As early voting approaches, Micah Lasher shares his 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.
Micah Lasher is currently the State Assemblymember for District 69, covering the Upper West Side. Photo: Phil O’Brien
So what’s your New York story? Born here, or just arrived?
I am a proud New York patriot. I’ve lived here in Manhattan my entire life (minus six regrettable childhood years in New Jersey!) — including four years in Hell’s Kitchen, during which time I served on Community Board 4.
Today, my wife Elizabeth and I are raising three children here — Nate (15), Ben (14), and Phoebe (10). It was a strange and wonderful feeling, playing with my own kids in the same playgrounds I grew up in. We belong to the same synagogue, Rodeph Sholom, that I grew up attending. And we are a proud public school family, with many weekend hours spent at Little League games and scholastic chess tournaments.
I cannot imagine living anywhere but our great city, and it would be the honor of a lifetime to represent the community that raised me in Congress.
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