Cop-biting NYC Councilwoman Susan Zhuang sinks teeth into comptrollers race with endorsement

This pol’s endorsement could pack some bite.Brooklyn Councilwoman Susan Zhuang, who was charged with chomping on a cop at a raucous anti-homeless shelter rally in July, has announced she is endorsing Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine in the Democratic primary for city comptroller.Zhuang has begun raising money for Levine’s campaign in the Chinese American community.Levine’s rival is Brooklyn Councilman Justin Brannan.Zhuang’s endorsement of Levine isn’t without controversy.“I wouldn’t seek or accept her endorsement,” said a Brooklyn Democrat, who requested anonymity to avoid getting in the middle of a party spat.   But Zhuang, 39, brushed off any baggage tied to her criminal case.“I do stand up for people I care about.

My influence is not only in my district but all over the city,” said Zhuang, 39.The pol is popular in her heavily Asian southern Brooklyn district that encompasses Bensonhurst, Sunset Park, Dyker Heights and a sliver of Borough Park.Zhuang told The Post she is well-known among Chinese-American activists and residents across the city and is leaning into citywide politics despite her pending case.She said she is helping coordinate a “Lunar New Year Celebration” for a Levine fundraiser Friday in Manhattan’s Chinatown.Tickets run from $100 to $500, and 250 people have already signed up to attend, the councilwoman said.The pol attended a prior endorsement event for Levine in southern Brooklyn on Feb.

27.She said Levine told her he backs the current single-test admissions policy for the city’s special high schools such as Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Technical and the Bronx School of Science, a huge issue among Asian-American parents.But when Levine was a councilman, he co-sponsored a resolution that backed state legislation to scrap the single-test admissions policy in favor of multiple criteria because few black and Latino students were getting admitted.He supported legislation to “establish procedures and standards for...