City elections in Albany, New York (2025)

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2024
2025 Albany elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: April 3, 2025, April 10, 2025, & May 27, 2025
Primary election: June 24, 2025
General election: November 4, 2025
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor and common council
Total seats up: (click here for mayoral elections)
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U.S. municipal elections, 2025

The city of Albany, New York, is holding general elections for mayor and common council on November 4, 2025. A primary is scheduled for June 24, 2025. The filing deadline for the primary is April 3, 2025, the opportunity to ballot filing deadline is April 10, 2025, and the independent candidate filing deadline is May 27, 2025.

Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.

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About the city

See also: Albany, New York

Albany is a city in Albany County, New York. As of 2020, its population was 99,224.

City government

See also: Mayor-council government

The city of Albany utilizes a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[1]

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Albany, New York
Albany New York
Population 99,224 20,201,249
Land area (sq mi) 21 47,123
Race and ethnicity**
White 53.8% 62.3%
Black/African American 29% 15.4%
Asian 6.9% 8.6%
Native American 0.2% 0.4%
Pacific Islander 0% 0%
Two or more 7.1% 4.7%
Hispanic/Latino 10.1% 19.1%
Education
High school graduation rate 88.7% 87.2%
College graduation rate 42.5% 37.5%
Income
Median household income $48,512 $71,117
Persons below poverty level 22.9% 13.6%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


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Albany, New York New York Municipal government Other local coverage
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