Iwen Chu’s run for the newly-created state Senate District 27 is looking fruitful. The former chief of staff to Assemblymember Peter Abbate Jr. collected over 5,400 signatures from constituents, easily securing her place on the ballot come summer, and has a laundry list of political endorsements as she prepares for the June primary.
Chu announced her candidacy for the brand-new senate seat in February, after the state legislature released their freshly-redrawn district maps. The new District 27 includes South Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Sunset Park, Borough Park, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Gravesend, and has a larger population than the city of Buffalo, the second largest in the state, of about 320,000 residents. About 46 percent of the population is Asian.
