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Cuomo says he won’t seek Working Families Party ballot line

Cuomo says he won't seek Working Families Party ballot line | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his state of the state address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. On Friday, April 13, 2018, Cuomo announced that he will not seek the ballot line of the progressive Working Families Party. The announcement came after two influential unions said they would withdraw from the party over its likely endorsement of Cuomo rival and “Sex and the City” actress Cynthia Nixon. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

ALBANY, N.Y. – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH’-moh) says he will not seek the ballot line of the progressive Working Families Party.

Cuomo’s announcement came Friday after two influential unions said they would withdraw from the party over its likely endorsement of Cuomo rival and “Sex and the City” actress Cynthia Nixon.

Nixon is challenging Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for governor and is seeking the ballot line of the Working Families Party.

The move to leave the party by unions representing building workers and communications workers shows a divide between the party’s two main constituencies: unions and liberal activists.

Cuomo campaign spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer tells Albany’s Times Union that Cuomo is standing “in solidarity” with the unions that have pulled out of the Working Families Party and won’t seek its endorsement.

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Information from: Times Union, http://www.timesunion.com

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