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List of borough presidents of New York City. |
The borough president is an elected office in each of the five boroughs of New York City, directly elected to a four-year term via popular vote. Borough presidents advise the mayor of New York City, comment on land-use items in their borough, appoint officials and community board members, and serve ex officio as members of various boards and committees.
No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election | Notes | |
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1 |
Louis F. Haffen (1854–1935) |
January 1, 1898 – August 29, 1909 [a] |
Democratic |
1897 1901 1903 1905 |
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2 |
John F. Murray (1862–1928) |
August 29, 1909
[b] – December 31, 1909 |
Democratic | — | |||
3 |
Cyrus C. Miller (1866–1956) |
January 1, 1910 – December 31, 1913 |
Democratic | 1909 | |||
4 |
Douglas Mathewson (1870–1948) |
January 1, 1914 – December 31, 1917 |
Republican [c] | 1913 | |||
5 |
Henry Bruckner (1817–1942) |
January 1, 1918 – December 31, 1933 |
Democratic | 1917 1921 1925 1929 |
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6 |
James J. Lyons (1890–1966) |
January 1, 1934 – January 2, 1962 |
Democratic |
1933 1937 1941 1945 1949 1953 1957 |
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7 |
Joseph F. Periconi (1910–1994) |
January 2, 1962 – December 28, 1965 |
Republican [d] | 1961 | |||
8 |
Herman Badillo (1929–2014) |
December 28, 1965 – December 31, 1969 |
Democratic | 1965 | |||
9 |
Robert Abrams (born 1938) |
January 1, 1970 – December 31, 1978 [e] |
Democratic | 1969 1973 1977 |
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Office vacant January 1–5, 1979 | |||||||
10 |
Stanley Simon (born 1930) |
January 5, 1979
[f] – March 11, 1987 [g] |
Democratic | 1981 1985 |
| ||
— | Cecil P. Joseph | March 11, 1987
[h] – April 15, 1987 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
11 |
Fernando Ferrer (born 1950) |
April 15, 1987 – December 31, 2001 [i] |
Democratic | 1989 1993 1997 |
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12 |
Adolfo Carrión Jr. (born 1961) |
January 1, 2002 – February 19, 2009 [j] |
Democratic | 2001 2005 |
| ||
— | Earl D. Brown | February 19, 2009
[k] – May 21, 2009 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
13 |
Rubén Díaz Jr. (born 1973) |
May 21, 2009 – December 31, 2021 [i] |
Democratic | 2009 2013 2017 |
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14 |
Vanessa Gibson (born 1979) |
January 1, 2022 – Incumbent |
Democratic | 2021 |
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No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election |
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No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election [l] | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Augustus W. Peters (1844–1898) [62] |
January 1, 1898
[63] – December 29, 1898 [64] [m] |
Democratic | 1897 | |||
Office vacant December 29, 1898 – January 5, 1899 | |||||||
2 |
James J. Coogan (1846–1915) |
January 5, 1899 – December 31, 1901 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
3 |
Jacob A. Cantor (1854–1921) |
January 1, 1902 – December 31, 1903 |
Fusion [n] | 1901 | |||
4 |
John F. Ahearn (1853–1920) |
January 1, 1904 – December 29, 1909 [o] |
Democratic | 1903 1905 |
| ||
5 |
John Cloughen (1849–1911) |
December 30, 1909
[p] – December 31, 1909 |
Democratic | — | |||
6 |
George McAneny (1869–1953) |
January 1, 1910 – December 31, 1913 |
