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Labor-Backed Carl Wilson Wins Manhattan Council Seat, Vows Trans Rights

4/29/2026

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Carl Wilson won Manhattan’s 3rd District City Council seat with roughly 43 percent of counted ballots, defeating Lindsey Boylan’s 26 percent.
He said his victory obliges him to defend trans rights and called Washington’s climate a ‘fascist regime’ threatening trans siblings.
Wilson earned labor-union and LGBTQ+ endorsements and pledged affordable housing, expanded crisis-intervention services, and better public transit.

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Carl Wilson won Manhattan’s 3rd District City Council seat with roughly 43 percent of counted ballots, defeating Lindsey Boylan’s 26 percent.
He said his victory obliges him to defend trans rights and called Washington’s climate a ‘fascist regime’ threatening trans siblings.
Wilson earned labor-union and LGBTQ+ endorsements and pledged affordable housing, expanded crisis-intervention services, and better public transit.