Keith Wright pitches Cuomo to Manhattan progressives

Azi Paybarah

Last week, Assemblyman Keith Wright made the rounds to several Democratic clubs in Lower Manhattan, urging some of the party's most active members to back Andrew Cuomo for re-election, despite their concerns about his commitment to progressive priorities.

“I need you to support Governor Cuomo,” said Wright, in his role as chairman of the state Democratic Party. “He’s going to win. He’s going to win. But he can only win if he has us behind him.”

Wright highlighted Cuomo’s work in passing a same-sex marriage bill, saving nearly 30,000 units of affordable housing, and ending the practice of fingerprinting recipients of certain public benefits.

But the crowds did not seem enthusiastic about Cuomo. Satirist Randy Credico, who is running a protest challenge to Cuomo, was applauded when he suggested, quite seriously, that Assemblywoman Deborah Glick of the West Village also run against Cuomo.

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