U.S. Representative — New York’s 5th Congressional District
New York’s 5th · educational cover · regional illustration
What this office is
A United States Representative is a federal legislator elected from one congressional district. New York’s 5th 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. Queens is split. Brooklyn is split. Look up the address.
The 5th is southeast Queens: Jamaica, South Jamaica, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Laurelton, Cambria Heights, Hollis, Queens Village, Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, Ozone Park, Howard Beach, Kew Gardens, plus the entire Rockaway Peninsula and John F. Kennedy International Airport. This is not Flushing. The old 2003–2013 5th (Flushing / Bayside / Nassau) is a retired map. Confirm the address.
Federal work here is a southeast-Queens inbox and a peninsula inbox. Jamaica files a downtown-and-courthouse stack. St. Albans and Springfield Gardens file a neighborhood. The Rockaways file a barrier-island and a transit day. JFK files federal aviation, customs, and the people who work the terminals. Staff who treat this as Flushing or as all of Queens are not doing the job.
The Representative is the human hinge between this Jamaica-and-Rockaway 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 Jamaica and a visitor from Far Rockaway. In the district: a peninsula day and a Jamaica 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 5 of 26
- On the 2024 legislature map: Jamaica / Rockaways / JFK / Howard Beach / St. Albans
- Entirely Queens. Flushing is the 6th. Howard Beach is not the 8th.
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 borough president.
- 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 5th