Susan Zhuang (Chinese: 莊文怡; pinyin: Zhuāng Wényí) is an American politician who is a member of the New York City Council for the 43rd district, which covers Sunset Park, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Borough Park, and other neighborhoods in southern Brooklyn.
While campaigning, Zhuang told a voter in Mandarin that her ideas aligned with the Republican Party and that she was running as a Democrat out of convenience.
[4] New York Daily News reported that in February 2024, Zhuang used her official government email account to solicit money, in a potential violation of state ethics laws, for a local united front group called Asian American Community Empowerment, which goes by the acronym BRACE.
[7] On July 17, 2024, Zhuang was arrested and accused of biting New York City Police Department Deputy Chief Frank DiGiacomo during a protest against a homeless shelter.
[13] Zhuang did not attend a February 2025 meeting between the council's Common Sense caucus and border czar Tom Homan, telling City & State that “I’m an immigrant – I cannot abandon my own community.