[4] District 2 is based in Manhattan's Lower East Side and East Village, also covering the neighborhoods of Alphabet City, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Loisaida, Murray Hill, and Rose Hill.

[7] 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.

Pagán's conservative stances and support for Mayor Rudy Giuliani alienated large segments of his liberal-leaning constituency.

In 1997, Pagán launched an unsuccessful campaign for Manhattan Borough President; he was succeeded on the council by Margarita López.