Borough president winners in BX and BK races
According to the latest unofficial results from the New York City Board of Elections (BOE), incumbents Antonio Reynoso and Vanessa Gibson dominated their re-election campaigns in their primaries for Brooklyn and Bronx Borough president (BP) Tuesday.
Brooklyn
PHOTO CREDIT: Campaign photo
Reynoso, a Brooklyn native, is the son of Dominican immigrants. At his 2025 State of the Borough address at Boys and Girls High School in Bed-Stuy in April, he promised to invest in a Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) Advanced Certificate Program for pregnant mothers and birthing parents experiencing mental distress, advocate for more affordable housing throughout the borough, protect the last active port in Red Hook’s harbor and waterfront, and invest in the Interborough Express to better connect transit deserts in Brooklyn and Queens, among other issues.
He’s also been determined to move away from “fear-based politics” and the influence of President Donald Trump on how the city is governed.
Reynoso benefited naturally was the incumbent and was ahead in fundraising for his re-election campaign. After the polls closed on Tuesday, June 24, he ended the night with 77.07% or 241,149 votes. Once it became clear that Reynoso would sweep the first round of rank choice voting, he simply tweeted, “Thank you Brooklyn.”
Reynoso was later spotted at mayoral candidate and Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani’s watch party, celebrating with Mamdani supporters as Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor.
Reynoso’s opponent, Khari Edwards, a head of corporate and social responsibility at AYR Wellness Inc, a multi-state cannabis dispensary company, was the first vice president of color for external affairs at Brookdale Hospital in Brownsville. This is the second time he’s run against Reynoso for BP and lost. Edwards had garnered 22.46% of the votes.
The Bronx
PHOTO CREDIT: NYC Council photo.
Gibson, after a lengthy career in politics, became the first woman and Black person to hold her position in 2020. Her main opponent was City Councilmember Rafael Salamanca, who ran briefly for Bronx BP in 2020 but ended up dropping out of the race to secure re-election to his City Council seat.
Gibson has been leading the charge on Black maternal health in the Bronx, a kindred spirit to BP Reynoso.
She garnered 68.47% of the votes, or 65,467 votes, at the close of the polls. In a quick social media post, she said, “We did it Mom! Thank you, Bronx.”
