Percoco jury nears mistrial

The corruption case against a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo inched closer to a mistrial Monday when the jury sent out a note saying, “We remain unable to reach a unanimous verdict.”

In response, Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni delivered a slightly stronger version of jury instructions she had read earlier, telling them to keep deliberating.

But she stopped short of telling jurors in the minority to reconsider their views in light of those held by the majority, as is traditional.

The jury is now through its seventh day deliberating conspiracy, bribery and other charges against ex-Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco and three co-defendants accused of paying him for official favors.