A look at some of the most competitive NYC Council races this year

New York City voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to elect the next 51-member City Council, in a low-turnout affair so far, but one highlighted by a handful of competitive races in politically purple areas of the city.

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The highest-wattage race has been playing out in southern Brooklyn, where two incumbents, Councilmen Justin Brannan and Ari Kagan, are slugging it out for a seat. Here’s a look at where things stand in that race, and four other potentially close contests.

District 47: Ari Kagan vs. Justin Brannan

Brannan, a Democrat, and Kagan, a Republican, have been locked in a personal mudslinging-fest after they were pushed into the showdown by redistricting that scrambled their respective districts.

The race for the district — which curls southeast from Bay Ridge to Coney Island — has been seen as a stress test of Democrats’ handling of issues including crime and immigration. Kagan, who left the Democratic Party last year, has hammered his former party over both issues.

Neither candidate supports opening migrant shelters in the district, but Kagan has ridiculed Brannan for supporting city spending on the arrivals. Brannan has said Kagan has been acting in a “xenophobic and awful” way.

Brannan — who has played guitar in a punk band — is an influential force in city politics, and chairs the Finance Committee. He is endorsed by Mayor Adams.

Brannan has also had to manage criticism from the chair of the Brooklyn Democratic party during the race. A stampede of Democratic Brooklyn district leaders has rushed to his defense.

District 19: Vickie Paladino vs. Tony Avella

In northern Queens, Councilwoman Vickie Paladino is seeking to fight off Tony Avella, a former state senator and councilman whom she beat for the seat two years ago.

The district includes the neighborhoods of College Point, Whitestone and Bay Terrace. Avella is seeking to land a major pickup for his party by, in part, running against it on some issues.

He has attempted to position himself to the right of Paladino on the migrant crisis, and has accused Paladino of being soft in criticizing the Adams administration on the issue. He has said all immigration into the U.S. should be paused.

Paladino has asserted that Avella is a “nonentity in this campaign” and has accused him of waging a “personal vendetta.”

District 43: Susan Zhuang v. Ying Tan v. Vito LaBella

This diverse district, which covers parts of Sunset Park and Borough Park has no incumbent due to redistricting. (Brannan currently holds the seat.) Susan Zhuang, who has served as chief of staff to Assemblyman William Colton, describes herself as a “common-sense Democrat.”

She is facing Ying Tan, an immigrant and the Republican nominee, who is running on a law-and-order platform. In the Republican primary, she beat Vito LaBella, a former police lieutenant.

LaBella is now staging a third-party general election run on the Conservative Party line.

District 13: Marjorie Velázquez vs. Kristy Marmorato

Councilwoman Marjorie Velázquez, a prominent first-term Democrat, is facing a challenge from Kristy Marmorato, a Republican health care worker whose brother leads the Bronx GOP. The district spans areas including Morris Park and Throgs Neck.

The race has gotten personal in recent days. At a debate last week, Marmorato called Velázquez a “snake.”

District 48: Inna Vernikov v. Amber Adler

Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, a first-term Republican who raised eyebrows after she allegedly brought a pistol to a pro-Palestine rally last month, faces a challenge from Amber Adler, a Democrat who is aiming to become one of the first Orthodox Jewish women elected to the Council.