New York City's 48th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Republican Inna Vernikov since December 2021.

Geography District 48 covers a series of neighborhoods – many of them with large Orthodox Jewish populations – in southern Brooklyn, including Brighton Beach, Homecrest, Manhattan Beach, parts of Midwood and Sheepshead Bay, and a small section of Coney Island.

The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 13, 14, and 15, and with New York's 8th, 9th, and 11th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 17th, 19th, 22nd, and 23rd districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 41st, 42nd, 45th, 46th, and 48th districts of the New York State Assembly.

Members representing the district Members Party Years served Electoral historyDistrict established January 1, 1992Anthony WeinerDemocratic January 1, 1992 – December 31, 1998Elected in 1991. Re-elected in 1993. Re-elected in 1997. Resigned when elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.VacantDecember 31, 1998 – February 17, 1999Michael C. NelsonDemocratic February 17, 1999 – December 31, 2013Elected to finish Weiner's term. Re-elected in 1999. Re-elected in 2001. Re-elected in 2003. Re-elected in 2005. Re-elected in 2009. Termed out.Chaim DeutschDemocratic January 1, 2014 – April 27, 2021Elected in 2013. Re-elected in 2017. Expelled due to tax fraud guilty plea.VacantApril 27, 2021 – December 1, 2021Inna VernikovRepublican December 1, 2021 – Elected to finish Deutsch's term. Re-elected in 2021. Re-elected in 2023. Re-elected in 2025.

Recent election results 2025

2023 (redistricting) Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to the New York City Charter, councilmembers elected during the 2021 and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections.

2021 In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting in all local elections. Under the new system, voters have the option to rank up to five candidates for every local office. Voters whose first-choice candidates fare poorly will have their votes redistributed to other candidates in their ranking until one candidate surpasses the 50 percent threshold. If one candidate surpasses 50 percent in first-choice votes, then ranked-choice tabulations will not occur.

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