Fusion [q] | 1909 | |||
7 |
Marcus M. Marks (1858–1934) |
January 1, 1914 – December 31, 1917 |
Republican | 1913 | |||
8 |
Frank L. Dowling ( c. 1865–1919) |
January 1, 1918 – September 27, 1919 [r] |
Democratic | 1917 | |||
— |
Michael F. Loughman (1866–1937) |
September 27, 1919
[s] – October 16, 1919 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
9 |
Edward F. Boyle ( c. 1876–1943) |
October 16, 1919
[t] – November 17, 1919 [u] |
Democratic | — | |||
— |
Michael F. Loughman (1866–1937) |
November 17, 1919
[v] – December 31, 1919 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
10 |
Henry H. Curran (1877–1966) |
January 1, 1920
[w] – December 31, 1921 |
Republican | — | |||
11 |
Julius Miller (1880–1955) |
January 1, 1922 – December 31, 1930 [x] |
Democratic | 1921 1925 1929 |
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Office vacant January 1–16, 1931 | |||||||
12 | Samuel Levy | January 16, 1931
[y] – December 31, 1937 |
Democratic | 1933 |
| ||
13 |
Stanley M. Isaacs (1882–1962) |
January 1, 1938 – December 31, 1941 |
Republican | 1937 | |||
14 |
Edgar J. Nathan (1891–1965) |
January 1, 1942 – December 31, 1945 |
Republican | 1941 | |||
15 |
Hugo E. Rogers (1899–1974) |
January 1, 1946 – December 31, 1949 |
Democratic | 1945 | |||
16 |
Robert F. Wagner (1910–1991) |
January 1, 1950 – December 31, 1953 |
Democratic | 1949 |
| ||
17 |
Hulan Jack (1906–1986) |
January 1, 1954 – January 13, 1960 [z] |
Democratic | 1953 1957 |
| ||
— | Louis A. Cioffi | January 13, 1960
[aa] – March 15, 1960 |
Democratic | — | |||
18 |
Hulan Jack (1906–1986) |
March 15, 1960
[ab] – April 22, 1960 [ac] |
Democratic | — | |||
— | Louis A. Cioffi | April 22, 1960
[ad] – January 31, 1961 |
Democratic | — | |||
19 |
Edward R. Dudley (1911–2005) |
January 31, 1961 – January 4, 1965 [ae] |
Democratic | 1961 |
| ||
— |
Earl Louis Brown (1903–1980) |
January 4, 1965 – February 24, 1965 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
20 |
Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005) |
February 24, 1965 – September 8, 1966 [af] |
Democratic | 1965 | |||
— | Leonard N. Cohen | September 8, 1966
[ag] – September 13, 1966 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
21 |
Percy Sutton (1920–2009) |
September 13, 1966 – December 31, 1977 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
22 |
Andrew Stein (born 1945) |
January 1, 1978 – December 31, 1985 |
Democratic | 1977 1981 |
| ||
23 |
David Dinkins (1927–2020) |
January 1, 1986 – December 31, 1989 |
Democratic | 1985 | |||
24 |
Ruth Messinger (born 1940) |
January 1, 1990 – December 31, 1997 |
Democratic | 1989 1993 |
| ||
25 |
C. Virginia Fields (born 1945) |
January 1, 1998 – December 31, 2005 |
Democratic | 1997 2001 |
* elected by popular vote two four-year terms
[50]
[51]
| ||
26 |
Scott Stringer (born 1960) |
January 1, 2006 – December 31, 2013 |
Democratic | 2005 2009 |
| ||
27 |
Gale Brewer (born 1951) |
January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2021 |
Democratic |
2013 2017 |
|||
28 |
Mark Levine (born 1969) |
January 1, 2022 – Incumbent |
Democratic | 2021 |
|
No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election |
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No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
George Cromwell (1860–1934) |
May 24, 1898
[ah] – December 31, 1913 |
Republican |
1897 1901 1903 1905 1909 |
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2 |
Charles J. McCormack (1865–1915) |
January 1, 1914 – July 11, 1915 [ai] |
Democratic | 1913 | |||
— |
