Nixon, who sits alongside Browder throughout the video, points out that thousands of New York residents are “languishing in jail” as they await trial, faulting the cash bail system, which punishes them for being “too poor and too black.”

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“Tonight, those people will be sleeping in cages. And Harvey Weinstein, who can afford his $1 million bail, will be sleeping in his own bed,” Nixon says, looking straight into the camera. “That’s not justice.”

In the video, Browder also calls out Cuomo, for failing to keep his promises on reforming the criminal justice system. Browder has pushed to shut down Rikers Island jail.

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Nixon and Cuomo will face off in a debate this Wednesday—their only one—before the Sept. 13 primary. As of Monday morning, polls show Nixon trailing Cuomo by 30 points, according to the New York Daily News.