Cynthia Nixon has been appointed to the New York judicial nominating commission
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Progressive activist and actress Cynthia Nixon has been added to a committee that helps select New York’s top judges, according to a New York Post report Thursday.
Nixon, an outspoken democratic socialist who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2018, was appointed to a four-year term on the Judicial Nominating Commission. The panel reviews candidates for the state Court of Appeals, and the governor can only appoint nominees approved by the commission.
Some Republican lawmakers criticized the appointment of Chief Justice Rowan Wilson, saying that putting a celebrity activist without a law degree on the panel sends a political message. His term ends on April 30, 2030.
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Actress and activist Cynthia Nixon speaks to members of the media during the New York primary election on June 23, 2026, in New York City. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
State Senate Judiciary Committee member Anthony Palumbo decried this, telling the New York Post that he was “disappointed, but not surprised that we have a progressive actor with no law degree electing judges in New York state.”
According to her biography on the New York State website, “Cynthia Nixon is a native New Yorker who began acting at the age of 12 and has worked as an actress and director for nearly 50 years.”
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It notes her political activism centers on abortion access, public school funding, LGBTQ equality and breast cancer awareness, adding that her 2018 gubernatorial race focused on “economic, racial and gender equality.”
Actress Cynthia Nixon speaks outside the White House on Nov. 27, 2023, Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Nixon is best known for playing attorney Miranda Hobbes on HBO’s “Sex and the City,” but she has also appeared on shows like HBO’s “The Gilded Age.” Most of the commission’s members are lawyers or government officials, although a law degree is not required.
The website notes that the commission plays an “important role” in state government.
“Its purpose is to ensure that the judges who sit on New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, are chosen from those who reflect the diversity of New York’s citizens and are among the State’s most qualified and successful judges, practicing attorneys and legal scholars,” it reads.
It also notes that “The Commission’s mandate is strong: The Constitution requires the Governor to appoint judges to the Court of Appeals only from those appointed by the Commission.”
Legal commentator Jonathan Turley was disgusted, writing in X, “New York’s legal system continues to make a parody of itself. Cynthia Nixon, who played a lawyer on HBO’s Sex and the City, was appointed by New York Chief Judge Rowan Wilson to vet and recommend candidates to serve on the New York state supreme court.”
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Padma Lakshmi, Robert De Niro, Reverend Al Sharpton and Cynthia Nixon attend the “No Kings” march on March 28, 2026, in New York City. (Photos by Andrea Renault/Star Max/GC)
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Nixon lost the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary in a landslide to incumbent Andrew Cuomo. In that campaign, he leaned on the label of populist democracy, telling Politico that “if being a democratic socialist means you believe that health care, housing, education and the things we need to be successful should be a basic right, not a privilege, then count me out.”
Last year, he publicly endorsed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after his victory in the Democratic mayoral primary, writing on Instagram, “I love this guy so much! He’s a miracle of nature and I could follow him to the ends of the earth (and I probably have!)”
Fox News Digital reached out to Nixon’s representatives but did not immediately respond.
