Christine Chung, Author at THE CITY - NYC News

Campaign 2021

Women Take the Lead in City Council Fundraising Race After Years of Gender Imbalance

March 23, 2021, 8:38 p.m.March 24, 2021, 12:03 p.m.

Female candidates have collected more cash than male rivals, with boosts from small donors and the city’s expanded public matching fund, THE CITY’s analysis found. Seven of the top ten female fundraisers are women of color.

Campaign 2021

Queens Ranked-Choice Vote Count Slogs in Special Election, With Key Decisions Yet to Come in High-Stakes Year

March 16, 2021, 9:46 p.m.March 23, 2021, 9:39 a.m.

Piles of paper ballots must go through a hand count for want of a software system still held up by state officials. How results will be disclosed is also undetermined.

Queens

Ranked Choice Vote Count to Start in Southeast Queens Special Election With No Clear Winner

Feb. 24, 2021, 4:05 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

With absentee ballots and new voter preference lists yet to be tallied, union-backed Selvena Brooks-Powers has the lead to snag seat vacated by Borough President Donovan Richards.

Politics

Who is Ron Kim? Meet Andrew Cuomo’s Nursing Home Nemesis, a Once-Obscure Queens Pol Who’s Grabbed the Spotlight

Feb. 18, 2021, 11:41 p.m.Feb. 18, 2021, 11:41 p.m.

An Assembly member from the borough’s northeast corner has gone from Democratic insider to progressive outsider. Now his blow-up with the governor has elevated his profile as he seeks to zap Cuomo’s emergency pandemic powers.

Campaign 2021

Southeast Queens Council Race Emerging as First Test for Ranked Choice Voting

Feb. 16, 2021, 9:43 p.m.Feb. 16, 2021, 10:21 p.m.

The new balloting system didn’t come into play in the first special election of the season, which proved a romp for James Gennaro. The borough’s second contest of the month, already marked by low turnout, stands to be much closer.

Uncategorized

Anti-Asian Hate Crime Surge Fuels Demands for Systemic and Sensitive Responses

Feb. 11, 2021, 9:52 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

The NYPD investigated 27 bias attacks against Asians in 2020 while more than 200 complaints came to the city’s human rights agency, casting a shadow over Lunar New Year festivities a year after COVID’s China link spawned a wave of racism.

Civic Newsroom

What You Need to Know About the Special Elections in The Bronx and Queens

Feb. 10, 2021, 1:28 p.m.March 23, 2021, 9:45 a.m.

What’s so special about the special elections for City Council this year? Lots — including the advent of ranked choice voting. Early voting is already underway in one race and the others are coming soon.

Immigration

After Years in Limbo, NYC Immigrants See Hope in Biden Plan to Help Make Temporary Stays Permanent

Feb. 7, 2021, 7:00 p.m.Feb. 8, 2021, 1:39 p.m.

Roughly 25,000 immigrant New Yorkers with TPS could secure a pathway to citizenship under a new immigration plan proposed by the new istration. One local lawmaker urges quick action.

Campaign 2021

Ranked Choice Voting Takes Backseat in New York City Debut

Feb. 2, 2021, 11:14 p.m.May 30, 2024, 1:26 p.m.

Polling officially ended Tuesday night in the crowded special election for Queens Council seat. An apparent win for James Gennaro stole the spotlight from RCV’s premiere.

Campaign 2021

Queens Special Election Vote Plows On for Tuesday Despite Candidates’ Calls to Postpone Following Winter Storm

Feb. 1, 2021, 7:15 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

City’s first test of ranked-choice ballots gets hit with double whammy of pandemic plus crippling snow, after low-turnout early voting.

Christine Chung

Women Take the Lead in City Council Fundraising Race After Years of Gender Imbalance

Queens Ranked-Choice Vote Count Slogs in Special Election, With Key Decisions Yet to Come in High-Stakes Year

Ranked Choice Vote Count to Start in Southeast Queens Special Election With No Clear Winner

Who is Ron Kim? Meet Andrew Cuomo’s Nursing Home Nemesis, a Once-Obscure Queens Pol Who’s Grabbed the Spotlight

Southeast Queens Council Race Emerging as First Test for Ranked Choice Voting

Anti-Asian Hate Crime Surge Fuels Demands for Systemic and Sensitive Responses

What You Need to Know About the Special Elections in The Bronx and Queens

After Years in Limbo, NYC Immigrants See Hope in Biden Plan to Help Make Temporary Stays Permanent

Ranked Choice Voting Takes Backseat in New York City Debut

Queens Special Election Vote Plows On for Tuesday Despite Candidates’ Calls to Postpone Following Winter Storm

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