Voters say gov to blame
The crisis in the subways is derailing Gov. Cuomo in the polls.
A Siena College poll released Tuesday found that the governor’s approval rating tumbled 19 points in just two months — entirely due to voters within the MTA region.
“With his lowest favorability rating in a year and a half, since May, Cuomo’s favorability rating sank by double digits with all parties and in all regions. However, the drops in his job performance and re-elect ratings — which both fell by double digits with Democrats, Republicans, independents — are wholly from downstate voters,” said pollster Steven Greenberg.
“While his job-performance rating dropped 25 points with New York City voters and 32 points with downstate suburban voters, his rating with upstate voters ticked up two points.”
The governor’s favorability rating now stands at 52 percent positive and 41 percent negative. That compares to a 61 percent to 31 percent split in May.
In terms of job performance, Cuomo registered a negative 43 percent to 55 percent rating. In May he had a positive 51 percent to 46 percent score.
The results were Cuomo’s worst showing since February 2016.
When it came to the MTA, voters gave Cuomo a negative job-performance rating, with 26 percent saying he is doing a good job, compared to 59 percent who said he is not.
That’s slightly better than Mayor de Blasio’s 20 percent to 63 percent score. But by 52 percent to 33 percent voters hold Cuomo and not de Blasio accountable for overseeing the transit agency.