Greenwich Village Dems Push Nixon For State Assembly: Report

WEST VILLAGE, NY — A pair of Democratic activists in Greenwich Village haven't given up on electing "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon — but this time to the state Assembly, the New York Post reported.

The state committee of the Working Families Party passed a resolution last week to move the actress-turned-activist off the party's ticket as its candidate for governor.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo beat Nixon in last month's Democratic primary, and to prevent Nixon from siphoning votes from Cuomo in the general election the party has maneuvered her onto the ballot for the 66th Assembly District, spanning the West Village to Tribeca, where Nixon resides.

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New York's abstruse election laws mandate that a candidate placed on a ballot can only be removed if they run for another race, move out of state or die. With few options, the Working Families Party nominated Nixon for the State Assembly seat, which is held by progressive Democratic incumbent Deborah Glick.

Nixon says she will not actively campaign for the seat and has no interest in replacing Glick in the State Assembly. But Village Democratic District leader Arthur Schwarz and Rise and Resist activist Jim Fouratt hope to change her mind and aim to urge voters to back Nixon over Glick on the Working Families Party ballot for the Nov. 6 general election, the New York Post reported.

Schwartz and Fouratt did not immediately return requests for comment by Patch.

Glick, who beat Fouratt in the 2016 Democratic Primary, told the newspaper she was unconcerned.

“No surprise. They’ve run against me in the past,” Assemblywoman Glick told the Post.

Cynthia Nixon (Photo courtesy of Stefan Jeremiah/Shutterstock)