Jennifer Lunsford is an American Democratic Party politician, lawyer, and community volunteer[3] who currently represents New York State Assembly district 135,[1] which includes parts of Monroe County.

She then moved to Rochester, New York, where she works as a litigator, primarily representing plaintiffs in personal injury, workers' compensation, and Social Security Disability Insurance.

[8] In early March 2021, Lunsford was among a bipartisan group of legislators from the Rochester area to support revoking the emergency powers that Governor Andrew Cuomo had been granted in order to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, citing the progress that had been made up until that time and allegations that his administration had mishandled death numbers in the New York COVID-19 nursing home scandal.

[9] On March 23, 2021, the assembly passed legislation expanding unemployment insurance eligibility to cover those who had to leave work due to child care obligations.

[10] Lunsford sponsored the bill, which clarified that child care constitutes good cause, a matter which had been decided inconsistently by courts and the unemployment insurance appeal board at the New York State Department of Labor.