page_title: Margaret Chin
hierarchical_section_title: Margaret Chin
caption_attribution_description: NYC Council Member Margaret Chin at the re-opening of Cortlandt Street station.
context_page_description: Margaret S. Chin is a Hong Kong American politician serving as a council member for the 1st District of the New York City Council. A Democrat, she and Queens Council member Peter Koo comprise the Asian American delegation of the city council.
  Her district includes 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. 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%. Her support for rebuilding a jail in her district was met with some of the fiercest opposition in the current anti-jails movement.
context_section_description: Margaret S. Chin (born May 26, 1954) is a Hong Kong American politician serving as a council member for the 1st District of the New York City Council.  A Democrat, she and Queens Council member Peter Koo comprise the Asian American delegation of the city council.
  Her district includes 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. 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%. Her support for rebuilding a jail in her district was met with some of the fiercest opposition in the current anti-jails movement.
caption: Chin in 2011
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