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Term limits force the first citywide turnover wave on March 31, 2027

Voters capped community board service at four consecutive two-year terms in 2018. The clock started with terms beginning April 1, 2019, which means members who have served continuously since then must give up their seats, including chairs and committee chairs, when their fourth term ends in spring 2027. If you have ever wanted a seat, the application window before that wave is the best odds in a decade.

The rules, exactly
2 years
per term, running April 1 to March 31; half of each board is appointed every year
4 terms
maximum consecutive terms for terms beginning on or after April 1, 2019
5 terms
for the class whose term began April 1, 2020, staggering the turnover so both halves don't churn at once
1 term off
sitting out restores eligibility; the limit is on consecutive service, not lifetime service
The clock
Nov 2018Question 3 passes, 72.6%
Apr 2019clock starts (4-term class)
Apr 20205-term class starts
Today2026
Mar 31, 2027first forced wave
Mar 31, 2030second wave
What the 2027 wave means in practice: every member appointed in April 2019 who has been reappointed continuously since then terms out on March 31, 2027. Chairs and committee chairs are not exempt; boards whose leadership dates from that class will be electing new leadership in 2027. The April 2020 class got a fifth term precisely so 2027 and 2028 would not empty boards back to back; its wave lands in 2030.

Seat classes by next expiration, where a borough publishes term dates

Only the Bronx BP publishes a machine-readable roster with per-member term-expiration dates. Rolling each published date forward in two-year terms shows how every Bronx board's seats split between the upcoming expiration classes; the other four boroughs publish no term dates, so their pages show the structural wave math instead of guesses.

Boardclass of 2027-03-31class of 2027-05-31class of 2028-03-31
Bronx CB 125—18
Bronx CB 216126
Bronx CB 324—25
Bronx CB 423—27
Bronx CB 523—26
Bronx CB 614—24
Bronx CB 723—20
Bronx CB 826—19
Bronx CB 926—21
Bronx CB 1022—27

Seats per next-expiration class, projected from the Bronx BP roster (roster year 2024) by rolling each published term date forward in two-year terms, assuming reappointment.

Want a seat? Apply through your borough president
Manhattanmanhattanbp.nyc.gov — applications typically open winter, due early spring Bronxbronxboropres.nyc.gov Brooklynbrooklynbp.nyc.gov Queensqueensbp.nyc.gov Staten Islandstatenislandusa.com
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Authority: NYC Charter §2800, amended by ballot Question 3 (approved November 6, 2018, 72.59% to 27.41%). The amendment caps service at four consecutive two-year terms for terms beginning on or after April 1, 2019, with a five-term allowance for terms commencing April 1, 2020, adopted, in the amendment's own words, to avoid significant simultaneous turnover in 2027 and 2028.

Bronx data: Bronx Community Boards dataset, Bronx Borough President. Latest published roster year shown in the table; seats whose dates have already passed may have been reappointed since publication.

Created by Tal Roded · NYCuriosity.