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District 1 - Council Member - Democrat ~ Battery Park City, Civic Center, Chinatown, Financial District, Little Italy, the Lower East Side, NoHo, SoHo, South Street Seaport, South Village, TriBeCa & Washington Square.
- Margaret Chin took office in the New York City Council in 2010, as the representative for District 1, Lower Manhattan. Margaret is Chair of the Council’s Committee on Aging, and is a member of the Committees on Consumer Affairs, Youth Services, Rules, Housing and Buildings, and Standards and Ethics. Margaret is a proud founding member of the Progressive Caucus and a member of the Women’s Caucus. Margaret is also Co-Vice Chair of the Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus. Margaret Chin immigrated to the U.S. with her family from Hong Kong when she was nine years old. She grew up in NYC Chinatown and attended P.S. 130 and JHS 65. She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and from the City College of New York with a degree in education. For over a decade, Margaret worked at Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE), an organization that she helped to form when she was in college. At AAFE, she fought for affordable housing, as well equal opportunities for immigrant families. Before taking office, Margaret successfully fought to get bilingual ballots for the Asian community. Margaret is married to Alan Tung, a public school teacher. Their son, Kevin, attended public schools. Margaret’s mother is a retired garment worker and still lives in Chinatown.
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