NY-17 Democrats at Manhattanville debate detail their disparate pathways to beat Mike Lawler

Effie Phillips-Staley, Beth Davidson and Cait Conley outline their approaches, nine weeks before early voting kicks off for June 23 primary.

The three leading Democrats heading into the June 23 primary for New York’s hotly contest 17^th Congressional District faced off Thursday evening, just hours after deep-pocketed Briarcliff Manor tech exec Peter Chatzky bailed from the race.

On stage at Manhattanville University’s O’Byrne Chapel were three Hudson Valley women, each with their own story, e…