Micah Bergdale

[{"question": "Video for Ballotpedia", "answer_html": "<div style=\"float:left\">\n<table cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"wikitable\" width=\"205\">\n<tbody><tr>\n<td><div class=\"thumb embedvideo autoResize\" style=\"width: 258px;\"><!--\n--><div class=\"embedvideo autoResize\" style=\"\"><!--\n--><div class=\"embedvideowrap youtube\" style=\"width: 250px\"><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"141\" loading=\"lazy\" modestbranding=\"1\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9SDy0eNcTTw\" width=\"250\"></iframe></div><!--\n--></div><!--\n--></div><span style=\"font-size:80%\">Video submitted to Ballotpedia<br/>Released December 2, 2025</span>\n</td></tr></tbody></table></div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>", "answer_text": "Video submitted to Ballotpedia Released December 2, 2025"}, {"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>Micah Bergdale completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bergdale's responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-389530-2025-12-02\" id=\"heading-bio-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-389530-2025-12-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-389530-2025-12-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tMicah Bergdale has been a part of New York City for over two decades, starting businesses focused on EV mobility and mass transit while providing technology consulting from his work with and for Apple. He has been involved in Democratic politics as a delegate in for Andrew Yang in 2020 and an active leader of Indivisible in New York City. He also has sat on the Mayor's Small Business Leadership Commission for the past 3 years advocating for changes in city government to support small businesses.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-389530-2025-12-02\" id=\"heading-key-message-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-389530-2025-12-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-389530-2025-12-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>The Federal government needs to play a role in addressing the affordability crisis in New York City. This is a national problem. We need more housing and lower energy bills. The federal government has the power to both fund and overrule local regulations that might be limiting housing supply. We have tens of thousands of vacant units that are not profitable because of rent regulations. I will immediately support legislation that if a unit is vacant for more than one year, no city or state can restrict the property from being rented out at market rate. Either New York City and State come up with a solution for the crisis they created or the federal government will step in to solve the problem.</li><li>Our democracy is in peril from a rise of authoritarianism under the Trump administration. We need members of Congress who will do everything in their power to stop the illegal actions of this administration whether it is the illegal deportation of immigrations or the passage of tariffs without Congressional authorization. This lawless President and his corrupt cronies need to be stopped. I will immediately join other members of Congress to hold the President accountable for his insider cryptocurrency scams that are enriching him, his family and those in his inner circle. We have never seen such blatant corruption as we have right now in this administration, and I will not stop until there is justice.</li><li>New York City is the hub of transit. We have the most trains, subways, bus lines and ferry transportation of any city in the US. Yet, our transportation system is failing. We have wasteful contracts that are always late and never within their original budget. Subways in other cities are built in a few years and New York ends up taking a few decades. This has to stop. We are at risk of losing our status as a global leader because we have such a failed transit system. Most politicians do not understand the transit system well enough to come up with effective solutions at the federal level to fix our chronically unreliable system. I know what needs to be fixed, and I will introduce legislation to ensure we have fast, safe, reliable transit.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-389530-2025-12-02\" id=\"heading1-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-389530-2025-12-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-389530-2025-12-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI am passionate about reforming our democracy, expanding housing development, lowering energy costs by empowering renewables and battery storage technology and dramatically improving transit in New York City.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-389530-2025-12-02\" id=\"heading2-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse2-389530-2025-12-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading2-389530-2025-12-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse2-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tHonesty, integrity, passion and energy\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-389530-2025-12-02\" id=\"heading3-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse3-389530-2025-12-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading3-389530-2025-12-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse3-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tTo both fight for residents in the Congressional district but also to address the national and international issues that impact all Americans. This district is home to the United Nations and is part of the most diverse city in the US. What we do globally impacts people in New York City, and we need a member of Congress who can handle both local priorities and international affairs.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-389530-2025-12-02\" id=\"heading4-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse4-389530-2025-12-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading4-389530-2025-12-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse4-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tGeorge HW Bush getting elected when I was 7 years old.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-389530-2025-12-02\" id=\"heading5-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse5-389530-2025-12-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat was your very first job? How long did you have it?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading5-389530-2025-12-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse5-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tApple as an Apple Genius. I worked for and with Apple for a decade in different capacities.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse6-389530-2025-12-02\" id=\"heading6-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse6-389530-2025-12-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse6-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading6-389530-2025-12-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse6-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tAI, Automation, and our inability to compete with China given the current administration's policies.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse7-389530-2025-12-02\" id=\"heading7-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse7-389530-2025-12-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse7-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat are your thoughts on term limits?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading7-389530-2025-12-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse7-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI support term limits, and I will not serve in the House for decades like some existing House members.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse8-389530-2025-12-02\" id=\"heading8-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse8-389530-2025-12-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse8-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tDo you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading8-389530-2025-12-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse8-389530-2025-12-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tCompromise is absolutely necessary to get things done, but it is not always desirable.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nMicah Bergdale completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bergdale's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. Micah Bergdale has been a part of New York City for over two decades, starting businesses focused on EV mobility and mass transit while providing technology consulting from his work with and for Apple. He has been involved in Democratic politics as a delegate in for Andrew Yang in 2020 and an active leader of Indivisible in New York City. He also has sat on the Mayor's Small Business Leadership Commission for the past 3 years advocating for changes in city government to support small businesses. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? The Federal government needs to play a role in addressing the affordability crisis in New York City. This is a national problem. We need more housing and lower energy bills. The federal government has the power to both fund and overrule local regulations that might be limiting housing supply. We have tens of thousands of vacant units that are not profitable because of rent regulations. I will immediately support legislation that if a unit is vacant for more than one year, no city or state can restrict the property from being rented out at market rate. Either New York City and State come up with a solution for the crisis they created or the federal government will step in to solve the problem. Our democracy is in peril from a rise of authoritarianism under the Trump administration. We need members of Congress who will do everything in their power to stop the illegal actions of this administration whether it is the illegal deportation of immigrations or the passage of tariffs without Congressional authorization. This lawless President and his corrupt cronies need to be stopped. I will immediately join other members of Congress to hold the President accountable for his insider cryptocurrency scams that are enriching him, his family and those in his inner circle. We have never seen such blatant corruption as we have right now in this administration, and I will not stop until there is justice. New York City is the hub of transit. We have the most trains, subways, bus lines and ferry transportation of any city in the US. Yet, our transportation system is failing. We have wasteful contracts that are always late and never within their original budget. Subways in other cities are built in a few years and New York ends up taking a few decades. This has to stop. We are at risk of losing our status as a global leader because we have such a failed transit system. Most politicians do not understand the transit system well enough to come up with effective solutions at the federal level to fix our chronically unreliable system. I know what needs to be fixed, and I will introduce legislation to ensure we have fast, safe, reliable transit. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? I am passionate about reforming our democracy, expanding housing development, lowering energy costs by empowering renewables and battery storage technology and dramatically improving transit in New York City. What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official? Honesty, integrity, passion and energy What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office? To both fight for residents in the Congressional district but also to address the national and international issues that impact all Americans. This district is home to the United Nations and is part of the most diverse city in the US. What we do globally impacts people in New York City, and we need a member of Congress who can handle both local priorities and international affairs. What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time? George HW Bush getting elected when I was 7 years old. What was your very first job? How long did you have it? Apple as an Apple Genius. I worked for and with Apple for a decade in different capacities. What do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade? AI, Automation, and our inability to compete with China given the current administration's policies. What are your thoughts on term limits? I support term limits, and I will not serve in the House for decades like some existing House members. Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking? Compromise is absolutely necessary to get things done, but it is not always desirable.\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it."}]