Cynthia Nixon slams NY governor at event
The liberal activist and “Sex and the City” actress took aim at Cuomo in her first official campaign appearance, telling the audience at the Bethesda Healing Center in Brooklyn that she had just made it to the event “in the nick of time” because of subway delays that she blamed on “Cuomo’s MTA.”
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) oversees the subways, and Cuomo controls the MTA. An MTA spokesman said on Twitter there had been a sick passenger.
Nixon went on to criticize inequality in the state, which she blamed on policy choices like tax cuts for corporations and wealthier New Yorkers, and called out corruption in state government.
“If Washington is a swamp, Albany is a cesspool,” she said. She cited former Cuomo aide, Joseph Percoco, who was convicted this month on federal bribery and fraud charges.
Cuomo was not accused of any wrongdoing, but the trial put a spotlight on Albany’s pay-to-play culture.
Nixon said she voted for Cuomo eight years ago in hopes of his being a “real Democrat” but that “New York’s eight years under the Cuomo administration have been an exercise in living with disappointment, dysfunction and dishonesty.”
AP
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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