U.S. Representative — New York’s 14th Congressional District
New York’s 14th · educational cover · regional illustration
What this office is
A United States Representative is a federal legislator elected from one congressional district. New York’s 14th is one of the state’s 26 House seats. The term is two years. The whole House stands for election every even-numbered year.
This page is Side One: inform, educate, inspire. It is not the race, not legal advice, and not an official government notice. For the 2026 cycle, use the election twin.
Confirm the current Member and the official map on House.gov — Find your Representative and the Clerk of the House.
How the job fits this community
New York’s congressional map for the 2026 ballot is the map the legislature passed and the Governor signed on 28 February 2024 (S.8653A / A.9310A). It is not the 2022 special-master map. A January 2026 order against the 11th was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court on 2 March 2026; that case was then dismissed. Confirm on the State Board of Elections and voter lookup. The Bronx is split. Manhattan is split. Queens is split. Look up the address.
The 14th is the east Bronx and north-central Queens. Bronx: Throggs Neck, Parkchester, Co-op City, City Island, Pelham Bay, Morris Park, Soundview, Castle Hill. Queens: Astoria, College Point, Corona, East Elmhurst, Ditmars, northern Woodside. Flushing is the 6th. Long Island City is the 7th. Confirm the address.
Federal work here is an east-Bronx inbox and a north-Queens inbox. Astoria files a waterfront and a language stack. Corona and East Elmhurst file a dense corridor. Parkchester and Throggs Neck file a Bronx neighborhood. City Island files like a village. Staff who treat this as Flushing or as all of the Bronx are not doing the job.
The Representative is the human hinge between this east-Bronx-and-Astoria map and Washington.
What the job entails
- Legislate. Introduce and cosponsor bills. Sit on committees. Vote.
- The purse. The House originates revenue bills. Appropriations decide what actually gets built or staffed.
- Oversight. Hearings and letters that watch the executive branch.
- Casework. SSA, VA, IRS, USCIS, military records, passports.
- District presence. Town halls, city halls, employers, schools — the district is the employer.
- Two homes. Washington for votes and committees. The district for the people who hired the office.
What a day is like
There is no single Tuesday. In Washington: a visitor from Astoria and a visitor from Parkchester. In the district: a Queens desk and a Bronx desk.
The staff is the office. A serious Member is a serious principal: clear priorities, honest casework, no rumor as policy.
Place snapshot (verify official sources)
- State: New York · Seat: District 14 of 26
- On the 2024 legislature map: Astoria / Corona / Parkchester / Throggs Neck / Co-op City
- Bronx and Queens. Flushing is the 6th. LIC is the 7th.
Orientation adapted from public congressional-district descriptions and New York official election sources for education. The map and the Member of record are whatever the State Board of Elections and House.gov say today.
What this is not
- Not a U.S. Senator (statewide, six-year term).
- Not the Governor.
- Not the Mayor of New York City, or a county executive.
- Not a campaign flyer. This page does not tell anyone who to vote for.
Official doors
- Find your Representative
- New York State Board of Elections
- Voter lookup
- New York City Board of Elections
The arena: 2026 election — New York’s 14th