The City Council’s old guard is hitting term limits. Here’s who’s leaving next year.

Lawmakers who have dominated City Council leadership in recent years will soon be stepping aside as term limits force them out of office at the end of 2025.

Members are typically limited to two consecutive four-year terms under the City Charter, with a confusing set of caveats for partial terms.

Here’s a rundown of who’s leaving the Council in 2025.

Adrienne Adams, speaker

The former community board chair came to the Council in 2018 as the southeast Queens representative succeeding Ruben Wills, who was expelled from the Council and later exonerated from charges that he misused public funds. Adams was first sworn in as the Council’s first Black speaker in 2022 following an internal battle for the second most powerful position in the city, for which she defeated fellow term-limited Councilmember Francisco Moya, who was Mayor Eric Adams’ pick at the time.

The soon-to-be-outgoing speaker has demurred when asked about her political future, and has not announced her plans for life after the Council.

Joe Borelli, minority leader

The Republican from Staten Island has long been a fixture at City Hall, but his time in the Council is coming to an end. Borelli has been the voice of conservatism in a sea of liberals. He has served in the Council since 2016 after winning a special election and served as minority whip for years before being elected minority leader in 2021. It’s also unclear what Borelli is planning after he leaves the Council Chamber.

Diana Ayala, deputy speaker

Ayala has represented East Harlem, Randall's Island and parts of the Bronx in the Council since 2018. Before becoming an elected official, she worked for Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and won her seat after Mark-Viverito was term-limited. She has served as deputy speaker to Adams since the position was created in 2022, and has made her personal experiences with homelessness central to her policy agenda.

Justin Brannan, finance chair

Brannan, the finance chair from south Brooklyn and a powerful personality in New York politics, is among the class of outgoing councilmembers who got their start in 2018. He faced off with his former colleague, Ari Kagan, for the seat he now holds after redistricting forced the two councilmembers to duke it out in a contentious general election last year. The former professional musician once worked in the finance world, and has started fundraising for his run for city comptroller.

Rafael Salamanca Jr., land use chair

Salamanca won a special election in the Bronx to replace Councilmember Maria Del Carmen Arroyo in 2016, and has served as a city lawmaker since. He has been land use chair since 2018, giving him unique influence in the Council’s significant role in land use issues. He is challenging his former Council colleague, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, for her job next year.

Keith Powers, rules, privileges and elections chair

Powers succeeded Dan Garodnick, who is now the director of the Department of City Planning, for his Manhattan Council seat in 2018. He eventually went on to become majority leader of the Council in 2022, but was replaced by Amanda Farías at the beginning of this year. He is still on the Council’s leadership team, and is running for Manhattan borough president as incumbent Mark Levine has separately announced a run for comptroller.

Carlina Rivera, cultural affairs, libraries and international intergroup relations chair

Rivera first joined the Council in 2018 as a Lower Manhattan progressive and made a congressional bid in 2022 for a seat that Rep. Dan Goldman ultimately won. She chaired the criminal justice committee when the Council passed a bill banning solitary confinement last year. The Council has since sued the Adams administration over that law in order to force its implementation. In addition to her current role as libraries chair, Rivera is also a member of the Council’s leadership team.

Francisco Moya, Covid and infectious diseases subcommittee chair

The former state legislator from Queens is perhaps best known for his longtime push to bring a professional soccer stadium to the five boroughs, which became a reality when the city recently broke ground on a planned facility at Willets Point. He previously served as the chair of the zoning and franchises subcommittee and now holds a more minor role as subcommittee chair for Covid and infectious diseases. He was Mayor Adams’ initial preference for the speakership.

Moya came to the Council in 2018 after defeating Hiram Monserrate, a former state senator and councilmember convicted separately of assaulting his girlfriend and misappropriating city funds.

Bob Holden, veterans chair

Holden came to the Council in 2018 as a registered Democrat from Queens who defeated incumbent Liz Crowley and won the general election on the Republican line after losing the Democratic primary. He co-chairs the Common Sense Caucus, a group of Republicans and conservative Democrats who align on policy issues, and is sponsoring a contentious bill to license e-bikes and similar vehicles, which has broad appeal in the Council.

Kalman Yeger

Yeger is leaving the Council by the end of the year — well before the end of his term — following his election to the state Assembly in November. He came to the Council in 2018 and most recently served as chair of the standards and ethics committee, which is now led by Councilmember Sandra Ung. The conservative Democrat from Brooklyn has run in multiple elections on the Democratic, Republican and Conservative lines. He is one of three outgoing members on the Common Sense Caucus.