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)
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