A Democratic frontrunner in the race to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-Manhattan) is hammering ICE on the campaign trail — while his wife rakes in millions from companies heavily contracted with the agency, records show.
Upper East Side Assemblyman and former top Nadler aide Micah Lasher has openly called for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be “abolished” — ripping it as “an agency beyond repair” — and he’s led protests against Amazon, Home Depot and other companies he claims are profiting off ICE’s “cruelty.”
The 44-year-old has even tried to win over voters in the liberal district by ripping opponent Alex Bores, an East Side assemblyman, for having spent five years as a data scientist and honcho at top ICE contractor Palantir Technologies, City & State reported.
But Lasher’s wife, Elizabeth Mann, is quietly bringing home megabucks off President Donald Trump and ICE’s efforts to enforce the law and secure the border.
Mann has earned $578,111 from Motorola Solutions since being named to the telecommunications tech company’s board of directors in August 2024, the firm’s proxy statements show.
During that period, Motorola has racked up more than $21 million in ICE contracts, providing it with surveillance tech and other communications services.
And since being tapped chief financial officer of Verisk Analytics in July 2022, Mann has also pocketed nearly another $17 million in salary, stock awards and other payments from the Jersey City-based company, proxy statements show.
Verisk owns a health and car-insurance database, ISO ClaimSearch, that ICE reportedly uses to track people they want to deport. ISO has access to the data through the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
“You don’t need to work at Motorola to understand the 411 on what’s going on here: it’s a candidate who is talking out of two sides of their mouth,” said a top NYC Democratic operative. “Which version might get elected? I guess all of us are on hold?’”
“He’s a hypocrite,” said another Dem operative.
Lasher and Bores are among the crowded field of candidates running in this year’s Democratic primary for Manhattan’s 12th Congressional district, which includes Midtown and the Upper East Side.
Other candidates include Jack Schlossberg, grandson of former President John F. Kennedy; and George Conway, a lawyer and President Trump-hating former Republican.
Bores could not be reached for comment.
Schlossberg said he “doesn’t know much about Micah and Motorola.”
“But I do know that no one owns me,” he added.
Lasher — whose top endorsements include Nadler and ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg — said his wife “has built an extraordinary career, leads with integrity, and I couldn’t be prouder of her.
“I’ll keep on fighting ICE in Albany and to abolish it in Washington, while my opponents shovel dirt and falsehoods about my wife to the Post,” he said.
