A Lifetime of Service

John Choe has two decades of leadership experience as a community organizer and public servant -- most recently as Chief of Staff to Councilman Liu. Prior to his service in the City Council, John worked with the national Corporation for Supportive Housing, the city's Department of Finance, the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs, and the city's Rent Guidelines Board.

John also has deep roots in the community and is a respected civic leader. As Co-President of the Mitchell-Linden Civic Association, John has aggressively advocated on behalf of the 3,000 families in his neighborhood. John is a Board Member of the Democratic Organization of Flushing and attends the Flushing Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. He is also a member of the NAACP, the Queens Historical Society, the Flushing Council on Culture & the Arts, and the Flushing YMCA. life

John Choe comes from a working-class family and understands the value of hard work and sacrifice. Born in 1970, John's family left Korea when he was five and arrived in New York City via Sydney, Australia. John is a product of our public schools, graduating from Susan E. Wagner High School and the State University of New York at Binghamton. John won a national fellowship to study at the University of Chicago and earned a Masters in Public Policy (MPP).

In addition to fellowships at Columbia University and the Open Society Institute, John has been recognized for his public service by New York Newsday and has also received the prestigious Union Square Award from the Fund for the City of New York.

John is a homeowner and lives with his wife, ChongJin, in Flushing, where they plan to raise a family.