Unique | NYC councilwoman who bit cop hits sidewalk to lift cash for authorized protection

A Brooklyn pol arrested after infamously chomping on a cop’s arm throughout a homeless shelter protest pulled out the tin cup Saturday and bizarrely raised cash on a public sidewalk to assist repay her authorized charges.

Reps for Metropolis Councilwoman Susan Zhuang, a conservative Democrat, had been noticed brazenly soliciting cash and accumulating checks for the pol’s “authorized protection belief” on the nook of 86^th Road and 25^th Avenue in Bensonhurst.

The political panhandling occurred close to the identical web site eyed for a shelter that many neighborhood residents and Zhuang have been protesting every day for greater than 4 straight months.

And Zhuang seemed to be making a killing with potential donors.

A Publish reporter watched 20 folks over a half-hour interval noon Saturday fill out paperwork earlier than reducing checks. Dozens of others had signed in earlier.

It was unclear how a lot she raised, however The Publish spied a $200 examine made to the “Susan Zhuang Authorized Protection Belief.” Others holding hundred-dollar payments had been instructed organizers had been taking checks solely.

Apart from Zhuang, indicted Mayor Eric Adams – who’s combating federal bribery expenses – is the one different NYC pol ever to create a authorized protection belief, a controversial mechanism permitting elected officers to simply accept donations in a fashion much like political campaigns to repay authorized charges.

Zhuang’s employees declined remark, and she or he didn’t return messages.

The embattled pol has mentioned funds acquired will probably be used to cowl her authorized bills from the myriad of felony expenses she’s going through, together with assault and resisting arrest, after allegedly sinking her tooth into NYPD Deputy Chief Frank DiGiacomo’s arm through the July 17 protest. 

Zhuang, who arrange the protection fund in September, had but to report elevating cash for it as of her newest disclosure submitting final month, information present.

Nevertheless, she did shell out $25,000 from her re-election marketing campaign fund in August to the high-profile spin store, Actum, to assist rehab her picture.