{"id":859496,"date":"2026-06-11T08:49:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/859496\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T08:49:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:49:55","slug":"i-plan-to-be-a-lifelong-new-yorker-i-have-found-my-city-and-my-people-laura-dunns-west-side-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/859496\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Plan to be a Lifelong New Yorker. I have Found My City and My People\u201d \u2014 Laura Dunn\u2019s West Side Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

As early voting approaches, Laura Dunn shares her West Side Story \u2014 part of a series with six of the candidates running to replace Jerry Nadler for New York\u2019s 12th Congressional District ahead of the June 23 primary.<\/p>\n

\"\"Laura Dunn is a civil rights attorney who lives in Hell\u2019s Kitchen. Photo: Phil O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s your New York story? Born here, or just arrived?
<\/strong>I moved to New York after COVID to find happiness. I had been a DCist before then, routinely coming into the city to represent clients and support state level policy and legislative efforts, like the Enough is Enough Law and the SUNY Sexual Violence Prevention Group. I had been regularly coming up to New York for work and friends over a decade, and decided after Trump took over DC after Black Lives Matter, that it was time to move out of a federal district. I have lived here roughly five years now, first on the UWS (71st and Amsterdam), now in Hell\u2019s Kitchen (42nd and 11th), and I plan to be a lifelong New Yorker. I have found my city and my people.<\/p>\n

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