Sarah Jessica Parker Backs Cynthia Nixon For NY Governor

NEW YORK, NY — Carrie took it hard when Miranda moved to Brooklyn, but it seems she wouldn't mind her close friend settling in Albany. The actress Sarah Jessica Parker on Thursday endorsed her onetime "Sex and the City" co-star Cynthia Nixon in her bid for governor of New York.

"My sister on and off screen, you have my love, support and vote," Parker, a West Village resident, wrote in a Thursday morning Instagram post that accompanied a photo of Nixon.

Nixon, a longtime education activist and silver-screen celebrity, is challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary as the incumbent governor seeks a third four-year term.

Parker's brief post didn't specify how she aligns politically with Nixon, who is running from Cuomo's left and is taking him to task on his mishandling of the city's subway crisis.

But Parker, who played Carrie Bradshaw alongside Nixon's Miranda Hobbes on the HBO series, called the actress-turned-candidate "A fighter" and "A dear friend."

Nixon welcomed the endorsement on Twitter. "Thank you @SJP, it means so much," she wrote.

The endorsement came a day after Nixon made her first visit to a New York City Housing Authority complex on Wednesday, calling the conditions in the city's public housing "a state of emergency."

It's unclear what weight Parker's backing will carry for Nixon, who faces an uphill political battle against a two-term governor with over $30 million in his campaign war chest and the backing of powerful labor unions and other groups.

Cuomo's campaign did not immediately return a request for comment on Parker's endorsement.

(Lead image: Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon appear and a premiere in New York in 2016. Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)