New York — 6th District

A former diplomat and city government worker from Queens launched a bid to unseat Rep. Grace Meng from Congress, marking only the second time Meng has had a primary challenger in the past decade.

Chuck Park, a 40-year-old Queens native who most recently served as the vice president of public affairs at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, officially launched a campaign to challenge Meng in next year’s Democratic primary.

In an interview with the Eagle, Park described Meng as an absentee representative who has gone missing when New Yorkers need her most.

“We're the hardest working borough in the entire city,” Park said. “I think that we deserve a representative in Congress that works as hard as we do, and we do not have that right now, in this particular moment, when our communities are under attack.”

Park, who said he will refuse donations from corporate political action committees or lobbyists, also accused Meng of being out of lockstep with the effort to address afford…