Republican incumbent spars with Democrat challenger over antisemitism in strongly Jewish NY distict

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Lawler continued, asking Conley multiple times throughout the debate to condemn the alleged antisemitism raised by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, which she refused to do.

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Republican incumbent Rep. Lawler and Democrat Conley spar over antisemitism, Israel in NY debate

(JTA) — Incumbent U.S. House Rep. Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York, faced off against Democrat Cait Conley in a fiery debate on Monday night, sparring over their respective commitments to tackle antisemitism in America. The friction was immediately palpable when the candidates, who are vying for New York’s hotly contested 17th District seat, one of the most Jewish districts in the country, jousted over everything from military assistance …

Republican incumbent spars with Democrat challenger over antisemitism in strongly Jewish NY distict

More than one in five voters in the district, which includes all of Rockland and Putnam counties, as well as parts of Westchester and Dutchess, are Jewish, according to Rosenblum.