Dems’ establishment wins the primary
Cynthia Nixon
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Our recommendations in key primary races
New York’s political parties hold primary elections on September 13. And while Republicans have a primary for the 133rd state Assembly seat, and there are several third-party races (The Reform Party’s for attorney general, the Independence Party’s for Fairport Village mayor and trustee), the big Rochester-area races are in the Democratic Party. We’re endorsing in […]
The Nixon-Cuomo race
While challenger Cynthia Nixon is campaigning as the more strongly progressive candidate, it’s hard to find many issues on which she and Governor Andrew Cuomo disagree.
More primary action: Three Democrats seek Morelle’s Assembly seat
Film review: ‘A Quiet Passion’
Cynthia Nixon’s stellar performance provides the beating heart behind the occasionally staid exterior of “A Quiet Passion,” British writer-director Terence Davies’ lovingly intimate reflection on the life of poet Emily Dickinson. Beginning with the poet as a teenager (played by Emma Bell) during her brief time attending Mount Holyoke Female Seminary — where her skepticism […]






