But at a debate watch party at Syndicated, a popular movie theater-bar-restaurant hybrid in the heart of gentrifying Brooklyn, that was about the sum of the accolades for Mr. Cuomo. Long before the start of Wednesday night’s debate between Mr. Cuomo and Ms. Nixon — their first and only before next month’s primary — it became obvious that the governor was not in for a warm reception. A man in a Cynthia Nixon T-shirt chatted with another man at the bar; across from them was one sporting a Bernie Sanders shirt. Another, in a shirt emblazoned with “Abolish ICE,” scanned the room for a seat. A moderator, WCBS-TV’s Maurice DuBois, first introduced Mr. Cuomo — silence — and then Ms. Nixon — rousing applause.

Source: New York Times August 30, 2018 02:19 UTC