Four Brooklyn legislative seats flip in unofficial results, and two city races stay close. The Council has 286 requests waiting in Albany

Every seat in the state Senate and Assembly was on Tuesday's ballot. In the city, most incumbents won easily, many without opponents. Four southern Brooklyn seats changed hands, according to the Board of Elections' unofficial results for the Senate and Assembly, last updated at about 12:42 a.m. Wednesday.

Why it matters to residents: the Legislature writes the laws on rent, school governance, the MTA and city taxes, and the city cannot change many of its own rules without Albany's approval.

Seats that flipped

All four had Republican incumbents, and all four went to Democrats:

• Senate District 17 (Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach): Larry He 57.4%, Sen. Steve Chan 42.4%. City & State had described Chan's 2024 win as the result that cost Senate Democrats their supermajority.
• Assembly District 46 (Bay Ridge, Coney Island, Sea Gate): Chris McCreight 55.5%, Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny 44.4%.
• Assembly District 45 (Midwood, Gravesend, Brighton Beach): Joey Cohen-Saban 61.6%, Assembly Member Michael Novakhov 38.0%. Novakhov had won by 270 votes in 2024, City & State reported.
• Assembly District 49: Joyce Xiaoqiong Xie 52.8%, Assembly Member Lester Chang 47.0%. Brooklyn Paper reported that she will be the first Asian American woman to represent the district.

McCreight, who narrowly lost to Brook-Krasny in 2024, was chief of staff to former Council Member Justin Brannan and now advises Council Member Kayla Santosuosso, Brooklyn Paper reported.

Races still close

• Assembly District 23 (the Rockaways and Ozone Park), an open seat after Assembly Member Stacey Pheffer Amato chose not to run again: Pesach Osina 51.9%, Thomas Sullivan 47.9%, a gap of 1,371 votes. Sullivan nearly won the seat in 2022, when the count took nearly two months and a recount, amNY reported.
• Assembly District 63 (Staten Island): Assembly Member Sam Pirozzolo 51.8%, Matthew Mobilia 48.1%, a gap of 1,313 votes. See our Staten Island results.

Absentee, military and affidavit ballots are not yet counted, so these margins can change.

Familiar names

• Erik Bottcher, who held Council District 3 until February, won a full term in Senate District 47 with 84.9%. His Council successor, Carl Wilson, won on Tuesday too (our story).
• Sam Sutton won Senate District 22 with 64.3%. He first won the seat in a 2025 special election after Simcha Felder left it for the Council, City & State reported. Felder now represents District 44.
• Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie won the 83rd District in the Bronx with 96.1%.

What our records add

The Council's list of asks. Since Jan. 29, Council members have introduced 286 resolutions that call on the state Legislature to pass a bill, the governor to sign one, or both. Our records show:

• 264 are still in committee, and 53 have had a hearing.
• 16 were adopted by the full Council, such as Res. 143, from Kevin C. Riley, for unlimited two-hour MTA transfers, and Res. 389, from Eric Dinowitz, backing the Automobile Insurance Consumer Information Act.
• The most active sponsors are Nantasha M. Williams, with 45, Crystal Hudson, with 31, and Frank Morano, with 21.

Resolutions don't bind Albany, but they are the Council's formal position when city members of the Legislature carry a bill. Many cite specific Senate and Assembly bill numbers. The Legislature's two-year session ends this year, so bills that haven't passed will have to be reintroduced after the new Legislature convenes in January.

What's next

The Board of Elections certifies results after the remaining ballots are counted. The new Legislature convenes in January. The full Council next meets Nov. 12. For the statewide races, see our governor results story.