James Gennaro

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James Gennaro

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Democratic Party

New York City Council District 24

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

4

Predecessor

Rory Lancman

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Last elected

November 4, 2025

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James Gennaro (Democratic Party) (also known as Jim) is a member of the New York City Council, representing District 24. He assumed office on February 18, 2021.

Gennaro (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New York City Council to represent District 24. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

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

General election

General election for New York City Council District 24

Incumbent James Gennaro won election in the general election for New York City Council District 24 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	James Gennaro (D)	98.3	27,762
		Other/Write-in votes	1.7	481

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 28,243
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 24

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: James Gennaro in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	James Gennaro

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gennaro in this election.

2023

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

General election

General election for New York City Council District 24

Incumbent James Gennaro defeated Jonathan Rinaldi in the general election for New York City Council District 24 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	James Gennaro (D)	74.3	7,383
		Jonathan Rinaldi (R / Conservative Party / Medical Freedom Party / Parent Party)	23.4	2,322
		Other/Write-in votes	2.3	226

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,931
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jonathan Rinaldi (Mad As Hell Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 24

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: James Gennaro in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	James Gennaro

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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for New York City Council District 24

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Jonathan Rinaldi in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔		Jonathan Rinaldi

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Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 24

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Jonathan Rinaldi in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔		Jonathan Rinaldi

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gennaro in this election.

2021

Regular city council election

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

General election

General election for New York City Council District 24

Incumbent James Gennaro defeated Timothy Rosen and Mujib Rahman in the general election for New York City Council District 24 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	James Gennaro (D)	72.8	12,740
	Submit photo	Timothy Rosen (R)	22.1	3,870
	Submit photo	Mujib Rahman (Conservative Party)	4.7	821
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	70

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,501
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 24

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: James Gennaro in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	James Gennaro	60.1	8,062	0	Advanced (1)
	Submit photo	Moumita Ahmed	22.5	3,020	0	1
	Submit photo	Saifur Khan	8.6	1,147	0	1
	Submit photo	Mohammed Uddin	8.4	1,123	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.	0.4	56	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,408
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for New York City Council District 24

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Timothy Rosen in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Timothy Rosen	59.2	478	0	Advanced (1)
	Submit photo	Angelo King	36.2	292	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.	4.6	37	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 807
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Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Mujib Rahman advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York City Council District 24.

Special city council election

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

General election

Special general election for New York City Council District 24

The following candidates ran in the special general election for New York City Council District 24 on February 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	James Gennaro (Queens Strong)	60.1	4,078
	Submit photo	Moumita Ahmed (Mo For The People)	15.3	1,041
	Submit photo	Soma Syed (Soma for Queens)	7.9	537
	Submit photo	Deepti Sharma (A Better Queens)	4.7	322
	Submit photo	Dilip Nath (Your Voice Matters)	4.2	283
	Submit photo	Neeta Jain (Community First)	3.3	227
	Submit photo	Mujib Rahman (Unity)	2.8	192
	Submit photo	Michael Brown (United Citizens)	1.4	96
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	7

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,783
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2025

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2023

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2021

Regular city council election

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Special city council election

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