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Republican New York City Councilman Peter Koo to become Democrat

Sat, 01/21/2012 - 09:07

Unsurprisingly, Chinese American Republican Peter Koo, who pulled off a surprising upset in the 2009 City Council elections, will leave the Republican Party on Monday, citing the limits of the party to work in the City Council and a "lack of outreach" by the party toward Asian American communities, particularly Flushing.


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Why Are Asian American Politicians Supporting Anti-Asian Legislation?

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 21:59

In an economy where small business struggle for their very survival, why does the councilman for Flushing, Queens insist on enforcing an English-dominant signage law?


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Asian-American Republican Aims For An Upset In District 20

Sun, 11/01/2009 - 20:40

New York City is, and will continue to be a heavily Democratic city on election day.  In fact, most Republican opposition is token or irrelevant.  The election is far from over in the District 20 (Flushing), Queens.  After a contentious primary, Democrat nominee Yen Chou squeaked out a 183 vote win over nearest rival SJ Jung as well as several other candidates.  All in all, her votes accounted for only 25% of the total votes cast.  Now, in spite of the heavy Democratic advantage, Republican Peter Koo has a chance of uniting dissatisfied Democratic voters and small b


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Candidate Profiles: District 20 Flushing, New York

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 14:45

Flushing - New York's other (and way way larger) Chinatown has seen a huge spike in Asian-American candidates running to represent it in public office.  With current city councilman John Liu running for the City Comptroller position, a there is now a ferocious primary fight to replace him.  Although the campaigning has at times turned ugly, it seems to have calmed down now with a better focus on issues rather than attacks.  The outcome is not yet apparent and no candidate will win the primary along ethnic lines.  The winner will have to appeal to the large C


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