‘Sex and City’ star Cynthia Nixon running for gov of N.Y.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Former “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon is running for New York governor.

After flirting with a run for months, Nixon tweeted yesterday that she will challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York’s Democratic primary in September.

It sets up a longshot bid pitting an openly gay liberal activist who has never held political office against a twoterm incumbent with a $30 million war chest and possible presidential ambitions.

Her campaign website said Nixon won’t accept any corporate contributions and will limit contributions from any individual or organization to $65,100 for the election cycle.

“We want our government to work again. On health care, ending massive incarceration, fixing our broken subway,” Nixon said in a video announcing her candidacy. “We are sick of politicians who care more about headlines and power than they do about us.”

A Siena College poll released yesterday showed Cuomo leading Nixon 66 percent to 19 percent among registered Democrats, and by a similar margin among self-identified liberals. Nixon, a 51-year-old Manhattan mother of three, is a longtime advocate for fairness in public school funding and fervent supporter of Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has frequently clashed with Cuomo on a range of issues. The 60-year-old Cuomo recently mocked the celebrity status the Grammy, Emmy and Tony winner could bring to the race.

“Normally name recognition is relevant when it has some connection to the endeavor,” Cuomo said earlier this month. “If it was just about name recognition, then I’m hoping that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and Billy Joel don’t get into the race.”