Dem lt. gov candidates duke it out

Jumaane Williams attacked incumbent Kathy Hochul as a “rubber stamp” and ceremonial ribbon-cutter for Gov. Cuomo in the lone televised Democratic primary debate for lieutenant governor.

“I believe the job is to serve the people of the state of New York and not any governor,” Williams said during the Wednesday debate, which will air only on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network Thursday.

Hochul shot back that Williams was denigrating her role, and argued that ribbon-cutting is actually a sign of progress and new facilities and factories.

“As a strong woman, I do not do what men tell me to do,” she said

However, when Hochul was asked to describe an issue where she has changed Cuomo’s mind or disagreed with him over the past four years, she declined to specify any.

“We are in sync on many issues . . . I assure you if I have any disagreements with the governor, I share them with him,” she said.

Hochul also later denied she was shut out of conversations about reforming the state’s sexual-harassment laws.

“I was very much involved in those conversations. I was used as a resource, as someone who has lived this experience personally — which is why I’m so passionate about standing up for women,” she said.

Williams, a City Council member who has served Brooklyn for two terms, also jabbed Hochul for staying mum about several high-profile corruption convictions that enveloped the Cuomo administration this year.

Hochul noted that the transgressions involved just a few economic-development projects out of 6,100 statewide.