Cynthia Nixon paid wife salary, used corporation to curb her taxes, new documents show [View all]

Before Cynthia Nixon’s wife Christine Marinoni landed on the city payroll, she got a salary from — Cynthia Nixon.

Newly-released tax documents show that Marinoni in 2013 drew a $96,200 salary — $117,560 counting retirement contributions — from The Fickle Mermaid, a pass-through corporation Nixon set up to handle her acting income and expenses.

Nixon paid Marinoni a salary because of her role as her business partner, a campaign spokeswoman said.

The company stopped paying Marinoni in 2014, when she got a job in the city Department of Education under Mayor de Blasio, a longtime Nixon pal whose campaign she worked on.

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I don't actually see it as an issue as long as it is legal. It's also appropriate to pay a spouse if they are performing legitimate work.

Would the Daily News publish a story about a Republican heterosexual couple in similar circumstances?