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New York City
NYC Elects Record Six Out City Council Members
New York City elected a record six out candidates to its City Council Tuesday night.The winners are Crystal Hudson (District 35) and Kristin Richardson Jordan (District 9), the first two Black women from the LGBTQ+ community elected to the council; Lynn Schulman (District 29) and Tiffany Cabán (District 22), the first women from the community elected to any public office from Queens; Chi Ossé (District 36), at 23 the youngest person ever elected to the council; and Erik Bottcher (District 3), who will preserve LGBTQ+ representation in his district, which is home to the Stonewall Inn.Hudson’s and Ossé’s districts are in Brooklyn, Jordan’s and Bottcher’s in Manhattan.