Politics & Government

Hell's Kitchen Unified At Last In New State Senate Maps

Days after newly drawn congressional maps divided Hell's Kitchen in two, a state-level map is giving the neighborhood a newfound unity.

A map of the new 30th State Senate District — covering most of the area currently represented by Sen. Brad Hoylman — in which Hell's Kitchen residents will now be united within a single district.
A map of the new 30th State Senate District — covering most of the area currently represented by Sen. Brad Hoylman — in which Hell's Kitchen residents will now be united within a single district. (NY State Legislature)

HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — For Hell's Kitchen, the redistricting gods giveth, and the redistricting gods taketh away.

Earlier this week, Democratic state lawmakers in Albany released their plans to redraw New York's congressional districts following the 2020 Census — revealing a map that bisects Hell's Kitchen along Ninth Avenue between Jerry Nadler's 10th District and Carolyn Maloney's 12th District.

Days later, the same lawmakers have released a new set of maps: this time, for their own districts in the State Assembly and State Senate. Here, things look different for Hell's Kitchen and Midtown.

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At the State Senate level, Hell's Kitchen has long been divided between the 31st District — now represented by Robert Jackson, stretching all the way up the Hudson River to Inwood — and the 27th District, held by Brad Hoylman, which also covers central Midtown, Chelsea and the West Village.

Under the newly drawn maps, Hell's Kitchen falls entirely within Hoylman's district, which largely abandons its old zigzagging shape in favor of a straight-lined cutout of Manhattan's West Side.

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Use the slider on the map below, courtesy of CUNY's Center for Urban Research, to switch between the districts' current and proposed lines:

Assembly districts, meanwhile, will only see some modest changes. Linda Rosenthal's 67th District continues to run mostly west of Eighth Avenue above 41st Street, while the 75th District — being vacated by 50-year incumbent Richard Gottfried — still covers the Theater District, Chelsea, and Hudson Yards.

Both the Assembly and Senate maps were approved by the state legislature on Thursday, with the bill heading to Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk to be signed. The new maps will be in effect by June's primary elections.

Related coverage: Midtown's Congressional Lines Are Redrawn: What To Know


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