Eight candidates are running to represent City Council District 20, one of the busiest and liveliest districts in the borough.
The district, made up of downtown Flushing, Murray Hill and Queensboro Hill, faces a host of issues the next legislator will have to take on, including keeping the district’s large Asian American population safe from an increase in hate crimes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Represented in the council by Peter Koo since 2009, the district recently saw the introduction of a busway in downtown Flushing, one of the busiest neighborhoods in the city.
