Tag: CD 17

25Mar

Chatzky’s Lascivious Posts

Dear Friends,

In the over two decades that I have been at the helm of WCLA –Choice Matters, I have never before witnessed any Democratic candidate for any office so shamelessly and publicly sexualize and degrade women – until now.

Last week, the New York Times printed a scandalous exposé about New York’s Congressional District 17 Democratic primary candidate Peter Chatzky and his fascination with sex and his objectification of women on his Facebook page. Now, as Chatzky plays the victim, issuing a pathetic apology, his friends and wife continue to dismiss his actions as boys-will-be-boys humor.

Peter Chatzky is another multi-millionaire who is self-funding his congressional campaign. He is the Briarcliff Manor Deputy Mayor – and he is also the man who has single-handedly put the #MeToo movement and the Epstein Files front and center in the race to flip CD 17.

Chatzky has been publishing lascivious posts on his Facebook account for over a decade according to The New York Times and the New York Post. (The New York Times, The Wealthy House Candidate With a History of Bawdy Facebook Posts, 3/19/2026; NY Post, Mike Lawler’s millionaire Dem rival Peter Chatzky jokes about teen sex in vulgar resurfaced posts, 3/23/2026.)

Both the NYT and NY Post reported an assortment of examples including “speculat[ing] about how much he would have to pay Melania Trump, the first lady, to have sex with him”, “whether he was too old to have an intimate relationship with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, then in their 20s”, how to “enhanc[e] breasts in photoshop”, and “jokes about sperm, masturbation and sexual arousal”. He even solicited responses from his Facebook friends.

This is chronic male misogyny – not simply bad judgment. This man is running for Congress claiming to be a “progressive”. How is dehumanizing and sexualizing women “progressive”? How is talking about big breasts and sex with teenage girls “progressive”? The radicalized Trump administration is ripping away women’s rights – from abortion, to contraception, to job equity, to voting rights. And Chatzky? He, too, is part of the culturally complicit patriarchy problem.

Remaining silent or justifying Chatzky’s behavior as “locker room talk” dismisses his accountability. Normalizing misogyny creates a breeding ground for anti-woman behavior. It validates male entitlement and excuses discriminatory and even criminal actions against girls and women.

We have all watched the Epstein Files slowly unfold with the drip, drip of information being released. The men implicated are of different political parties and nationalities. The only things these men have in common is their gender, wealth and color – and that the people in the know remained silent – from the customs agents, to housekeepers, to pilots, to friends, to spouses…

Peter Chatzky has degraded women by making them sexual objects and the butt of jokes. Deplorable behavior like his perpetuates an oppressive cultural attitude.

This past Monday we saw Bill Cosby found guilty, again – an American icon until he wasn’t. His friends remained silent for decades. The #MeToo movement was a revolutionary revolt against the expected code of silence and the gendered advice: “Don’t report it. It’s your word against his. Get over it and move on.” Earlier this year, in a campaign ad, Chatzky threw a puppet in the trash – a puppet that was clearly female – and a Democrat. When called out, his response and that of his friends and spouse were the same: “Get over it. It wasn’t a big deal.” WRONG. It’s a very big deal and we will not get over it!

It’s time for Peter Chatzky to drop out and move on.

Sincerely yours,

Catherine Lederer-Plaskett
President

10Feb

ALERT: MAGA Mike Lobs Lies at Democratic CD 17 Candidate

Looks like anti-choice extremist MAGA Mike Lawler (just like his mentor Trump) is once again playing 3-card Monte with the truth to distract from his own horrific record by spreading blatant lies about his opponents.

On Monday, a “Lawler-friendly” reporter smeared a Democratic Primary candidate. BUT Candidate Cait Conley fought back! (See below.)

Let’s all take a page out of Conley’s book and call out ALL of Lawler’s lies and deceitful actions AT EVERY TURN! Thanks, Cait Conley, for setting the record straight!

