{"id":162730,"date":"2026-03-13T19:52:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/162730\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:52:41","slug":"mike-bloomberg-wades-into-manhattan-congressional-race-giving-5m-to-boost-micah-lasher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/162730\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Bloomberg wades into Manhattan congressional race, giving $5M to boost Micah Lasher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A version of this piece first ran as part of the New York Jewish Week\u2019s daily newsletter, rounding up the latest on politics, culture, food and what\u2019s new with Jews in the city. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/subscribe-to-the-ny-jewish-week\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here to get it in your inbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Mike Bloomberg is wading into the closely watched race to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler. The billionaire has endorsed Assemblyman Micah Lasher, his former mayoral aide, and plans to spend millions helping him win.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">\u201cWe face extraordinary challenges both at home and abroad,\u201d Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeBloomberg\/status\/2032139580338516048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said in a post\u00a0<\/a>endorsing Lasher on Thursday. \u201cAt a moment like this, New Yorkers need representatives with the imagination to offer bold new ideas, the experience to get big things done, and the courage to take on the toughest fights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Bloomberg is also preparing to spend about $5 million on an ad campaign to boost Lasher through Stand for New York PAC, a recently formed super PAC, reported\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/12\/nyregion\/bloomberg-lasher-super-pac.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Lasher, who is Jewish, also has Nadler\u2019s support in his bid to represent one of the most Jewish districts in the United States. Like Nadler, Bloomberg is a Jewish icon in the district, which encompasses his Midtown business headquarters and his home on the Upper East Side.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Recent internal polls have shown that many are undecided on the race, which also includes Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg, Trump critic George Conway and Assemblyman Alex Bores. Still, the surveys suggest that Schlossberg and Conway are benefiting from name recognition and leading Lasher so far.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Lasher has long criticized super PACs and pushed for legislation to outlaw corporate spending in state elections. But he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/newyorkplaybook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Politico<\/a> that Bloomberg\u2019s spending would counteract the interference of AI companies in the race. \u201cIt seems to me that Mike Bloomberg, who led this city, lives in the district, and supports my candidacy on its merits, is working to counter Silicon Valley\u2019s spending,\u201d said Lasher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A version of this piece first ran as part of the New York Jewish Week\u2019s daily newsletter, rounding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-162730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}