Margaret S. Chin | |||||||||||||||
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| 陳倩雯 | |||||||||||||||
 Chin in 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Member of the New York City Council from the 1st district | |||||||||||||||
| In office January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Alan Gerson | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Christopher Marte | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | May 26, 1953 British Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Alan Tung | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Bronx High School of Science City College of New York | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳倩雯 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈倩雯 | ||||||||||||||
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Margaret S. Chin (born May 26, 1953) is a Hong Kong American politician who served as a council member for the 1st district of the New York City Council. A Democrat, she and Queens Council member Peter Koo comprised the Asian American delegation of the city council.
Her district included all or parts of Battery Park City, Chinatown, Civic Center, East Village, Ellis Island, Financial District, Governors Island, Greenwich Village, Liberty Island, Little Italy, Lower East Side, NoHo, Nolita, SoHo, Tribeca, and the West Village. Chin controversially retained the right to run a third term despite its unpopularity in 2010.[citation needed] Seven years later, she ran for re-election and won her primary with 46% of the vote against a newcomer, Christopher Marte, who received 44%.