P.S. Before you buy into any BS, please do your homework.

Friends,

You may have recently seen articles published by The Intercept and Politico Pro that deliberately misrepresent my counterterrorism and national security work. Let me make one thing abundantly clear: the lies and attacks are starting because Mike Lawler is scared. He is spreading deceptive misinformation to stop the momentum we are building because he knows that if I am on the ticket in November, his political career will come to an end.

Unlike Mike Lawler and his MAGA GOP cronies, I am beholden to the truth.

Here is the truth:

I advise two start-up companies focused on national security to help keep American families and American critical infrastructure–like sports stadiums, hospitals, our water supply, and our energy grid–safe from terrorist attacks.

My work focuses on how to counter violent tactics used by terror groups and drug cartels. Period. There is zero connection with ICE and its domestic immigration enforcement.

The companies I consult for do not have any involvement with ICE and its domestic immigration enforcement.

And although Mike Lawler has tried to spin up this lie, I do not work with Palantir.

I spent 16 years putting my life on the line in the military to protect Americans, deploying six times overseas, including to combat zones like Iraq and Afghanistan, to hunt down terror groups. Since leaving the military, I have worked with a range of private and public sector entities, at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and as a consultant, to help keep American families and American critical infrastructure safe from terrorist attacks.

I have been and will continue to be an outspoken critic of this Administration’s weaponization of the executive branch. I am running to hold ICE accountable for breaking the law and violating the Constitution to protect the rights of Americans. Secretary Noem must step down or be impeached. Congress must pass legislation ensuring ICE operates lawfully like local law enforcement, including banning masks and requiring judicial warrants for arrest, and sending CBP back to the border where it belongs. The federal agents involved in the killing of Americans must be fully and independently investigated, and any leaders who oversaw or enabled these abuses of power should be placed on administrative leave until investigations are completed.

I will never back down from this fight.

The fact that Mike Lawler is so scared of the momentum our campaign is building that he stoops to lies and misinformation just reaffirms that what we are doing is working. The fact that he is trying this hard and this early shows you how scared he is to face me in November.

We will never bow down to his lies or intimidation.

This campaign will keep up the fight honorably and with dignity. I am proud to be in the arena with each and every one of you.

With gratitude and fire,

Cait Conley

08Jan

Chatzky’s Sexism Destroying NYS Democratic CD 17 Primary

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For Immediate Release, 1/8/2026
Chatzky’s Sexism Destroying NYS Democratic CD 17 Primary
WCLA – Choice Matters
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For a man who claims to be a progressive, Chatzky showed a different side of himself this week. Using some of the $5 million dollars that he gave to his campaign, Chatzky has portrayed a fellow Democratic Primary woman challenger as a “stereotypical female” unable to make her own decisions – just like many Republicans do when they say women can’t be trusted to make their own choices.

What do women have to do to be taken seriously? Let’s ask Democratic Primary Candidate Peter Chatzky who chose to introduce himself to the public with a sexist ad clearly mocking front runner Democratic Primary challenger Cait Conley – a woman who graduated from West Point in the top 2% of her class, earned master’s degrees from both MIT and Harvard, served 16 years as an active Army officer, deployed overseas six times, was awarded three bronze stars, and then was Director of Counterterrorism on the National Security Council.

A person’s sense of humor often reveals a lot about their intelligence, character, values, and emotional state. What does it reveal about Chatzky that he needs to turn a powerful articulate woman into a floppy straggly-haired marionette, a punching bag? That sounds a lot like Trump.

Chatzky offered no specific criticisms of Cait Conley who is a fourth-generation Hudson Valley native. One can only wonder if he finds going head-to-head with female opponents emasculating.

This Democratic Primary must focus on picking the candidate best able to defeat anti-choice extremist, MAGA Republican Lawler, and all contenders must stop attacking one another. Women across the United States need a pro-choice candidate who can win back CD 17.