New York's 57th State Assembly district

New York's 57th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Walter T. Mosley since 2013.

New York's 57th
State Assembly District
Assemblymember
  Phara Souffrant Forrest
D–57th
Registration80.4% Democratic
2.7% Republican
14.2% No party preference
Demographics33% White
42% Black
13% Hispanic
7% Asian
1% Other
Population (2018)140,470[1]
Registered voters112,742[2]

Geography

District 57 is located in Brooklyn, comprising the neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, and parts of Crown Heights and Bedford–Stuyvesant.

Representation

District 57 was served by Roger L. Green from 1981 until June 1, 2004, when Green resigned his seat after pleading guilty to petty larceny in connection with $3,000 in false travel reimbursement claims.[3] He was sentenced to three years' probation, fined $2,000, and had to pay $3,000 in restitution.[4] However, he ran for the seat again a few months later and was reelected on November 2, 2004.

Green served one final term from 2005 to 2007, but then announced his retirement from the Assembly to run for Congress, a race that he lost. Hakeem Jeffries, who had challenged Green in the Democratic primary in 2000, won the Democratic primary and the general election in 2006. Jeffries served until 2013, when he retired from the Assembly to serve in Congress.

Walter T. Mosley won the open race for the seat in 2012, and has served since 2013. Mosley has served unopposed since he was first elected, but faced his first primary challenge on June 23, 2020 against Phara Souffrant Forrest.

Recent election results

Assemblyman Mosley faced his first contested election since 2012 in the Democratic primary on June 23, 2020 against Phara Souffrant Forrest.

New York's 57th State Assembly district General Election, 2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter T. Mosley, III 46,733 97.6
Republican Francis J. Voyticky 1,111 2.3
n/a Write-ins 44 0.1
Total votes 47,888 100.0
Democratic hold
New York's 57th State Assembly district Democratic Primary, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter T. Mosley, III 4,565 62.8
Democratic Olanike T. Alabi 2,168 29.8
Democratic Martine Guerrier 535 7.4
Total votes 7,268 100
New York's 57th State Assembly district Democratic Primary, 2020[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Phara Souffrant Forrest 15,711 55.4
Democratic Walter T. Mosley, III 12,609 44.5
n/a other/write-in votes 46 0.2
Total votes 28,366 100

References
  1. "Assembly District 57, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. "Enrollment by Assembly District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2020.
  3. "Brooklyn Assemblyman Quits After Admitting False Billing". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  4. "Assemblyman Gets Probation In Travel-Expense Fraud Case". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  5. "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012" (PDF).
  6. "Ballotpedia".


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