DeB aide had amnesia on Rivington deal

First Deputy Mayor Tony Shorris suffered numerous memory lapses about the Rivington Street nursinghome fiasco, telling investigators more than two dozen times that he couldn’t recall incidents, e-mails or details, records show.

Mayor de Blasio’s right-hand man claimed he couldn’t remember a meeting with Stacey Cumberbatch, a city commissioner, or the content of any conversations they had about Rivington in 2014.

His schedule showed a July 25, 2014, meeting with Cumberbatch, then head of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, where the deal was on the agenda.

Shorris also said he believed his decision that the property should remain a nursing home — rather than be sold on the open market — was communicated to the agency. But he couldn’t recall how. “I’ve asked myself that question. I do not remember the exact mechanism. I just don’t,” he told investigators for city Comptroller Scott Stringer, according to a transcript of the July 27 interview obtained by The Post through public-disclosure laws.

Asked if he had met with Cumberbatch about Rivington in 2014, Shorris replied, “Probably. I can’t say I remember exactly.”

A City Hall spokesman said Shorris will be testifying at a City Council hearing on the Rivington House deal Thursday.