
PEEKSKILL, N.Y. — In a microcosm of the broader 2024 campaign, former Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., is fighting to unseat Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in a race where wars in the Middle East and the threat of former President Donald Trump loom large even as a GOP "stealth operation" threatens to spoil the election in New York's 17th Congressional District.
At the Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus candidate forum on Saturday, a small crowd of a few dozen people waited for the arrival of Jones, a Rockland County native who rose from humble beginnings to Congress.