Staten Island voted no on all five charter questions. The borough-by-borough results, and the Island's other races

All five charter questions passed citywide, but not on Staten Island. The borough voted no on every one, according to the Board of Elections' unofficial results, last updated at 12:42 a.m. Wednesday, with 98.5% of the borough's scanners reported. The other four boroughs voted yes on all five.

Why it matters to residents: charter changes apply everywhere in the city, however a borough votes. Staten Island's three Council members will be working under rules most of their constituents voted against, starting with the sidewalk cafe changes on March 1, 2027.

Yes vote by borough

Unofficial results as of 12:42 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, from the Board of Elections' borough pages for Questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5:

• Question 1, public space permits: Manhattan 69.5%, Bronx 67.6%, Brooklyn 64.2%, Queens 60.0%, Staten Island 42.8%
• Question 2, city contracting: Manhattan 68.8%, Bronx 64.4%, Brooklyn 62.7%, Queens 58.5%, Staten Island 40.2%
• Question 3, street projects and city property: Bronx 71.0%, Manhattan 70.7%, Brooklyn 65.8%, Queens 63.9%, Staten Island 44.7%
• Question 4, building permits: Manhattan 75.9%, Bronx 69.2%, Brooklyn 68.0%, Queens 64.8%, Staten Island 44.9%
• Question 5, rainy-day fund: Bronx 79.8%, Manhattan 76.6%, Brooklyn 73.6%, Queens 70.5%, Staten Island 47.7%

Queens was the second-lowest borough on every question. Question 5 came closest to passing on Staten Island, where it lost 57,359 to 62,819.

Republicans generally opposed the proposals, as did the New York Post's editorial board, City & State reported.

The Island's other races

• Governor: Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman won Staten Island with 58.4% to Gov. Kathy Hochul's 41.4%, the only borough he carried, according to the city's governor results by borough. Hochul won the city overall with 76.1%.
• Congress, 11th District: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis led Democrat Mike DeCillis 56.1% to 43.8%, according to the Board of Elections. Brooklyn Paper reported that she won.
• Assembly, 63rd District: Sam Pirozzolo, the incumbent, led Democrat Matthew Mobilia by 18,322 to 17,009, or 51.8% to 48.1%, a gap of 1,313 votes. Pirozzolo won the seat in 2024 with 57.3%, according to his Wikipedia entry. Ballots still to be counted could narrow or widen that gap.
• State Senate: Andrew Lanza won the 24th District with 70.6%. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton won the 23rd, which crosses into Brooklyn, with 64.3%, according to the Board of Elections' Senate results.

What our records add

The borough's Council members raised the ballot campaign before the vote. Minority Leader David M. Carr is the lead sponsor of Int. 1075, which would bar candidates from appearing in certain government-funded third-party communications during a campaign. He also sponsors Int. 1076, which would require reporting on third-party public communications. Council Member Frank Morano co-sponsors Int. 1075. Both bills have been in the Governmental Operations Committee since Sept. 24 without a vote. As we reported, none of the four messaging bills before that committee would directly govern the city's own ads for the questions.

Morano on last year's measures. At the Sept. 10 stated meeting, Morano recalled the Council's campaign against last year's land-use ballot measures, and said that once those measures passed, he accepted the result.

What the three members can still do. The Council keeps its power to write rules for sidewalk cafes, approve the budget that funds the permit hub, and confirm City Planning Commissioners. The Rules Committee takes up five planning commission nominees on Nov. 9. Council Member Kamillah Hanks represents the North Shore, Carr the Mid-Island and Morano the South Shore.

What's next

The Board of Elections will count absentee, military and affidavit ballots before certifying. That matters most in close contests like the 63rd Assembly District. Our overview of the five results explains when each change takes effect.