As early voting approaches, Nina Schwalbe shares her West Side Story — part of a series with six of the candidates running to replace Jerry Nadler for New York’s 12th Congressional District ahead of the June 23 primary.

Nina SchwalbeNina Schwalbe is a public health advocate living on the Upper West Side. Photo: Phil O’Brien

So what’s your New York story? Born here, or just arrived?
My family (on my mother’s side) has been in this district for six generations. My children were born here and my parents died here. My career and my work with UNICEF and the UN has taken me around the world. But no matter where in the world I’ve been, New York has always been home.

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