Prior to 2013 , the district consisted primarily of middle-class white neighborhoods , including large Jewish , Italian , Irish , and Russian populations , in southern Brooklyn and south central Queens . Before redistricting , the '' Queens Tribune '' found that the district increasingly swung Republican following the September 11 attacks in 2001 , when many police and firefighters were lost from the Rockaways . Its rightward shift was also attributed to the increasing tendency of Orthodox Jews to vote for Republicans . Its representation in Congress was reliably Democratic for decades , electing prominent liberals such as Chuck Schumer and Anthony Weiner and , prior to that , Emanuel Celler and Elizabeth Holtzman ( when the district was differently numbered ) . Anthony D. Weiner was Congressman from 1999 until he resigned on June 21 , 2011 . Republican Bob Turner succeeded Weiner after winning the special election on September 13 , 2011 . However , the previous 9th District was eliminated after New York lost two districts in 2010 redistricting , and its territory was divided among several neighboring districts
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
New York's 9th congressional district