Unlike other 17-year-olds, Bangladeshi-American Tahseen Chowdhury is passing busy days campaigning for the upcoming New York State Senate election. He plans to challenge incumbent State Senator Jose Peralta in a Democratic primary in September. One needs to be at least 18 years of age to hold office in New York and Tahseen will turn 18 just in time. Tahseen, going door-to-door to rally support, says he is hopeful even though he is young. He fears that the recent incidents of terror attacks in New York may turn out to be problematic for him.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 02, 2018 14:48 UTC