Micah C. Lasher
Affordability & cost of living
Runs a named 'Tackling Affordability' plank — 'the affordability crisis is no hoax.' Would massively expand federal child-care investment, raise and inflation-index the minimum wage, repeal Trump tax breaks while restoring safety-net cuts, and pass the PRO Act.
micahlasher.com · Platform ↗Housing
Folds housing into affordability: expand federal housing tax credits and increase funding and eligibility for rental assistance.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Helped enact New York's $4.5 billion affordable-housing capital program, which his campaign calls the most ambitious in state history.
Health care
Supports 'Medicare for All or a similar universal plan,' stronger ACA subsidies, more community-based care, and action on prescription drug prices.
micahlasher.com · Platform ↗Immigration & ICE
Pledges to 'fight to abolish ICE' and back due-process protections for detained immigrants.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Authored the Sensitive Location Protection Act barring warrantless ICE arrests at sensitive locations, enacted through the 2026 New York budget.
Confronting Trump & defending democracy
'Fighting Back Against Trumpism' — use 'every procedural tool in our arsenal' to obstruct the GOP agenda and launch aggressive oversight once Democrats retake the House, plus the Protecting Our Democracy Act.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Led New York's mid-decade redistricting response to Texas; backed by a Bloomberg-funded super PAC.
Israel & the Middle East
In coverageSaid he would have opposed Sen. Sanders's bill to withhold offensive weapons from Israel; his own platform addresses antisemitism domestically but not Israel directly.
Forward ↗Money in politics & corruption
Would ban congressional stock trading, codify the Constitution's Emoluments Clauses, and refuse corporate PAC contributions.
micahlasher.com · Platform ↗AI & technology
Supports a national moratorium on new data centers pending environmental review, antitrust scrutiny of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic, wage insurance for displaced tech workers, and deepfake protections.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Co-sponsored New York's data-center moratorium legislation.
Climate & environment
Supports the clean-energy transition, holding polluters accountable, climate-resilient infrastructure, and rejoining the Paris Accord.
micahlasher.com · Platform ↗Public safety & guns
Universal background checks, reinstating the assault-weapons ban, red-flag laws, mental-health investment, and opposing National Guard deployment to cities without consent.
micahlasher.com · Platform ↗Others running for US Representative - District 12