Chuck Park's Hail Mary
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Representative Grace Meng has satisfied voters in NY-6 for over a decade. Can a more left-leaning Queens Democrat challenge her dominance?
Chuck Park, the insurgent progressive hoping to unseat six-term Representative Grace Meng in Queens' NY-6 congressional district primary on Tuesday, is counting on a certain kind of voter: those disenchanted with powerless Democrats, as well as young voters who supported Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and others who are feeling squeezed by the rising cost of living. Park, a former Foreign Service officer and former chief of staff for City Councilmember Shekar Krishnan, hopes to mobilize this base over what he sees as Meng's weakest traits: her substantial donations from AIPAC and her refusal to denounce billionaire Mets owner Steve Cohen's mega-casino.
Delivering a heartfelt denunciati…