Brooklyn City Council District 36 Race: Chi Ossé Elected

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Local organizer Chi Ossé has officially been elected to represent Brooklyn's 36th District in City Council.

Ossé, who ran unopposed on Tuesday, made his win official when polls closed on Election Day.

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His uncontested win comes after a more narrow victory in the Democratic primary for the seat in June. The local activist beat out five candidates in the primary race after four rounds of ranked-choice voting.

Ossé, 23, is the co-founder of the Brooklyn organization Warriors in the Garden, a youth-led collective at the forefront of the revitalization of the Black Lives Matter Movement.

"The amount of people that told this queer 23 year old [Black] college dropout that he couldn't do this…this win goes out to y'all," he said after the primary win.

Ossè planned to celebrate the general election win at Basquiats Bottle bar on Fulton Street on Tuesday, according to his Twitter. He was out talking to voters throughout Election Day.

The local organizer will replace term-limited Council Member Robert E. Cornegy Jr., who launched an unsuccessful bid for Brooklyn Borough President.

The 36th Council District includes the majority of Bed-Stuy and parts of Northern Crown Heights.