Micah Lasher
@micahlasher.bsky.social
NY State Assemblymember (69th District), proud dad, husband, and UWSer.
We’re seeing fewer independent grocers, more food deserts, and less consumer choice. The Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness Act aims to tackle issues of affordability and competition when it comes to groceries, and @prospect.org has the story: prospect.org/2025/11/21/n...
New York Gets Serious About Food Prices - The American Prospect
A proposed state antitrust law has the potential to cut food prices in New York, a boon to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
prospect.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We’re seeing fewer independent grocers, more food deserts, and less consumer choice. The Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness Act aims to tackle issues of affordability and competition when it comes to groceries, and @prospect.org has the story: prospect.org/2025/11/21/n...
Democrats are the opposition party, and we need to start acting like it. Read the first part of my “Fight Back Blueprint” — where I outline how Democrats can throw sand in the works of the Trump agenda. It’s time to fight back. substack.micahlasher.com/p/throwing-s...
Throwing Sand in the Republicans’ Gears
The Fight Back Blueprint, Part 1
substack.micahlasher.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Democrats are the opposition party, and we need to start acting like it. Read the first part of my “Fight Back Blueprint” — where I outline how Democrats can throw sand in the works of the Trump agenda. It’s time to fight back. substack.micahlasher.com/p/throwing-s...
What would it look like for Democrats in Congress to fight back more effectively? I outlined five specific strategies in @NYDNOpinions this morning. Even more details coming shortly! www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/17/a...
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
What would it look like for Democrats in Congress to fight back more effectively? I outlined five specific strategies in @NYDNOpinions this morning. Even more details coming shortly! www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/17/a...
Great to be with activists in Chelsea and on the Upper West Side as part of this Day of Action to say to ICE and the Trump regime: Hands Off NYC!
November 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Great to be with activists in Chelsea and on the Upper West Side as part of this Day of Action to say to ICE and the Trump regime: Hands Off NYC!
Excited to speak with tenant activists about our new legislation to enable stronger enforcement action against tenant harassment at the NYS Tenants and Neighbors Coalition annual meeting!
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Excited to speak with tenant activists about our new legislation to enable stronger enforcement action against tenant harassment at the NYS Tenants and Neighbors Coalition annual meeting!
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Yesterday, our community showed up in a big way at the downtown immigration courts. We were joined for accompaniments by NY State Senator @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social, Assemblymembers @micahlasher.bsky.social and @lindabrosenthal.bsky.social and NYC Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Manuel Castro.
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Yesterday, our community showed up in a big way at the downtown immigration courts. We were joined for accompaniments by NY State Senator @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social, Assemblymembers @micahlasher.bsky.social and @lindabrosenthal.bsky.social and NYC Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Manuel Castro.
Why helping Republicans end the shutdown — right now, and for nothing — is a terrible idea.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Why helping Republicans end the shutdown — right now, and for nothing — is a terrible idea.
If Trump continues to violate court orders on SNAP, we should withhold payment of money owed to the federal government. My bill, the RECOURSE Act, would establish a process for New York to do this, but state and city officials could act without it, and they should.
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If Trump continues to violate court orders on SNAP, we should withhold payment of money owed to the federal government. My bill, the RECOURSE Act, would establish a process for New York to do this, but state and city officials could act without it, and they should.
Always great to cast a ballot along with one of my future voters. Get out there today and use your power, New Yorkers!
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Always great to cast a ballot along with one of my future voters. Get out there today and use your power, New Yorkers!
Fun this week greeting voters at the PATH station with @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social to tell them about @mikiesherrill for New Jersey Governor. Only 3 more days until Election Day!
November 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Fun this week greeting voters at the PATH station with @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social to tell them about @mikiesherrill for New Jersey Governor. Only 3 more days until Election Day!
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
My statement with @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social in response to this appalling report on COVID vaccine availability from @maggieastor.bsky.social and Dani Blum: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
August 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My statement with @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social in response to this appalling report on COVID vaccine availability from @maggieastor.bsky.social and Dani Blum: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
States are laboratories of democracy — and of ways to fight back against Trump.
My latest is about that work — and a catalogue of Trump-proofing bills that have been put forward in New York.
My latest is about that work — and a catalogue of Trump-proofing bills that have been put forward in New York.
First Draft: A Trump-Proofing Blueprint for State Legislators
A catalogue of New York bills that fight back
substack.micahlasher.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
States are laboratories of democracy — and of ways to fight back against Trump.
My latest is about that work — and a catalogue of Trump-proofing bills that have been put forward in New York.
My latest is about that work — and a catalogue of Trump-proofing bills that have been put forward in New York.
I sat down with @cbsnews.com’s Marcia Kramer to discuss how Democrats nationwide can and must fight back on redistricting.
Will New York respond to Texas redistricting? The Point 8.10.25
YouTube video by CBS New York
youtu.be
August 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I sat down with @cbsnews.com’s Marcia Kramer to discuss how Democrats nationwide can and must fight back on redistricting.
I spoke with @russellberman.bsky.social at @theatlantic.com about the challenges facing Democrats in fighting back against Trump’s congressional seat theft in Texas — and how vital it is that we adjust to the new reality.
How Democrats Tied Their Own Hands on Redistricting
Their threat to match Republican gerrymandering could be difficult to fulfill.
www.theatlantic.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I spoke with @russellberman.bsky.social at @theatlantic.com about the challenges facing Democrats in fighting back against Trump’s congressional seat theft in Texas — and how vital it is that we adjust to the new reality.
