New York Daily News

Gov shifts into neutral in elex diss for mayor

- Erin Durkin

GOV. CUOMO won’t endorse Mayor de Blasio in next week’s Democratic primary.

“I don’t vote in the primary election. I’m a Westcheste­r resident,” Cuomo told reporters before marching in the New York Caribbean Carnival Parade.

While Cuomo doesn’t live in the city, he has offered endorsemen­ts in several city races — but his rival de Blasio won’t be among them.

“I’m not voting in this election, so I don’t have any primary endorsemen­ts at this time,” Cuomo said.

De Blasio is heavily favored in next Tuesday’s primary, where he faces former City Councilman Sal Albanese and a handful of other little-known competitor­s.

A rep for the mayor shrugged off the comment. “We didn’t ask for his support,” tweeted spokeswoma­n Monica Klein.

De Blasio and Cuomo have feuded for years.

De Blasio, for his part, declined to offer an early endorsemen­t for Cuomo, who is up for reelection in 2018. “I’m talking about this year,” de Blasio told New York magazine when asked if he was willing to support a progressiv­e challenger to Cuomo next year.

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