BUFFALO, N.Y. — It may have been Cynthia Nixon's first campaign trip to Buffalo since she announced gubernatorial candidacy on March 19, but the Democrat said it won't be her last.

"I am really glad to be in Buffalo and I will be back again and again and again," she said. "We have started to go around the state to other places."

Nixon said she's visited the city in the past as an education advocate and Wednesday she sought to learn more about the issues facing it. She hosted a roundtable for roughly an hour and a half about economic policy.

"What I keep hearing from people is the economic development which is a really good, really good place to start is what's needed but it's being done in a very sloppy way," Nixon said.

The actress-turned-politician reiterated her opposition to Gov. Cuomo's signature Buffalo Billion initiative, calling it "top down economics" which benefit his donors instead of the people who need it most.

"Buffalo needs to be for everybody. People are, ‘come on in.’ Buffalo's great. It has so much to offer but we can't prioritize those people at the expense of the people that have been here for generations," she said.

Nixon said her plan to create jobs focuses on investment in education, infrastructure, green energy and the human services sector. She said, despite criticism her campaign centers around New York City, these are policies to help the whole state.

"We've got a lot of poverty in New York City, but poverty in Buffalo and Rochester and certainly in Syracuse is even worse," she said.

However, the Erie County Democratic Committee, which was not involved in Nixon's trip, issued a statement blasting her for not understanding Upstate needs and crediting the governor with helping turn the region around.

"I'm here meeting with grassroots leaders and activists in Buffalo and I guess that's really threatening to the power establishment here. It shouldn't be. It's a democracy and I just want to talk," Nixon said.

The roundtable was originally scheduled at a community center but Nixon insinuated they were forced to find a different venue because Cuomo asserted his influence. The governor's campaign said that's not true.