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Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon—who is considering
challenging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the 2018 gubernatorial
race—says New York needs “bluer Democrats,” seeming to indicate she is
getting closer to making a decision about a potential political
campaign.
Last month, Nixon said she might challenge Cuomo, when asked by NY1
at a fundraiser she was co-hosting with a feminist collective, whose
directors include Mayor Bill de Blasio’s finance director and the
communications director for his reelection campaign. Nixon is a close
ally of de Blasio, who often feuds with the governor.
At the Human Rights Campaign’s Greater New York gala on Saturday
night, Nixon—an Upper West Side resident who has gained prominence for
her advocacy on education issues—did not formally announce a
gubernatorial bid but seemed to lay out a potential campaign platform.
Although the organization—the United States’ largest LGBTQ civil
rights organization—endorsed Cuomo for reelection, it presented Nixon
with the HRC Visibility Award.
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Source: Observer (via Empire Report New York)
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