Cop-biting NYC Councilwoman Susan Zhuang sinks teeth into comptroller's race with endorsement
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This pol’s endorsement could pack some bite.

Susan Zhuang, a Councilwoman from Brooklyn, gained attention after allegedly biting a police officer during a noisy protest against a homeless shelter in July. Despite the pending legal case, she has decided to endorse Mark Levine, the Manhattan Borough President, 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.

Zhuang enjoys popularity in her mostly Asian constituency in southern Brooklyn, including areas like Bensonhurst, Sunset Park, Dyker Heights, and a portion of Borough Park.

Expressing her support for Levine, Zhuang mentioned her standing within the Chinese-American community and her involvement in citywide political matters, indicating her active engagement despite the legal challenges she faces.

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 admission to the special high schools of New York City which will consist of multiple objective measures of student merit including grade point averages, school attendance records, school admission test scores and state test scores.”

Zhuang was arrested on a slew of charges July 17, including second-degree and third-degree assault and resisting arrest at a demonstration with “Residents Against Homeless Shelters” in Bensonhurst.

She allegedly tried to prevent officers from arresting another woman at the protest who was grabbing and pushing police barricades into cops — then bit Deputy Chief of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South Frank DiGiacomo on the arm when he attempted to pull the councilwoman away from the barriers, law-enforcement sources said.

Levine’s campaign had no immediate comment to The Post on Zhuang’s endorsement.

Brannan and Zhuang belong to separate Democratic club factions that have been feuding for years.

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