Avilés wins primary in 38th District
Alexa Avilés has won the Democratic primary for City Council in District 38.
The district covers Sunset Park, Red Hook and parts of Borough Park, Dyker Heights and Windsor Terrace.
Avilés reached the 50 percent threshold required by the ranked choice system in round 5, according to the Board of Elections, which is still finishing its tabulations.
By round 7, Aviles had 6,366 votes (72.4 percent) and Yu Lin had 2,432 (27.6 percent). Rodrigo G. Camarena, Jacqui Painter, Cesar Zuniga and Victor Swinton were eliminated in earlier rounds.