(JTA) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo postponed a recently planned trip to Israel, citing the violence on both Israel’s northern and southern borders. Cuomo announced the postponement on Tuesday, the day he had been scheduled to leave for Israel. A statement issued Tuesday by Cuomo spokeswoman Dani Lever said: “Last week after missiles were…
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has major name recognition and a profile he potentially hopes to parlay into a 2020 bid for president of the United States. But Cuomo is facing a major obstacle in accomplishing much on his agenda, and it isn’t Cynthia Nixon, the actress who announced recently that…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote what The New York Times called a “strongly worded letter” to state Sen. Simcha Felder, urging the nominal Democrat to stop caucusing with the Republicans now that he stands as the sole vote preventing the Democratic Party from completely controlling the state’s executive and legislative offices. “Let me say…
Sarah Jessica Parker, the de facto face of New York City for most of the early 2000s, has begun to campaign for New York State gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon. Parker endorsed Nixon, her co-star in HBO’s “Sex and the City,” in late March, just days after Nixon announced her campaign to challenge Andrew Cuomo for…
The New York gubernatorial election may still be months away, but Cynthia Nixon has already locked down three votes — those of her “Sex and the City” castmates. On Thursday, Sarah Jessica Parker announced on Instagram that she would support Nixon in her run for New York governor, writing “A mother. An activist. An advocate….
Speaking at Mount Neboh Baptist Church this Sunday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said to the congregation: I want you to know as a matter of full disclosure, I am a Catholic. Catholics basically believe the same teachings that Baptists believe. We just do it without the rhythm. But we try. We are not as…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tried to make a joke about Jews not having “rhythm” at a black church on Sunday, the New York Post [reported.](Cuomo’s Jews-Can’t-Dance Joke Falls Flat At Black Church) While thanking Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem for the chance to speak, he strayed suddenly into stereotype territory. “I want you…
(JTA) — Cynthia Nixon, the former “Sex and the City” star who just announced her campaign to be New York’s next governor, is hoping to win the votes of the state’s 20 million citizens. But the actor and political activist has already won the hearts of progressive Jewish leaders. Nixon isn’t Jewish herself, but she’s…
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