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Please join me, @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social, @lindabrosenthal.bsky.social, and @micahlasher.bsky.social for a Know Your Rights workshop with @nyclu.org at B'nai Jeshurun on Thursday at 6:30pm.
It is essential we know how to protect our neighbors when ICE is in our community.
It is essential we know how to protect our neighbors when ICE is in our community.
August 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Please join me, @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social, @lindabrosenthal.bsky.social, and @micahlasher.bsky.social for a Know Your Rights workshop with @nyclu.org at B'nai Jeshurun on Thursday at 6:30pm.
It is essential we know how to protect our neighbors when ICE is in our community.
It is essential we know how to protect our neighbors when ICE is in our community.
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Hear two NYS lawmakers discuss how they hope to fight back against proposed redistricting in Texas, with @sengianaris.bsky.social & @micahlasher.bsky.social: www.wnyc.org/story/answer...
Answering the Texas Redistricting Strategy | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Texas plans off-cycle redistricting to add GOP seats before midterms. NYS Sen. Michael Gianaris and AM Micah Lasher explain their proposed amendment requiring similar action in response.
www.wnyc.org
July 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hear two NYS lawmakers discuss how they hope to fight back against proposed redistricting in Texas, with @sengianaris.bsky.social & @micahlasher.bsky.social: www.wnyc.org/story/answer...
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Today
-@sengianaris.bsky.social & @micahlasher.bsky.social on how NY could counter Texas redistricting,
-@climate.columbia.edu's Radley Horton on air quality & climate change,
-@nytimes.com's reporting on insurance & drug coverage,
-Your social media habits
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
-@sengianaris.bsky.social & @micahlasher.bsky.social on how NY could counter Texas redistricting,
-@climate.columbia.edu's Radley Horton on air quality & climate change,
-@nytimes.com's reporting on insurance & drug coverage,
-Your social media habits
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
July 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Today
-@sengianaris.bsky.social & @micahlasher.bsky.social on how NY could counter Texas redistricting,
-@climate.columbia.edu's Radley Horton on air quality & climate change,
-@nytimes.com's reporting on insurance & drug coverage,
-Your social media habits
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
-@sengianaris.bsky.social & @micahlasher.bsky.social on how NY could counter Texas redistricting,
-@climate.columbia.edu's Radley Horton on air quality & climate change,
-@nytimes.com's reporting on insurance & drug coverage,
-Your social media habits
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
Republicans in TX and elsewhere are taking us into a new era of continuous, partisan redistricting.
@sengianaris.bsky.social and I are proposing to allow New York to do mid-decade redistricting if another state fires the first shot.
Time for Democrats to show up to the fight.
@sengianaris.bsky.social and I are proposing to allow New York to do mid-decade redistricting if another state fires the first shot.
Time for Democrats to show up to the fight.
In Fight for House, New York May Follow Texas in Redrawing Maps
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Republicans in TX and elsewhere are taking us into a new era of continuous, partisan redistricting.
@sengianaris.bsky.social and I are proposing to allow New York to do mid-decade redistricting if another state fires the first shot.
Time for Democrats to show up to the fight.
@sengianaris.bsky.social and I are proposing to allow New York to do mid-decade redistricting if another state fires the first shot.
Time for Democrats to show up to the fight.
The real path by which a bill becomes a law in New York is less Schoolhouse Rock and more a mix of improvisational jazz and whack-a-mole.
A View from the Assembly Chamber
A report on my first legislative session
substack.micahlasher.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The real path by which a bill becomes a law in New York is less Schoolhouse Rock and more a mix of improvisational jazz and whack-a-mole.
I’ve written up some reflections on my first session in Albany — how I approached the work, successes, and disappointments.
A View from the Assembly Chamber
A report on my first legislative session
substack.micahlasher.com
July 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I’ve written up some reflections on my first session in Albany — how I approached the work, successes, and disappointments.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
This 82-year-old grandfather was living a quiet life. Granted political asylum from Pinochet in 1987, he was disappeared by ICE when he went to replaced a lost green card.
This is what is happening in America right now. We all need to wake the f up.
This is what is happening in America right now. We all need to wake the f up.
Allentown grandfather’s family was told he died in ICE custody. Then they learned he’s alive — in a hospital in Guatemala, they say
Family of Allentown grandfather Luis Leon, 82, said they were headed to a Guatemala hospital to reunite with him after he was taken into custody at a Philadelphia immigration office and disappeared…
www.mcall.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This 82-year-old grandfather was living a quiet life. Granted political asylum from Pinochet in 1987, he was disappeared by ICE when he went to replaced a lost green card.
This is what is happening in America right now. We all need to wake the f up.
This is what is happening in America right now. We all need to wake the f up.
Groundbreaking project to rebuild vision and brand, at the state level, for the Democratic Party. Great to see the launch of the @statesforum.bsky.social, grateful to @dsquad.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
New Democratic Group Says Answer to the Party’s Woes Lies With the States
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Groundbreaking project to rebuild vision and brand, at the state level, for the Democratic Party. Great to see the launch of the @statesforum.bsky.social, grateful to @dsquad.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
Proud to see my legislation with to Trump-proof New York when it comes to housing discrimination included in the @nytimes.com wrap-up of the legislative session: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/n...
June 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Proud to see my legislation with to Trump-proof New York when it comes to housing discrimination included in the @nytimes.com wrap-up of the legislative session: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/n...