{"id":536135,"date":"2023-01-06T01:11:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T22:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lester-chang-likely-will-survive-ny-assembly-dems-bid-to-oust-him\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T01:11:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T22:11:40","slug":"lester-chang-likely-will-survive-ny-assembly-dems-bid-to-oust-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lester-chang-likely-will-survive-ny-assembly-dems-bid-to-oust-him\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lester Chang likely will survive NY Assembly Dems&#8217; bid to oust him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d20fdcf330\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears likely to survive a formal challenge to his eligibility\u00a0to represent southern Brooklyn in the state Assembly though the Democratic supermajority has yet to make a final decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard not to seat someone when a good portion of the conference doesn\u2019t agree,\u201d one Democratic member of the chamber told The Post on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) has scheduled a meeting for Friday for Democrats to discuss the matter after the first official day of the 2023 legislative session passed with Chang casting procedural votes like any other member of the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>A <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nyassembly.gov\/comm\/?id=24&amp;sec=story&amp;story=104431\">report commissioned by the Judiciary Committee<\/a> that was publicly released on Dec. 31 detailed evidence showing Chang did not become a legal Brooklyn resident in time to run in November 2022 to represent District 49 that covers parts of Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25249465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Chang would represent southern Brooklyn in the state Assembly.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chang has maintained that his main residence was in Brooklyn while supporters say any challenge to his eligibility should have been made well before he beat longtime Democratic Assemblyman Peter Abbate\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enr.boenyc.gov\/CD247460.html\">48.6% to 47.49%<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The embattled Republican has also kept a rent-regulated apartment in Manhattan despite state rules requiring that be his primary residence.<\/p>\n<p>Residency concerns aside, some Democrats have big concerns about booting Chang at this point given fierce opposition among Asian Americans outrages over the possibility of losing one of few legislators representing their community in Albany. <\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--no-swipe\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Assemblymember Lester Chang, R-Brooklyn, takes the oath of office in the Assembly Chamber.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                        Assemblymember Lester Chang, R-Brooklyn, takes the oath of office in the Assembly Chamber.                                  <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">AP<\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--no-swipe\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=367\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Chang, R-Brooklyn, takes a photo of himself at his seat in the Assembly Chamber.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=734 734w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=551 550w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=367 367w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=184 183w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/lester-chang-eligibility-challenge-state-assembly-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                        Chang, R-Brooklyn, takes a photo of himself at his seat in the Assembly Chamber.                                    <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">AP<\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\n                            Advertisement                       <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But a Heastie spokesman said Thursday \u201cno decision has been made.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a sense of the Constitution needs to be respected, but I\u2019ll also say I don\u2019t want to make it seem like it\u2019s been lost on the members that an election did happen,\u201d Heastie told WNYC Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>There is some precedent for waiting on a decision considering how the Assembly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/state\/article\/Assembly-may-block-Republican-winner-in-Brooklyn-17626684.php\">expelled several socialists members in 1920<\/a> months into their terms in office.  <\/p>\n<p>But people on both sides of the aisle say the longer Democrats wait on acting \u2014 the more likely Chang ends up serving a full term in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlocking his path to being seated isn\u2019t a precedent that should be set,\u201d Assembly Republican Minority Leader William Barclay (R-Pulaski) said Thursday. \u201cI know this was not an easy process for him, but he deserves to celebrate an 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