Is Governor Cuomo losing it?
Is Gov. Cuomo really that worried by Cynthia Nixon — or has he just lost it?
Even before the “Sex and the City” star announced Monday that she’ll primary him this year, Cuomo launched a mad dash for attention. With unfortunate results.
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On Saturday, he ditched the State Police, whom governors have long accompanied in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade behind the mayor and the NYPD, and stole the spot at the head of the line.
That meant snubbing the “Fighting Irish” honor guard — and 167 years of tradition. As James MacGuire noted in Friday’s Post, soldiers from the legendary 69th Regiment of the New York State National Guard, offspring of the Irish Brigade, have led the parade since 1851.
But hey, who was going to stop him? By all accounts, his staff is terrified.
Then this gov blamed President Trump for the New York City Housing Authority crisis, though he has little to do with it: “Come visit public housing in your hometown of New York and you tell me if you made American great again.” Huh?
He bashed Mayor de Blasio on NYCHA, too, threatening to declare a state of emergency. He even reclaimed the mayor’s “Tale of Two Cities” shtick, pointedly noting that it was coined by his dad, Gov. Mario Cuomo.
The lunacy may have started last week, when the gov responded to the corruption conviction of his former right-hand man, Joe Percoco , by claiming his own name was never mentioned at the trial. Oops: The New York Times found it 136 times in trial transcripts — over 1,500 if you count his office, staff, etc.
Scant years after he was at war with the state’s teachers unions, Cuomo went prone at a “die-in” for gun control near American Federation of Teachers chief Randi Weingarten and rallied with local boss Mike Mulgrew.
“He’s almost been having an emotional meltdown,” says Billy Easton, of the pro-union Allianace for Quality Education — which has ties to Nixon.
We get it: Cuomo is tarnished by the Percoco case, with more to come in the Buffalo Billion corruption trial. He knows New Yorkers blame him for last year’s subway horrors. And he’s certain that de Blasio is quietly helping Nixon.
But the Siena College poll has him ahead of Nixon 66-19, and he’s got $30 million in his campaign warchest.
The right approach to Nixon, sir, is to relax — heck, pour yourself a cosmo.