---
type: Person
title: "Lester Chang"
description: "NY House District 49 — NY State House of Representatives District 49"
role: "NY House District 49"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NY"
district: "NY State House of Representatives District 49"
represents: "us/states/ny/districts/house/49"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "89a65794-8f1f-4d54-bfd3-dcde75d9dc7d"
  office: "239cdf68-1eb5-47e9-b40b-88104a9a5ea1"
  tenure: "8621b296-09eb-4b19-b36d-32d2d75d1ec5"
  jurisdiction: "181cb79d-2c60-4225-bf4d-cbce4efdb337"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ny]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Lester Chang

Current NY House District 49 (NY State House of Representatives District 49).

Represents [NY State House of Representatives District 49](/us/states/ny/districts/house/49.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).