40%	869
Total Votes				36,221
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Latrice Walker defeated Darlene Mealy in the New York State Assembly District 55 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 55 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Latrice Walker Incumbent	74.35%	4,276
	Democratic	Darlene Mealy	25.65%	1,475
Total Votes				5,751

Walker also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Berneda W. Jackson ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 55 Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 55 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Berneda W. Jackson  (unopposed)

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2025

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2023

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2021

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Preceded by Alicka Ampry-Samuel (D)	New York City Council District 41 2022-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	New York City Council District 41 2006-2017	Succeeded by -