 In November 2000, Lasher helped fund a $2 million reconstruction of the playground area of Calvert Vaux Park, a 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.His wife, Susan Lasher, ran and received 2,999 votes to winner Domenic M. Recchia's 4,509.