Battery Park City, located in the southeast corner of Manhattan, is home to a diverse and vibrant population. The area is governed by both the New York City Council and the Battery Park City Authority Board of Directors. Residents of Battery Park City are represented on the City Council by Margaret Chin and at the state level by Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou and State Senator Brian Kavanagh. Political issues impacting Battery Park City range from public safety to land use, transportation, parks and recreation, affordable housing, infrastructure maintenance, economic development and education. All these issues are important considerations for local residents as they strive to make their community a better place to live. Community members have access to several resources to stay informed about local politics such as online town halls and neighborhood forums hosted by local politicians. In addition, there are numerous civic engagement opportunities available that allow residents to be part of the political process in Battery Park City.
The political climate in Zip 10004 (Battery Park City, NY) is very liberal.
New York County, NY is very liberal. In New York County, NY 86.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 12.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New York (Manhattan) county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 86.4% to 12.2%.
New York (Manhattan) county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 10004 (Battery Park City, NY) is very liberal.
Battery Park City, New York is very liberal.
New York County, New York is very liberal.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
New York is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Battery Park City, New York: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 10004 (Battery Park City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,340 contributions totaling $1,286,641 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $550 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 409 contributions totaling $997,546 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,439 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)