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A FIGHT FROM THE LEFT: The newest challenger joining the Democratic effort to unseat Hudson Valley Rep. Mike Lawler is setting herself apart from the pack by representing the political left.

A sixth Democrat is jumping in the race for Republican Rep. Mike Lawler’s seat and staking claim to what she sees as an open lane so far in the crowded field: unapologetic progressive.

Not minc­ing her words, Phillips-Sta­ley gave a rous­ing speech Sat­ur­day, ges­tur­ing to the statue of the mili­tia­man be­hind her—part of a trio of pa­tri­ots who ap­pre­hended British spy John An­dre thus un­cov­er­ing Bene­dict Arnold’s 1780 plot …

On Feb. 18, The New York Times floated the names of two other Democrats: Effie Phillips-Staley, a former director of Hudson Valley MOCA in Peekskill and a Village of Tarrytown trustee…

Effie Phillips-Staley, a Tarrytown village trustee, said Lawler’s remarks were an insult to the tens of thousands of Latino residents in the 17th Congressional District, and the estimated 200,000 Latinos who live in Westchester County.