| State: | New York |
| District Number: | 7 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries |
| Representative: | Nydia Velázquez |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Brooklyn |
| Percent Urban: | 100 |
| Percent Rural: | 0 |
| Population: | 720,452[1] |
| Population Year: | 2023 |
| Median Income: | $91,286[2] |
| Percent White: | 36.2 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 35.3 |
| Percent Black: | 10.1 |
| Percent Asian: | 13.2 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.5 |
| Percent Other Race: | 1.7 |
| Cpvi: | D+31[3] |
New York's 7th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It includes parts of Brooklyn and Queens. Democrat Nydia Velázquez represents the district in Congress.
Like many Congressional districts around the country, the New York Seventh's boundaries were drawn as to link disparate and widely separated neighborhoods with a large percentage of minority voters (see majority-minority districts). While no minority in the district constitutes an absolute majority, the boundaries group together heavily Puerto Rican neighborhoods in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.
The district includes the Queens neighborhoods of Long Island City, Astoria, Sunnyside, Maspeth, Ridgewood, and Woodhaven; the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, East New York, East Williamsburg, Fort Greene, Greenpoint, and Williamsburg.
Until 2012, the 7th consisted of parts of Northern Queens and Eastern portions of the Bronx. The Queens portion included the neighborhoods of College Point, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights and Woodside. The Bronx portion of the district included the neighborhoods of Co-op City, Morris Park, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, and Throgs Neck as well as City Island. Until the latest redistricting in 2022, the 7th also included a portion of Manhattan's Lower East Side.
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | President | Clinton 56–35% | |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 68–25% | |
| 2000 | President | Gore 75–21% | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 74–25% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 84–15% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 88–10% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 87–10% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 81–17% |
2023—:
Parts of Brooklyn and Queens2013–2023:
Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens[4] [5] 1993–2013:
Parts of Bronx, Queens1953–1993:
Parts of Queens1913–1953:
Parts of Brooklyn
Various New York districts have been numbered "7" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.
The 7th District originally was the south Queens seat in the 1960s and 1970s (now the 6th District) and then became a central Queens seat (essentially the old 8th district) in the 1980s. Following the 1992 remap, much of the old 9th District was added. The 2002 remap placed much of the district in the Bronx, and it now resembles the 1970s era 10th District.
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1793 | ||||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 nowrap | John E. Van Alen | Pro-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Retired. | |||
| Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 | ||||||
| align=left | John Thompson | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | Elected in 1798. Retired. | |||
| align=left | David Thomas | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the . | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – October 17, 1803 | John Cantine was elected in 1802 but declined the seat. | |||||
| align=left | Josiah Hasbrouck | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | October 17, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | Elected April 26–28, 1803 to finish Cantine's term and seated October 17, 1803. | |||
| align=left | Martin G. Schuneman | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 | Elected in 1804. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Barent Gardenier | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 | Re-elected in 1806. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Killian K. Van Rensselaer | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1808. | |||
| align=left | Harmanus Bleecker | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | Re-elected in 1810. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Abraham J. Hasbrouck | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | Elected in 1812. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Samuel Betts | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | Re-elected in 1814. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Josiah Hasbrouck | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Elected in 1816. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Jacob H. De Witt | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1818. Retired. | |||
| Vacant | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 | Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued. | ||||||
| align=left | Charles H. Ruggles | Federalist | nowrap | December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1821. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Lemuel Jenkins | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1822. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | Re-elected in 1824. Retired. | |||
| align=left | George O. Belden | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 | Re-elected in 1826. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Charles G. De Witt | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | Re-elected in 1828. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John C. Brodhead | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1830. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Charles Bodle | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Elected in 1832. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Nicholas Sickles | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1834. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John C. Brodhead | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Elected in 1836. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Rufus Palen | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | Elected in 1838. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John Van Buren | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1840. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Joseph H. Anderson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. Retired. | |||
| align=left | William Nelson | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 | Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Abraham P. Stephens | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1850. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | William A. Walker | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1852. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Thomas Child Jr. | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. Never qualified or attended. | |||
| align=left | Elijah Ward | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Elected in 1856. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | George Briggs | Republican / Constitutional Union | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Elected in 1858. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Elijah Ward | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1860. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | John W. Chanler | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 | Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Hervey C. Calkin | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | Elected in 1868. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Smith Ely Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | Elected in 1870. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Thomas J. Creamer | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Elected in 1872. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Smith Ely Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – December 11, 1876 | Elected in 1874. Resigned to become Mayor of New York City | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 11, 1876 – January 11, 1877 | ||||||
| align=left | David Dudley Field II | Democratic | nowrap | January 11, 1877 – March 3, 1877 | Elected to finish Ely's term. Had not been a candidate for the next term. | |||
| align=left | Anthony Eickhoff | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | Elected in 1876. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Edwin Einstein | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1878. Retired. | |||
| align=left | P. Henry Dugro | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1880. Retired. | |||
| align=left | William Dorsheimer | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1882. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John J. Adams | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1884. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Lloyd Bryce | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1886. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Edward J. Dunphy | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Franklin Bartlett | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | John H.G. Vehslage | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | Elected in 1896. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Nicholas Muller | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1899 – November 22, 1901 | Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Resigned. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | November 22, 1901 – January 7, 1902 | ||||||
| align=left | Montague Lessler | Republican | nowrap | January 7, 1902 – March 3, 1903 | Elected to finish Muller's term. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | John J. Fitzgerald | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – December 31, 1917 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Resigned. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 1, 1918 – March 5, 1918 | ||||||
| align=left | John J. Delaney | Democratic | nowrap | March 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919 | Elected to finish Fitzgerald's term. Retired. | |||
| align=left | James P. Maher | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1918. . | |||
| align=left | Michael J. Hogan | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | Elected in 1920. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | John F. Quayle | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – November 27, 1930 | Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | November 27, 1930 – February 1931 | ||||||
| align=left | Matthew V. O'Malley | Democratic | nowrap | February 1931 – May 26, 1931 | Elected to finish Quayle's term. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 26, 1931 – November 3, 1931 | ||||||
| align=left | John J. Delaney | Democratic | nowrap | November 3, 1931 – November 18, 1948 | Elected to finish O'Malley's term. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | November 19, 1948 – February 14, 1949 | ||||||
| align=left | Louis B. Heller | Democratic | nowrap | February 15, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | Elected to finish Delaney's term. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | James J. Delaney | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Joseph P. Addabbo | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1983 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Benjamin S. Rosenthal | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – January 4, 1983 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 5, 1983 – February 28, 1983 | ||||||
| align=left | Gary Ackerman | Democratic | nowrap | March 1, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | Elected to finish Rosenthal's term. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Thomas J. Manton | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired. | 1993–2003 | ||
Joseph Crowley | Democratic | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the . | |||||
| 2003–2013 Parts of Queens, The Bronx | ||||||||
Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. | 2013–2023 Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens | ||||
| 2023–2025 Parts of Brooklyn, Queens | ||||||||
| 2025–present Parts of Brooklyn, Queens | ||||||||
Note that in New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").