Margaret Chin

Margaret S. Chin
陳倩雯
Chin in 2011
Member of the New York City Council
from the 1st district
In office
January 1, 2010  December 31, 2021
Preceded byAlan Gerson
Succeeded byChristopher Marte
Personal details
Born (1953-05-26) May 26, 1953
British Hong Kong
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseAlan Tung
Children1
Alma materBronx High School of Science
City College of New York
WebsiteOfficial website
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳倩雯
Simplified Chinese陈倩雯
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Qiànwén
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChan4 Sin6-man4
other Yue
TaishaneseChin3 Sen5-moon4

Margaret S. Chin (born May 26, 1953) is a Chinese American politician who served as a council member for the 1st district of the New York City Council from 2010 to 2021. A Democrat, she and Queens Council member Peter Koo comprised the Asian American delegation of the city council.

Her district included all or parts of Battery Park City, Chinatown, Civic Center, East Village, Ellis Island, Financial District, Governors Island, Greenwich Village, Liberty Island, Little Italy, Lower East Side, NoHo, Nolita, SoHo, Tribeca, and the West Village.