Ty Hankerson
Ty Hankerson | |
|---|---|
| Member-elect of the New York City Council from the 28th district | |
| Assuming office January 1, 2026 | |
| Succeeding | Adrienne Adams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1994 (age 31–32) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Tyrell D. Hankerson (born 1994) is an American politician who is a member-elect of the New York City Council from the 28th district. A Democrat, he previously worked as chief of staff to council speaker Adrienne Adams and succeeded her when she was term-limited.[1]
Early life and career
Hankerson was born in South Ozone Park, Queens.[2]
He worked as a pastor of the Justice Ministry at the Excelling Church.[3] He started working in New York City Councilmember Adrienne Adams' office in 2017 as a scheduler, then became her chief of staff.[2]
New York City Council
2025 New York City Council campaign
Hankerson announced his campaign for the New York City Council's 28th district in the 2025 election, running to succeed term-limited incumbent Adrienne Adams.[2] He garnered endorsements from Adams, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, the Queens County Democratic Party, District Council 37, 32BJ SEIU, and the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council.[4] He defeated four other candidates in the Democratic primary including former councilmember Ruben Wills in the fifth round of ranked choice tabulations. He was unnopposed in the general election.
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round |
Maximum votes |
Share in maximum round |
Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ty Hankerson | 5 | 6,471 | 58.8% |
| |
| Democratic | Japneet Singh | 5 | 4,529 | 41.2% |
| |
| Democratic | Latoya LeGrand | 4 | 2,769 | 22.6% |
| |
| Democratic | Ruben Wills | 3 | 2,076 | 15.6% |
| |
| Democratic | Romeo Hitlall | 2 | 1,232 | 8.8% |
| |
| Write-in | 1 | 66 | 0.5% |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ty Hankerson | 21,271 | 90.50% | |
| Working Families | Ty Hankerson | 2,085 | 8.87% | |
| Total | Ty Hankerson | 23,356 | 99.37% | |
| Write-in | 148 | 0.63% | ||
| Total votes | 23,504 | 100.0% | ||
| style="background-color: Template:New York State Democratic Committee/meta/color" | | [[New York State Democratic Committee|Template:New York State Democratic Committee/meta/shortname]] hold | |||
References
- ↑ Dawson, Athena (September 13, 2024). "Chief of staff for Council Member Adrienne Adams, Tyrell Hankerson launches campaign for District 28 seat". QNS.com. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 McDonough, Annie (August 15, 2024). "Adrienne Adams' staffer wants to succeed her. One of his opponents is attracting GOP support". City and State. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
- ↑ Parrott, Max (June 22, 2020). "Jamaica Juneteenth marches focus on black entrepreneurship". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
- ↑ McDonough, Annie; Pretsky, Holly; Donaldson, Sahalie (June 9, 2025). "New York City Council 2025 primary races to watch". City and State. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
- ↑ "DEM Council Member 28th Council District". Retrieved July 2, 2025.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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