Tarrytown Trustee Effie Phillips-Staley joins Local Matters Westchester to discuss her Democratic primary campaign for New York’s 17th Congressional District, where she hopes to challenge incumbent Republican Mike Lawler in the general election.

She shares how her working-class upbringing shaped her perspective and highlights her priorities: housing affordability, humane treatment of immigrants, health care access, and climate action. Phillips-Staley also weighs in on civic engagement, youth activism, and foreign policy, stressing her focus on giving disenfranchised communities a voice.