New York City's 1st City Council district

[3] District 1 is based in the farthest southern neighborhoods of Manhattan, covering the Financial District, Chinatown, Tribeca, SoHo, Battery Park City, Civic Center, Little Italy, NoHo, and part of the Lower East Side.

[6] In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting in all local elections.

If one candidate surpasses 50 percent in first-choice votes, then ranked-choice tabulations will not occur.

Upon consolidation in 1898, a bicameral Municipal Assembly was installed wherein the upper Council elected members from specialized districts and the lower Board of Aldermen continued to elect its membership from State Assembly districts.

These districts were abolished in 1938 in favor of borough-wide proportional representation, but were restored in 1947 to prevent Communist council members from being elected.

Map of the wards of New York City that were established in 1683. Five of the six wards were located in what is now the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, while the Out Ward covered the rest of Manhattan. The pink line is the modern shoreline.
The wards established in 1683. The Out Ward covered the rest of Manhattan. The pink line is the modern shoreline.