Chamber: | Assembly |
State: | New York |
District: | 85 |
Representative: | Vacant |
New York's 85th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been vacant following then-incumbent Kenny Burgos's resignation in 2024. He represented the district since 2020.[1] [2]
District 85 is in The Bronx. It covers the South Bronx neighborhoods of Soundview, Clason Point, Longwood, and Hunts Point. The district also includes Rikers Island.
The district overlaps mostly with New York's 14th and a small portion of New York's 15th congressional districts, the 11th, 29th, 32nd and 34th districts of the New York State Senate, and the 17th, 18th and 22nd districts of the New York City Council.
Kenny Burgos resigned from the Assembly on July 19, after the June 25th primary, when he was renominated. Due to that, on July 24, the Bronx Democratic Party nominated Emerita Torres, a former diplomat.