Last night, New Yorkers from across the five boroughs went out to vote in the municipal general election. Bushwick residents appear to be pleased with the work of their existing council members, because they both won re-election.

Councilman Rafael Espinal (D) in City Council District 37 defeated Green Party candidate Persephone Smith. Smith garnered exactly 1,111 votes, while the incumbent Espinal got just over 10,000, beating his challenger by a 90 percent margin. District 37 covers a large chunk of Bushwick, as well as Brownsville, East New York, and Cypress Hills.

Councilman Antonio Reynoso, of the Democratic and Working Families parties, won re-election unopposed in City Council District 34, which covers all of East Williamsburg, as well as parts of Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Ridgewood.