Nicholas Reyes (New York City Council candidate)
Nicholas Reyes (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New York City Council to represent District 8. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 24, 2025.
Reyes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2025)
General election
General election for New York City Council District 8
Elsie Encarnacion, Tyreek Goodman, and Federico Colon are running in the general election for New York City Council District 8 on November 4, 2025.
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 8
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Elsie Encarnacion in round 7 . 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.
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Total votes: 15,592 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican Primary for New York City Council District 8
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Tyreek Goodman in round 1 .
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Conservative Party primary election
Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 8
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Tyreek Goodman in round 1 .
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Working Families Party primary election
Working Families Primary for New York City Council District 8
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Elsie Encarnacion in round 1 .
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Nicholas Reyes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Reyes' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- “Real Affordable Housing” - The current and previous City Council Members have been selling our community piece by piece for years. They say they are champions for affordable housing , but the question is affordable for who? All I see are buildings going up that most of us cannot afford to live in. If elected, I promise to do everything possible to create “real affordable housing” so our current & future residents can have options on where to live, because we should have the luxury to live comfortably in the community that we poured into our entire lives. We have to make the developers work for us instead of being traded because they deemed us worthless.
- The problem with today’s politicians is that they underestimate the intelligence of the people they serve. They only speak to the people who vote, and if you look at the numbers that’s not a lot of people. I am trying to look out for everyone I serve no matter what, because I understand why someone would not want to vote or why someone might not feel confident in the system that represents them. Historically the government has overlooked communities like ours , and there’s nothing I can say to change that fact, and to be honest I am not trying too. I would like to show you that good people do exist and together we can make this community happier, healthier, and affordable.
- Vote for someone who has actually been in the community, that has real lived experience, great relevant experience, and will never turn their back on the people. That someone is Nicholas A. Reyes. A fierce advocate and ready to hold city agencies accountable for doing their job well.
Film: Brother From Another Planet
For example, there are ways to build truly affordable housing that would successfully address a portion of the city-wide housing crisis and prevent widespread displacement and other adverse effects. Yet, a good amount of the "affordable" developments do not begin to address the actual needs of the district.
While it may be more advantageous for a career politician to teeter on the side of developers because they are financial allies in some cases, that kind of relationship does not serve the people living in District 8. It contributes the high level of governmental disconnect that people constantly express. The accurate voice of the people in this case would be do whatever is in the Council Member's power to create truly affordable housing, especially during a time where the rate of available units is at a historic low.
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See also
2025 Elections
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