Spire Pitou Jr. ( c. 1874–1946) |
July 11, 1915 – July 29, 1915 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
3 |
Calvid D. Van Name (1857–1924) |
July 29, 1915 – December 31, 1921 |
Democratic | 1917 | |||
4 |
Matthew J. Cahill (1869–1922) |
January 1, 1922 – July 14, 1922 |
Democratic | 1921 | |||
5 |
John A. Lynch ( c. 1883–1954) |
July 18, 1922 – December 31, 1933 |
Democratic | 1925 1929 |
| ||
6 |
Joseph A. Palma (1889–1969) |
January 1, 1934 – December 31, 1945 |
Republican |
1933 1937 1941 |
|||
7 |
Cornelius A. Hall (1889–1953) |
January 1, 1946 – February 12, 1953 |
Democratic | 1945 1949 |
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— | Thomas F. Reilly | February 12, 1953 – February 20, 1953 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
8 |
Edward G. Baker (1906–1971) |
February 20, 1953 – December 31, 1954 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
9 |
Albert V. Maniscalco (1908–1998) |
December 31, 1954 – December 31, 1965 |
Democratic | 1953 1957 1961 |
| ||
10 |
Robert T. Conner (1919–2009) |
January 1, 1966 – June 10, 1977 |
Republican | 1965 1969 1973 |
* elected by popular vote to three four-year terms
[103]
[35]
[37]
| ||
11 |
Anthony R. Gaeta (1927–1988) |
June 10, 1977 – November 10, 1984 |
Democratic | 1981 1985 |
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12 |
Ralph J. Lamberti ((born 1934)) |
November 10, 1984 – December 31, 1989 |
Democratic | 1985 | |||
13 |
Guy Molinari (1928–2018) |
January 1, 1990 – December 31, 2001 |
Republican | 1989 1993 1997 |
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14 |
James Molinaro (born 1931) |
January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2013 |
Conservative | 2001 2005 2009 |
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15 |
James Oddo (born 1966) |
January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2021 |
Republican |
2013 2017 |
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16 |
Vito Fossella (born 1965) |
January 1, 2022 – Incumbent |
Republican | 2021 |
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The borough president is an elected office in each of the five boroughs of New York City, directly elected to a four-year term via popular vote. Borough presidents advise the mayor of New York City, comment on land-use items in their borough, appoint officials and community board members, and serve ex officio as members of various boards and committees.
No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Louis F. Haffen (1854–1935) |
January 1, 1898 – August 29, 1909 [a] |
Democratic |
1897 1901 1903 1905 |
|||
2 |
John F. Murray (1862–1928) |
August 29, 1909
[b] – December 31, 1909 |
Democratic | — | |||
3 |
Cyrus C. Miller (1866–1956) |
January 1, 1910 – December 31, 1913 |
Democratic | 1909 | |||
4 |
Douglas Mathewson (1870–1948) |
January 1, 1914 – December 31, 1917 |
Republican [c] | 1913 | |||
5 |
Henry Bruckner (1817–1942) |
January 1, 1918 – December 31, 1933 |
Democratic | 1917 1921 1925 1929 |
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6 |
James J. Lyons (1890–1966) |
January 1, 1934 – January 2, 1962 |
Democratic |
1933 1937 1941 1945 1949 1953 1957 |
|||
7 |
Joseph F. Periconi (1910–1994) |
January 2, 1962 – December 28, 1965 |
Republican [d] | 1961 | |||
8 |
Herman Badillo (1929–2014) |
December 28, 1965 – December 31, 1969 |
Democratic | 1965 | |||
9 |
Robert Abrams (born 1938) |
January 1, 1970 – December 31, 1978 [e] |
Democratic | 1969 1973 1977 |
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Office vacant January 1–5, 1979 | |||||||
