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Heather J. Chin

Heather J. Chin is a multimedia journalist and native Brooklynite who has covered her home borough’s people and neighborhoods for seven years, first as a reporter and digital editor at the Brooklyn Reporter and later as an editor at Fort Greene Focus and Sunset Park Voice. She has also written about health, arts, travel, and Asian America for PBS, Village Voice, Where Traveler, AdaptNY, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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38th Council Candidates Debate Climate Change Effect On Jobs, Development And More

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Sunset Park Families Rally To Defend DACA And The American Dream

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Menchaca Funds To Tackle Trash On Sunset Park’s Fifth And Eighth Avenues

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Ortiz Gets Council Endorsement From NYC Asian American Democratic Club

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