LAWLER’S CLOSING AD: CAIT CONLEY DOESN’T PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN NY-17, BUT WANTS TO RAISE TAXES ON THOSE WHO DO BY $4,000
Conley owns no property in NY-17 and pays no property taxes here, but does have a 2026 real estate tax record in her name in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Today, the Lawler for Congress campaign released “Virginia,” the closing ad of Congressman Mike Lawler’s (NY-17) reelection campaign. The ad takes Cait Conley to task for wanting to represent NY-17 in Congress, but not owning property or paying taxes here, and for parachuting into the district solely to run for office.
“Cait Conley doesn’t own a home here, and she’s never paid taxes here. But do you know where she does? Virginia,” Lawler says in the ad. “Think about it. Cait doesn’t pay taxes here, but wants to raise ours even higher. Is she serious?”
The only house Conley listed on the financial disclosure she filed with the House in May is a in Lee County, North Carolina, from which she collected $15,001 to $50,000 in rent last year. Fairfax County, Virginia, property records show a 2026 real estate tax summary for Conley, despite her claim she’s all in to represent the Hudson Valley.
“Unlike Cait, we own a home, pay taxes, and this is where we’re raising our family,” Lawler says in the ad. “It’s why I fought both sides to restore SALT and why I’m fighting to reopen Indian Point to cut energy costs.”
The tax law Lawler helped negotiate raised the SALT cap from $10,000 to $40,000 for filers making under $500,000, and the Tax Foundation estimates it cuts 2026 taxes for the average New York filer by $4,079. At the Spring Valley NAACP forum on Oct. 7, Conley said “The best thing that Congress could have done for New Yorkers was absolutely nothing.” Cait’s plan would have resulted in a tax increase of over $4,000 for Hudson Valley families.
“Cait Conley trying to run a campaign about ‘cost-of-living’ in NY-17 when she doesn’t pay taxes here, pay a mortgage here, run a business here, or raise a family here exposes her entire campaign as the fraud that it is,” said Lawler for Congress Campaign Manager Ciro Riccardi. “Mike Lawler is fully invested in the Hudson Valley and shares the same experience as others who live here. That’s why he stood up to his own party to get families here the largest tax cut in American history while delivering on his promise to lift the cap on SALT.”
“Cait wants to raise taxes by $4,000 on the working families, seniors, and businesses in the Hudson Valley while she pays taxes in Virginia,” mocked Riccardi. “Hudson Valley residents are some of the smartest voters in the country. They understand what Congressman Lawler’s successful efforts to lift the cap on SALT from $10,000 to $40,000 means to their bottom line. They also don’t want to be lectured about cost-of-living by a carpetbagger who has no clue what that even means in this district. If Cait Conley wanted to run for Congress, she should have done so where she lives – Fairfax County, Virginia.”