10 |
Stanley Simon (born 1930) |
January 5, 1979
[f] – March 11, 1987 [g] |
Democratic | 1981 1985 |
| ||
— | Cecil P. Joseph | March 11, 1987
[h] – April 15, 1987 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
11 |
Fernando Ferrer (born 1950) |
April 15, 1987 – December 31, 2001 [i] |
Democratic | 1989 1993 1997 |
|||
12 |
Adolfo Carrión Jr. (born 1961) |
January 1, 2002 – February 19, 2009 [j] |
Democratic | 2001 2005 |
| ||
— | Earl D. Brown | February 19, 2009
[k] – May 21, 2009 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
13 |
Rubén Díaz Jr. (born 1973) |
May 21, 2009 – December 31, 2021 [i] |
Democratic | 2009 2013 2017 |
|||
14 |
Vanessa Gibson (born 1979) |
January 1, 2022 – Incumbent |
Democratic | 2021 |
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No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election |
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No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election [l] | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Augustus W. Peters (1844–1898) [62] |
January 1, 1898
[63] – December 29, 1898 [64] [m] |
Democratic | 1897 | |||
Office vacant December 29, 1898 – January 5, 1899 | |||||||
2 |
James J. Coogan (1846–1915) |
January 5, 1899 – December 31, 1901 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
3 |
Jacob A. Cantor (1854–1921) |
January 1, 1902 – December 31, 1903 |
Fusion [n] | 1901 | |||
4 |
John F. Ahearn (1853–1920) |
January 1, 1904 – December 29, 1909 [o] |
Democratic | 1903 1905 |
| ||
5 |
John Cloughen (1849–1911) |
December 30, 1909
[p] – December 31, 1909 |
Democratic | — | |||
6 |
George McAneny (1869–1953) |
January 1, 1910 – December 31, 1913 |
Fusion [q] | 1909 | |||
7 |
Marcus M. Marks (1858–1934) |
January 1, 1914 – December 31, 1917 |
Republican | 1913 | |||
8 |
Frank L. Dowling ( c. 1865–1919) |
January 1, 1918 – September 27, 1919 [r] |
Democratic | 1917 | |||
— |
Michael F. Loughman (1866–1937) |
September 27, 1919
[s] – October 16, 1919 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
9 |
Edward F. Boyle ( c. 1876–1943) |
October 16, 1919
[t] – November 17, 1919 [u] |
Democratic | — | |||
— |
Michael F. Loughman (1866–1937) |
November 17, 1919
[v] – December 31, 1919 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
10 |
Henry H. Curran (1877–1966) |
January 1, 1920
[w] – December 31, 1921 |
Republican | — | |||
11 |
Julius Miller (1880–1955) |
January 1, 1922 – December 31, 1930 [x] |
Democratic | 1921 1925 1929 |
|||
Office vacant January 1–16, 1931 | |||||||
12 | Samuel Levy | January 16, 1931
[y] – December 31, 1937 |
Democratic | 1933 |
| ||
13 |
Stanley M. Isaacs (1882–1962) |
January 1, 1938 – December 31, 1941 |
Republican | 1937 | |||
14 |
Edgar J. Nathan (1891–1965) |
January 1, 1942 – December 31, 1945 |
Republican | 1941 | |||
15 |
Hugo E. Rogers (1899–1974) |
January 1, 1946 – December 31, 1949 |
Democratic | 1945 | |||
16 |
Robert F. Wagner (1910–1991) |
January 1, 1950 – December 31, 1953 |
Democratic | 1949 |
| ||
17 |
Hulan Jack (1906–1986) |
January 1, 1954 – January 13, 1960 [z] |
Democratic | 1953 1957 |
| ||
— | Louis A. Cioffi | January 13, 1960
[aa] – March 15, 1960 |
Democratic | — | |||
18 |
Hulan Jack (1906–1986) |
March 15, 1960
[ab] – April 22, 1960 [ac] |
Democratic | — | |||
— | Louis A. Cioffi | April 22, 1960
[ad] – January 31, 1961 |
Democratic | — | |||
19 |
Edward R. Dudley (1911–2005) |
January 31, 1961 – January 4, 1965 [ae] |
Democratic | 1961 |
| ||
— |
Earl Louis Brown (1903–1980) |
