Gale Brewer Keeps Upper West Side Seat, NY1 Projects

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Gale Brewer has been reelected to the City Council on the Upper West Side, swiftly defeating Republican Clean Up NY candidate Diane di Stasio and Medical Freedom candidate Barbara Simpson in Tuesday's general election in District 6.

Brewer, 72, was called the winner by NY1 by about 10 p.m.

She had 81.4 percent of votes counted, compared to di Stasio's 17.9 percent, preliminary results showed.

Brewer was first elected to City Council in 2002, serving until she was elected Manhattan Borough President in 2013. She reassumed her seat on the city council in 2021, where she currently chairs the City Council's Committee on Oversight and Investigations.

Here is the complete distribution of votes in the Upper West Side, according to NY1, with about 94 percent of expected votes counted:

1. Gale Brewer: 16,620
2. Diane di Stasio: 3,650
3. Barbara Simpson: 137

In an interview with the West Side Rag last month, Brewer cited schools, transportation and NYCHA repairs as some of the most pressing issues Upper West Side residents are currently facing. She also voiced support for a program similar to the B-HEARD program in Harlem, which sees social workers working with police officers during mental health crisis calls.

"The problem with crime statistics being down slightly is that mental health issues don’t seem to register on the crime reports," Brewer told the outlet. "Somebody who is wandering around…sometimes standing in front of a business, sometimes screaming profanities…those aren’t going to register and that’s a problem," she said. Read more: Major Crimes Up 40.7% In One UWS Precinct Over Oct. '22 Data: NYPD