Jimmy Meng

Jimmy Meng
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 22nd district
In office 2004–2006
Preceded by	Barry Grodenchik
Succeeded by	Ellen Young
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 72–73) Shandong, China
Political party	Democratic
Children	3

Jimmy Meng (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Mèng Guǎngruì, born 1944) is a former New York State Assemblyman representing the 22nd Assembly District, which includes Flushing and College Point in Queens, New York.

Jimmy Meng’s ancestral home was in Shandong Province, China. He is the second generation after his father moved to Taiwan due to Communist Party taking over Mainland China. After moved to U.S, he began his business with timber and he was a very successful business man since he built up his own “timber empire”. After years of business activity, he became the president of the Flushing Chinese Business Association (FCBA). Because of his success in business, and the power of the FCBA presidency, he made a lot of friends in business and politics.

In 2004, Meng became the first Asian American to be elected to the New York State Legislature. He ran on Democratic, Independence, and Conservative tickets, beating out Republican candidate Meilin Tan, Working Families candidate Barry Grodenchik, and Green candidate Evergreen Chou.

However, the New York Post reported that Meng cheated on the election by use “ghost voter” to create the 500 vote difference between his challenger and him. The New York Post claimed that Jimmy use his power in the FCBA to make fake factories, medicine stores, car stores to make ghost votes. But, in an interview with Sing Tao Daily (a Chinese newspaper), Meng countered that the New York Post used fake news to bring shame on him.

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