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About the Author

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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Malliotakis and Albanese Discuss Southern Brooklyn Issues At Civic Meeting

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Google and U.S. Rep. Clarke Bring Computer Science To PS 375 Classroom

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48th Council District Candidate Interview: Chaim Deutsch

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Town Hall Turns Into Debate Over Risks, Rewards Of A Constitutional Convention

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Deutsch, Cymbrowitz Clash Over How To Solve Party Boat Issue In Sheepshead Bay

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Mayor Promises The World At Sheepshead Bay Town Hall

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Menchaca Secures Dem Nomination Over Crowded 38th Council District Field

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DACA Ball Moves Into Brooklyn Congressmembers’ Court

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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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