New York City may pride itself on being the epicenter of progressivism, but a new report shows it has one of the nation’s worst gender gaps in politics.
The study, released on Thursday by the New York City Council, compares the city council’s representation of women to other major cities in the nation.
Out of the country’s 10 most populous cities, only Los Angeles and Houston have fewer women on their councils than New York. There’s only one woman on the Los Angeles City Council (out of 14), and Houston has four (out of 16). New York has 13 (out of 51).
Phoenix and San Diego lead the pack, with women respectively making up 50 and 44 percent of their councils.
Information from Governing
