Brian Lear on WNYC. We continue now to meet the four newly elected members of New York City Council.

Those voted into office just last November and taking their seats just last month at the beginning of the new year.

Today council member Susan Schwang, whose Brooklyn District includes all our parts of,

you ready, Sunset Park, Dyker Heights, Benson Hearst hearst Bath Beach graves end

Borough Park Maplton Midwood and Graves and Homecrest all or part of all those neighborhoods.

Council Member, congratulations on your election, first of all, and welcome to WNYC.

Thank you so much, Brian.

Thank you to have me here and happy lunar new year.

And same to you. And I'll ask you in a few minutes how you celebrate lunar new year in the district if you have particular things going on but

tell us first about yourself where did you grow up how did you get into politics?

I was grew up in China I came grew up in a very small town named Bipu.

It's only 60,000 people there.

It's one and a half hour away from Shanghai.

Even when people ask me where you coming from, I told everyone I come from Shanghai

because that's the only city, majority people know.

But I grew up in a really small town.

Everyone know each other in the town.

This is the environment I grew up.

And when I was 20 years old I come to you I come to New York

State upstate for school I came here for my college I went to Sunni Oswego to study and then after I graduate I got a job in

New York City. That's the reason I moved to New York City. I was a volunteer in the community and one of my friends

introduced me to assembly man Colton. When I go to his office I see he help a lot of people and a lot of people also waiting the line I

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