Education
Source
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn College
Yeshiva University High School for Boys.
Source
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn College
Yeshiva University High School for Boys.
He was the first Orthodox Jew elected to state office in New York State. Lasher was a well-known politician in Brooklyn, New York for over thirty-five years. He had represented Brooklyn"s 47th District on the City Council, representing Coney Island, Brighton Beach and the surrounding communities.
Lasher was the principal author of the "" The New York State Assembly passed the bill 77-64, as did the New York State Senate 35-23.
However, in July 1981 New York State Governor Hugh Carey vetoed lieutenant While a Council Member, Lasher funded the reconstruction of Brighton Playground, in 1995.
As an Assemblyman, Lasher served as Chairman of New York State Governor Mario Cuomo"s Insurance Committee. In November 2000, Lasher helped fund a $2 million reconstruction of the playground area of Calvert Vaux Park, a 73-acre (300,000 m2) park in New York City.
Named for Calvert Vaux, the designer of Central Park.
Lasher did not run in the 2001 Brooklyn City Council elections due to term limits. Howard Lasher died in his Ocean Parkway, New York home, on March 11, 2007.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1973 to 1993, sitting in the 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th and 190th New York State Legislatures. He was a member of the New York City Council from 1994 to 2001.