January 4, 1965 – February 24, 1965 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
20 |
Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005) |
February 24, 1965 – September 8, 1966 [af] |
Democratic | 1965 | |||
— | Leonard N. Cohen | September 8, 1966
[ag] – September 13, 1966 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
21 |
Percy Sutton (1920–2009) |
September 13, 1966 – December 31, 1977 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
22 |
Andrew Stein (born 1945) |
January 1, 1978 – December 31, 1985 |
Democratic | 1977 1981 |
| ||
23 |
David Dinkins (1927–2020) |
January 1, 1986 – December 31, 1989 |
Democratic | 1985 | |||
24 |
Ruth Messinger (born 1940) |
January 1, 1990 – December 31, 1997 |
Democratic | 1989 1993 |
| ||
25 |
C. Virginia Fields (born 1945) |
January 1, 1998 – December 31, 2005 |
Democratic | 1997 2001 |
* elected by popular vote two four-year terms
[50]
[51]
| ||
26 |
Scott Stringer (born 1960) |
January 1, 2006 – December 31, 2013 |
Democratic | 2005 2009 |
| ||
27 |
Gale Brewer (born 1951) |
January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2021 |
Democratic |
2013 2017 |
|||
28 |
Mark Levine (born 1969) |
January 1, 2022 – Incumbent |
Democratic | 2021 |
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No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election |
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No. | Image | Name | Term | Party | Election | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
George Cromwell (1860–1934) |
May 24, 1898
[ah] – December 31, 1913 |
Republican |
1897 1901 1903 1905 1909 |
|||
2 |
Charles J. McCormack (1865–1915) |
January 1, 1914 – July 11, 1915 [ai] |
Democratic | 1913 | |||
— |
Spire Pitou Jr. ( c. 1874–1946) |
July 11, 1915 – July 29, 1915 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
3 |
Calvid D. Van Name (1857–1924) |
July 29, 1915 – December 31, 1921 |
Democratic | 1917 | |||
4 |
Matthew J. Cahill (1869–1922) |
January 1, 1922 – July 14, 1922 |
Democratic | 1921 | |||
5 |
John A. Lynch ( c. 1883–1954) |
July 18, 1922 – December 31, 1933 |
Democratic | 1925 1929 |
| ||
6 |
Joseph A. Palma (1889–1969) |
January 1, 1934 – December 31, 1945 |
Republican |
1933 1937 1941 |
|||
7 |
Cornelius A. Hall (1889–1953) |
January 1, 1946 – February 12, 1953 |
Democratic | 1945 1949 |
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— | Thomas F. Reilly | February 12, 1953 – February 20, 1953 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
8 |
Edward G. Baker (1906–1971) |
February 20, 1953 – December 31, 1954 |
Democratic | — |
| ||
9 |
Albert V. Maniscalco (1908–1998) |
December 31, 1954 – December 31, 1965 |
Democratic | 1953 1957 1961 |
| ||
10 |
Robert T. Conner (1919–2009) |
January 1, 1966 – June 10, 1977 |
Republican | 1965 1969 1973 |
* elected by popular vote to three four-year terms
[103]
[35]
[37]
| ||
11 |
Anthony R. Gaeta (1927–1988) |
June 10, 1977 – November 10, 1984 |
Democratic | 1981 1985 |
|||
12 |
Ralph J. Lamberti ((born 1934)) |
November 10, 1984 – December 31, 1989 |
Democratic | 1985 | |||
13 |
Guy Molinari (1928–2018) |
January 1, 1990 – December 31, 2001 |
Republican | 1989 1993 1997 |
|||
14 |
James Molinaro (born 1931) |
January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2013 |
Conservative | 2001 2005 2009 |
|||
15 |
James Oddo (born 1966) |
January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2021 |
Republican |
2013 2017 |
|||
16 |
Vito Fossella (born 1965) |
January 1, 2022 – Incumbent |
Republican | 2021 |
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