Nixon’s Fight Against Cuomo Hits de Blasio As Well

By Sally Goldenberg and Laura Nahmias

It’s the conventional wisdom in an increasingly unconventional 2018 New York governor’s race: Actor Cynthia Nixon's run is a ploy by her friend and ally, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, to drag down his archrival, and fellow Democrat, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

But less than a month into the insurgent campaign, Nixon's attacks on Cuomo from the left have increasingly highlighted de Blasio’s own weaknesses. And amid the New York media's intense focus on the celebrity-fueled campaign, her criticisms could end up proving uncomfortable to a mayor who’s been eager to fashion himself a national progressive leader.

Nixon has called the mayor’s timeline for repairs to the troubled New York City Housing Authority “not acceptable.” She’s called for the legalization of marijuana to end the “racist war on drugs,” even though de Blasio says he’s “not there yet.” And she recently declared that de Blasio and Cuomo are engaged in a “pissing contest” — suggesting that de Blasio is far from blameless in a yearslong feud with the governor. 

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Source: Politico (via Empire Report New York)