This support of the poll can be bitten a bit.
Brooklyn Councillor Susan Zuan, accused of munching police officers at a raucous anti-homeless shelter rally in July, has announced he is in support of city director Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.
Zhuang began raising funds for Levine's campaign in the Chinese-American community.
Levine's rival is Brooklyn Councillor Justin Brannan.
Zhuang's support for Levine is not without controversy.
“I don't ask or accept her support,” said the Brooklyn Democrat.
However, 39-year-old Zhuang wiped away her baggage tied up in her criminal case.
“I stand up for people who care. My influence is not just in my district, but in the city,” Zhuang said.
The poll is popular in Asia's South Brooklyn district, covering slivers of Bensonhurst, Sunset Park, Dyker Heights and Rosera Park.
Zhuang said she is well known among Chinese-American activists and residents in the city and is leaning towards citywide politics despite her pending incidents.
She said she was helping to coordinate “Moon New Year's Celebrations” for Levine's fundraiser on Friday in Chinatown, Manhattan. Tickets range from $100 to $500, and 250 people have already signed up to attend, councillors said.
Pol attended a previous approval event in Levine, southern Brooklyn, on February 27th.
She said Levine supports the city's current single-test admissions policy for special high schools, including Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Technical and Bronx School of Science, which are major issues among Asian American parents.
But when Levine was a councillor, he co-hosted a resolution in favor of state laws repealing single-test admission policies, supporting multiple standards, as few black and Latino students were hospitalized.
He supported the law “establishing procedures and standards for admission to special New York City high schools, consisting of multiple objective measures of student merit, including grade point averages, school attendance records, school admission test scores, and state test scores.”
Zhuang was arrested on July 17th on numerous charges. This included second and third assaults, resisting arrests at demonstrations with “residents against homeless shelters” in Bensonhurst.
She allegedly tried to prevent other women from arresting them in protests grabbing and shoving police barricades by officers. The deputy chief of the Patrol district is then on his arm as he attempts to pull the councillors away from the barrier.
Levine's campaign supported approval from Zhuang.
“Mark is proud to have built the largest democratic coalition of all races in New York City, which has earned nearly 100 support and counts. His diverse range of support reflects trustworthy leaders from every corner of the city, and lies in his vision for a safer and more affordable New York.”
According to his campaign, the 2014 resolution he supported did not call for the test to be scrapped, but required additional metrics to be added. He removed his name from the resolution in 2017.
“Mark has been a longtime advocate for academics in professional and strict schools and has never called for testing to be scrapped. His position today is clear. Professional high schools are an integral pillar of NYC's educational environment,” says Lasally.
“This test is the best admission option available now, but we need to do more to expand access to the admissions process and improve high schools in the city.”
Brannan and Zhuang belong to the independent democratic club faction that they have refuted over the years.
